Emotionally Retarded
Posted in: Get Naked, LIFE, blind introspect, growI had a conversation last night that ROCKED MY WORLD! It wasn’t some deep super spiritual theological geeky conversation, but one that was man to man, heart to heart! It was this conversation that has sparked this post & several others I plan to write this week. Please, if you are married, single with hopes of being married, have a son or sons or have a father that you care greatly about allow them the comfort or discomfort of reading this & subsequent posts. Encourage it, I’m begging you!
MEN, we are both emotionally retarded & constipated! Yes, I said it & I mean it! Ok, maybe not you, because you have it ALL together, but the rest of us are!!
Do you cry? Do you feel like you can never be “weak” in front of the people you love? Do you dodge going home because you can’t take it? Do you find solace in a bottle or puffing on something? Do you have anger issues?Do you feel like the walls are closing in on you, yet you don’t say anything because you are afraid of what others might think or say?
I could go on with questions & examples for hours, but here is one of the most important… ARE YOU AFRAID OF BEING VULNERABLE? Even with your wife or your children?
I hope in my posts this week to share, be transparent with you. I hope that in doing this, someone may find freedom in going home & releasing the weight of being emotionally constipated! I’m hoping this series is the laxative you needed to BE FREE!
Being a MAN does not require you to be emotionally inadequate!! The boys, young men, the daughters, wives, women in your life NEED YOU!!
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what’s retarded about it???? retarded doesn’t mean stupid. Just slower than you and me. That being said there is always going to be someone smarter than you, but you wouldn’t call yourself retarded, right? That word is a terrible slur. Too bad that you have to have a family member with special needs to get what I’m saying.
Mike
Thanks for your comments, but I must first start off by saying, I DO have a child with “learning differences”, so i will move past that part of your comment as you do not know me well enough yet to make those assumptions. As for the rest of your comment, i do know the difference between retarded, challenged, smart and down right dumb.
My post was not out of context with the rest of the post that have followed and will follow concerning this topic. So, my concern is that we understand that MEN are “slow” emotionally as a whole! Period!
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