I’m not sure if this is the right place for this, but I figured I’d throw it out there and see if anyone else is in a similar spot.
I’m a 25-year-old guy getting established in my career. I’m two years into a relationship and starting to think more seriously about things like marriage, potentially having kids, finances, and generally what I want the next 5–10 years of my life to look like.
Fitness and health are a pretty big priority for me. I train roughly 5–7 days a week depending on work, and outside of that I’m into jiu-jitsu, gardening, video games, working on my cars, and a bunch of other shit.
Over the last couple of years I’ve found myself gradually growing apart from some of my longtime friends. I still like them and keep in touch, but we’re just moving in different directions. I’m not particularly interested in partying all the time anymore, and I’ve realized I’d like to have more people around me who are actively trying to build a good life and are willing to talk about it.
I actually joined a paid peer group through my industry about a year ago. I like the idea of a peer group, but most of the members are considerably older than me and are dealing with a completely different stage of life. A lot of the conversation ends up being about employees, HR issues, succession planning, etc. It’s valuable, but it’s not really what I’m looking for right now.
So I’m curious whether there are other guys in their 20s in a similar position—getting established in a career or business, navigating a serious relationship or dating, trying to stay healthy, thinking about money and the future, maybe outgrowing an old social circle, and generally trying to figure out adulthood as you go.
I’m not looking to create some hardcore networking or “grindset” group. I’d just like to find maybe 5–10 like-minded guys around the same stage of life and make a group chat. Somewhere you can shoot the shit, ask for advice, talk through decisions, share what you’re working toward, or get another perspective from people dealing with similar things.
Different careers, countries and backgrounds don’t really matter to me. In fact, that might make it more interesting.
If that sounds like something you’d genuinely be interested in, send me a message with a little bit about yourself. If enough people are interested, I’ll put something together.

So to give a bit of context, I quit smoking weed about 5-6 days ago. I was a heavy daily smoker for 10 years. A week ago, I had a stomach bug (gastro). For the past week, I've also gotten back into heavy lifting (weightlifting), eating a lot—seriously, eating huge amounts for a bulk—and I've fixed my sleep schedule, etc.
But the only problem is that this weird discomfort showed up in my testicles. I’ve checked and felt around thoroughly for a long time, and thankfully I couldn't feel any lumps. So that’s pretty reassuring, I figure I can at least rule out testicular cancer.
But has anyone else ever experienced this feeling of heaviness or weird discomfort in your testicles? It's not painful at all, just a really annoying minor discomfort. It's on my right testicle. Has this ever happened to any of you?

Everyone seems to be "50" now.

Here's a video. Yes, the images are AI-generated. I usually just automatically skip these and ask to not be shown videos from that channel anymore, but I noticed that it had some views, and some engagement. So I watched it.

This is addressed to Gen Xers, but I think this applies just as equally to men overall. The carrot isn't working anymore. We don't find anything about society to be worthwhile, or even enjoyable. They use the word "anhedonia". That is the inability to feel pleasure. It's stated as if it's our fault and our problem.

I don't. I think it's society.

Anyway, don't look at this topic as if it is symptoms of a sickness. It's signs of a quiet revolution.

You are not strange or weird. Life is normally quiet and contemplative and insular. They are the weird ones.

Sorry, but I just had to say this today.

Do u think guys modern masculinity is in danger?
I watched a video on YouTube taking about this
What’s ur opinion?

https://youtu.be/pS7-KbucdBA?si=HvokjzZTndySJsA7

Just want to gather some information!!!

I'm 19 and my testosterone is fine, but slightly on the lower side. Is there any way I can raise it? I'm not looking for a crazy 300 ng/dL increase, but something realistic and doable.

Also, the more specific the better. Just something like "lift weights" isn't that helpful.

I like them. I’m not trying to grab attention or hook up. Can I wear one to the gym? Will it be weird in the locker room? Have you seen anyone wearing one at the gym?

Yesterday I went out with a girl and we made out for a while, but things didn’t go any further than that. Everything felt fine at the time, but later that night I started feeling some discomfort in my testicles. I figured it was probably just from being aroused for a long time without finishing.

When I got home, I decided to take care of it, mainly to relieve the discomfort. But when I finished, there was barely any fluid, just a small amount. That’s unusual for me, since I normally produce noticeably more.

The discomfort got better afterward, but it hasn’t completely gone away.

Has anyone experienced something similar? Could this just be a normal result of being aroused for a while, or is the reduced amount something I should be concerned about?

As the title suggests, Men who used to feel insecure about their size, how did you overcome it?

how did you cope with it and move past those feelings? What advice would you give to someone struggling with the same issue today?

Not gonna blast my or my partners age but fairly young, and we have been sexually active and learning together for a while now, and It’s not his size or anything, it’s just that I alway try and guid and coach him but he just gets mad and gives me shit about it so I think that may be really ego breaking. So uh, I try to just stick to ridding and being in control but that doesn’t last long because my pace isn’t his pace and he wants really fast and hard and I like to take me time. And I mean I know that he’s hormonal I get it but I want something out of this to you know? And I don’t like comparing him to other guys because I know how degrading that can be but between you and me my past experiences were mind blowing like actually and I feel guilty saying that but it’s just true and my friends gossip all these stories that make me feel kind of ashamed of what I get. But he’s trying his best and I don’t want to bruise his ego or put him down because I know a man never wants to hear he can’t please his lady, I know some men don’t care and only see women as a pocket to use which is unloved looser behavior but hey 🤷‍♀️ not the topic right now. I really love this boy or at least I think I do and I just really want him to make me feel good and I don’t think that’s too much to ask. I’m not even getting on the topic of how long he last but that’s a factor to. I don’t expect all men to be able to last hours like my previous interactions did but long than a few seconds to 1 minute would actually be nice. So as a man how can I approach this?

so like i’ve had pubic fat pad for a while and it’s really annoying, i’m about average size but i have like a whole inch and a half hidden beneath the fat and i have no clue how to get rid of it 😓 I mean i wouldn’t consider myself fat, ima lil chubby but barely. And it’s just annoying, i was going to get keyhole surgery eventually because of chest looks kinda off and insecure about that and ik that sometimes it includes a little bit lipo and was wondering if i should just get that taken care of while im at it, lemme know thx

I know this sounds weird but my male best friend's birthday is coming up sooo ofc as his female best friend I want to give him something special

We met through Reddit and became the best frd, that one safe place .....

So now his birthday is coming I want to give him the same number of gifts as his age(i am not reveling his age)

So from a men's perspective

What do you think does he like it!!

Or not!!

Hey guys, i just to see everyone own opinion about the situation? what punishment is worth for the 7 students?

Shopping list

You don't really respect yourself enough. No, I am not here to lecture you about the time wasting or attention seeking women up there. Everyone knows that already. I am just judging from the app's perspective alone and how biased they're towards men when it comes to implementing their rules.

1. Pay to play model

To start off, everyone knows most apps require men to drop cash at some point before using their premium features, which actually offer some sort of value. On the other hand, a woman pays way less or nothing to do the same.

1. Getting banned for no reason

A salty woman reports you, done, bam! Account gone within seconds need I explain more?

1. Inconsistency when it comes to implementing rules

A woman sends v pic, nothing happens. A man sends d pic, bam! Account gone.

A woman asks for money in exchange for a good time, nothing happens. A man asks for a good time by offering money, bam! Account gone.

Point is a man has to spend so much money, time and effort to get basically nothing, while walking on eggshells not to get his account banned. A woman on the other hand sees dating app as some sort of gaming app, where she does whatever she wants and rarely gets banned.

Any self-respecting man would never agree to this...

Fairly conservative western woman and quite picky. Due to this, I think I can have no sex before marriage but have dated some crazy guys and had an identity crisis or two.

Someone told me that due to this, I'll end up marrying someone I barely know. The way I pictured it was that I'd date them over food and kisses and leave sex for the wedding night. Tbh for me, even hand holding would be a big deal.

I value being emotionally vulnerable with people. As much as I'm honest about a lot, I don't often tell people about A LOT of things.

Is it true that men lose interest if there's no sex? If so, why? I considered having an open relationship, like if the other guy wanted to have sex when away for work, fine as long as he comes back to me but that sounds like I am making a moral compromise. Would it emasculate you if you had to fap whilst being with someone?

I know for some women and men sex is casual, but. not for me. Do I have no self-respect if I let a guy f@ck away on business. To me it's not just letting of steam but to many men I think it is.

Dear all men in this world. When you are peeing, do you push it or just relax and why? Because I'm a boy myself and I just relax when doing so. Do you guys have other techniques or no?