25+ general - Friday Night edition

>thinking about the years that passed which you can't do anything about
>not thinking about the years that have yet to come which you actually have control over

Time flows the same for everyone, despite individual circumstances.

thanks user. I know it seems stupid, but it's like no matter what I try, I can't get a girl, I can't find a fulfilling job, the only pleasure in my life is food and vidya. I know there's a future ahead, but it seems empty and hollow

It's cheesy to say, but you've got to raise your potential somehow. otherwise your future will be empty and hollow.

>tfw parents visiting my psych right now
>family is still pressuring me from all different angles
>pushover so end up agreeing to everything they say to me
>job hunt is still a failure
at least I've been keeping up with exercise routine

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I know your feel user.
From user to user, stop making your priority in life getting a girl. I know it sounds cliche and it is hard to do, there is more to life. The more you try and fail at getting a girl the more discouraged you get and that wont help.
At least you still have sources of pleasure in life. Try to expand them some how. Just pick a hobby and hobby or skill and instead of spending time on feeling bad, spend time and mastering it. It will give you a higher purpose than wishing for a girl.

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>at least I've been keeping up with exercise routine
Keep it up.

Look at everything like a numbers game and know there are only a finite amount of attempts you need to make to succeed. Thank me later.

>gig work tomorrow
>real work monday
>gonna be rolling in money
>still hesitant to spend $20 on some new clothes (goodwill "new") that I need or $8 on a smoothie that may as well be crack for me
Just want to save up as much money as possible so I can go travel now and then, but man I live like a miser. I don't even flush on yellow to save on water bill.
Also managed to cut myself twice washing pic related. Next time I get it dirty I'll just throw it out. Wanted to use it as a container since I don't have any but fuck this shit.

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>new in country with a couple of colleagues for work
>i can speak the language, so they stick with me
>help them out with everything, they even admit multiple times how much i've helped them
>one small misunderstanding which upsets them and they're clearly responsible for it
>ask them why they rely so much on me and not think a bit for themselves
>"you're right, why do we rely on you" they say, implying that i've never helped them
>they haven't contacted me since

I cannot believe how self-absorbed and paranoid people can be. I have no stake in this since I was being used anyway (was also friendzoned). It's them who will lose and their retarded pride doesn't let them realize this.

The only downside is that I don't know anyone in this country now.

I hate "big" purchases. Or rather, permanent purchases. I will spend months and months to research something I spend 8-12 hours infront of (my screen, or computer stuff). But I have little worry to spend a lot of money on alcohol or food and make gigantic meals that are suitable for no man and disgust myself with what I eat.
I don't mind spending $70 on alcohol for two bingenights. But buying a kitchen tool that costs $25 and I will use, is something that sits deep in me.

I feel a sense of pride when I save $0.25 since I brought my own bag to the supermarket. Or when I managed to save $5 because of free shipping on something already discounted.

But spending $4-500 on a screen, $20 for a video game, $40 for a new mouse, I simply wont. It's like I'm in this lingering state of waiting just a little more something better will come at almost the same price.
I spent 9 months trying to decide on a new cell phone, and got one in the end. I am using a 5 year old monitor for my PC, a mouse which is just as old I guess and was faulty from start but I'm to timid to do anything about it. And so on, and so on.

I don't get spending. Will an arm for my screen make me happier, will a kitchen tool help me achieve what I want? Will a bigger and better PC screen improve my enjoyment (lack of) from video games?
No, probably not. Will eating a big meal now, drinking 12 beers, eating a chocolate bar and a bag of chips make me happier? Well, for the short moment.
The rest of my days I live on someone elses terms. Work is do what told. Everyday life is waiting to be told what to do at work. Weekends is to make up for some lost independence and I go above and beyond to reclaim what I never had.

Christ, that sounds like a miserable way to live.

You need to be careful, I don't quite know what it is but dickheads know which people to take advantage of.

I have a work dinner tonight at a local Italian place and then coming home to probably attempt to sleep, maybe watch some MLS and go to the range.

Also, I have been thinking about moving to the Tampa bay area, specifically Madera beach area.... I just want to be happy bros.

>Will an arm for my screen make me happier
It would make me happier, user. My desk is always a mess of cables, which is a source of low-grade frustration.

Maybe you weight things that give you happiness directly higher than things that remove unhappiness.

Trying to finish useless degree so studying. I just want to die and will probably kill myself after I'm done.

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Don't die on me.

Not origna. HMmm.

I'll be joining you guys soon, a few months off 25 now.

No plans for this weekend other than mindlessly vegetate and wait to go back to work on Monday as usual.

Might play WoW for a bit and listen to a podcast.

Still a permavirgin loser, not NEET (although that may change when I hear about my probation next week)

How are you guys holding up?

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Anyone else here want to disappear? I dont mean in a suicidal, depressing way, but to just live a completely anonymous life, where nobody knows if you even exist. I have felt like this for years, Im almost 30 now and I am literally one small step away from completely disappearing from society and all people that once knew me.

It feels great, I have realised that human interaction is just not what i want in life. Also, I dont have an anime or gaming escape world either. I just sit in the park and watch the birds in the trees.

>i don't want human interaction
>comes to a website and engages in human interaction

I am playing ffxii on pcsx2, I am still very early in the game trying to max up to lvl99 and then play for story, currently at level 60 using dustia method, I am kind of dranwing it out, dont want to do it to quick, once I finish this game I probably will never play games again because current gen games made for current teenagers arent really interesting to me.

What the fuck is this obsession with losing your virginity that everyone seems to have. I am a 29-year-old virgin and losing my virginity is the least of my problems.

They say when girls are your biggest problem in life you have a pretty good life.

It's just a notion that interacting with people and especially girls is a sign that you're well adjusted and healthy. I'm not gonna say it's okay to be a loner and a virgin, but at the same time it's not an indicator of being healthy or not as I know people who are lonely and pretty fucking well adjusted and people who have like 20 fuckbuddies and are unstable as all hell

>Any plans for the weekend?
Might churn out some more job applications on Saturday. Other then that, maybe play some WoW or continue reading Livy's History of Rome.

People I knew in school are spamming Facebook with their successful careers and getting likes and comments up the arse again. It's all over my feed.
Help.

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25 is the perfect time to get your shit together. It's what motivated me. I'm real close to hitting 30 now and honestly don't feel any dread because I spent the last 4 years since turning 25 getting my ducks in a row. You can do it user.

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Get of Facebook. It's the best thing you can do. Stop succing the zucc.

This guy knows what's up. I deleted my facebook profile the day I finished High School and haven't looked back since. The few people I actually still interact with, I can contact through a messaging app like Whatsapp and for shitposting online, an anonymous Twitter account is way better anyway.

what n64 games u playin

>27
>was excited all day because I'm getting new graphics card today
>girl I've been flirting with all week and I are snapchatting
>send her a snap of my messy room
>she responds lol you need a gf asap
>now not sure if she wants to be my gf or if she is trying to tell me to get someone else
>now excitement for graphics card is gone

I hate this...

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She probably wants you to ask her out. Unless the week's flirting was all done by you.

How did you do it user?

Where were you at 25 and where are you in life now?

I need a success story for motivation.

We've already discussed dating and when I tried to set something up for next week she was like we'll see :)

>late millennial waste of space

Well, she didn't shut you down. I'd say give it another shot. Happened to me before and it worked out. You still got that new gpu too, things sound like they're going well for you.

Starfox64 and Goldeneye, though there's an online version of the latter now.

I was expecting a job offer today, took time off from my current job in anticipation. If I don't get it I'm actually considering suicide. I haven't felt like this in 5 years since I pulled myself out of my first """""depression"""""".

No bully in here fren

Idk dog this is a tough one. First she says you should get a gf but in a playful way which makes it open to interpretation.

Then you decide to find out if she's into you or not by asking her out. She says we'll see which is normally a deal breaker but she added a smiley emoji at the end meaning the shutdown goes out the window but you still didn't get a date.

I honestly have no idea. GL.

Your post gave me hope. I love you user.

If you had to take a suicide trip where would you go?

Hey you guys who are so desperate to lose your virginity, go to the emergency room at the University of California, Los Angeles and ask for free therapy. Wait there for about four hours and you will be handed a free fuckbuddy for the night. I shit you not.

story?
how legit is this

You can also go to Lyon County, Nevada. They have legalized prostitution there.

This is supposed to be friendly thread, don't bait retarded anons

This thread is in itself a bait thread started by trolls who insidiously manipulate these threads into baiting naive anons into handing out personal information about themselves and then having it used against them by exploiting their insecurities, trolling the fuck out of them, and then doxxing them.

This post made me realize i have no hope.
Im 30 and my ducks are all over the place.

I'm going to be 3d printing and then casting some pieces for a cnc machine. Hopefully I'll be able to get it all done today so I can make a little money. I have to move in three weeks too, so that's a pain.

I'm home from work getting fucked up on some dilaudid and getting a little drunk, rolling a joint now to smoke and gunna play some God of War later. Life is OK sometimes all you need is a little chemical help to get you through the day. At least Its the weekend so no work. Anyone else getting ready to numb all the pain tonight?

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How are you making money with a hobby level cnc?

After being sleep deprived all week I finally managed to take an afternoon nap after woken by the sound of my mom leaving for work, or multiple naps resulting in 11 hours total in bed, mostly asleep. Feels amazing to actually be well rested for once- I am grateful for this, and for finally managing to get a comfortable bed, but still envy those who can just close their eyes and fall asleep, any time, anywhere, on any type of bed and sleep 7-9 hours uninterrupted. That would be like a superpower of the human realm, and I've talked to people who say they can actually do this.

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>This thread is in itself a bait thread
Wat?

Fuck you, this is a(n attempt at) respite from the garbage that Jow Forums has become, plus I can't relate to these idiot kids fucking over their own lives cos they're too stupid to see how much energy and time they're wasting.

No, fuck you. Every user, who isn't mentally retarded, from late millennial onwards has all the opportunities to achieve a decent level of success social and careerwise.

(You)
No, fuck you. Every user, who isn't mentally retarded, from late millennial onwards has all the opportunities to achieve a decent level of success social and careerwise.

LOL care to explain you privileged presumptuous faggot

If there's one thing I hate it's behaviour like this. Basically a humblebrag, where someone already knows that's going on, but they act clueless to share their story and to get confirmation about something they already know because it makes them feel good.

I'm not bragging senpai I'm trying to avoid the friendzone...

>Fuck you, this is a(n attempt at) respite from the garbage that Jow Forums has become, plus I can't relate to these idiot kids fucking over their own lives cos they're too stupid to see how much energy and time they're wasting.

Fuck you. You are all so fucking fake. I am getting real sick and tired of being baited into letting my guard down, spilling my guts out to a bunch of strangers, getting my heart stomped on repeatedly, and then getting called a naive stupid little retarded fuck for opening myself up.

I'm going to play some Star Ocean on the SNES and watch Wakfu and beat off.

Similar plans for ever weekend.

I can't believe that there are people arguing online, or specifically in this thread. Literal arguments, with insults and everything. How can someone get that much invested on the internet?
None of this feels real.

shut up you stupid niggoriginal

found love
destroyed it
isolated myself
again
oh well

>LOL care to explain you privileged presumptuous faggot
Why does this shit have to be constantly explained to younger anons?

Everything's cool now, no matter what stupid niche, subculture or fandom, there are places to go and meet with other people who are also interested in the same dumb shit you are interested. Hell, join the furry fandom, even they are 5 or so years away from becoming mainstream.

Access to good information on almost every conceivable subject, especially on youtube, wikipedia, instructables so you can start a project on almost anything.

And the KEY thing is you are young, people are more patient and willing to let things slide when you are younger. At a certain point this changes (25-ish) and people are expect you to have your shit together since nobody has time for you to play catch-up.

>be working on a project
>get that rush/urge to fap
>fap, climax
>get back to work
>10 minutes later the rush returns

Just fucking kill me already. The older i get, the stronger it becomes.

Me at 25
>lazy piece of shit
>shitty friends
>working temp jobs
>moderate drug issues
>really depressed
>gf about to leave me
Basically I turned 25, was starting to feel health problems develope from my terrible lifestyle and I just had this vision of being old, fat, drug addicted, poor, bored, and lonely. It just terrified me.

I started by cutting out my shitty friends who were enabling my bad habits. Then I weaned myself off the drugs and applied for better jobs, got lucky and landed one pretty quickly. Then it was just a bunch of little stuff that snowballed into developing a healthy lifestyle.

I stopped watching so much TV and taught myself to cook; then I was eating healthier, saving money, and losing weight. Started riding a bike to work, which also saved money and helped me get healthy. Made a schedule of chores to build some discipline.

Eventually I decided I needed to go back to school, so I enrolled again part time while continuing to work full time. That was a pretty big step. I found that the busier I was, the happier I was. I started volunteering at an animal shelter so that I didn't waste so much time on Saturday (my only real day off).

Anyway, 29 now and
>married
>almost completed my Master's
>small nest egg
>off drugs (except for the occasional doobie)
>not depressed
>have a nice group of friends I made at the animal shelter
>decent paying career position

It wasn't easy. All of this was hard, and there were some setbacks and slip-ups, but overall the positive feedback I received my gf, family, and my own body (feeling healthy) kept me going with it. Of course, I realize I had some lucky breaks. I am also really fortunate to have had family and woman who cared about me and encouraged me; not sure if I could have done it without them.

>gf
Ok normie.

It'll be ok robots.

>be 24
>realize my life is out of order
>decide to restart career by getting masters in something worthwhile
>start 3 year program at 25
>during this time clean my skin up with accutane, learn to talk to girls by going out and failing a bunch, etc.
>get internship at 27 for experience
>get hired for doing a good job
>once graduated spent the last year living with parents and saving cash
>now have 25k in the bank but will likely stay until 30 so I can have 40k in the bank

It'll get better boys you still got time, just gotta put in effort. I was exactly like you in September of 2013.

>parents went to talk to my shrink today since they want to know "what's wrong with user"
>when they get back they tell me they'll talk to me about later this weekend since they need time to "process" what she told them
Pretty nervous honestly

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>"Your son is a mental"

>Pretty nervous honestly
I guess visiting the shrink didnt help after all. Did it?

I was considering going to some therapy of some sort.

What do you think she told them about? Weird sex stuff? Spill it user.

>Did it?
Not at all, she gave me worksheets on what emotions were
I stopped going earlier this year when I turned 26 and got kicked off insurance

Frankly, she was the best of the therapists I saw too, the others were even worse

Nothing weird sex-wise, never told her anything about that, but I doubt anything good
I have no idea since they also said they want to do more "research" on what she told them.
I just hope it's not some ultimatum about my living situation or forcing me to go live with a sibling

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Dude how old are you? Your shrink cannot just tell everything to your parents unless you gave permission first or you are underage b&.

Now mr and miss user. Your son
Is a virgin.

good post.
I was a fuckin wreck at 25 too
at 28 now and have mostly pulled my shit together
there is a way out robots

my parents made me go live with my brother when I turned 26. him and his GF kicked me out after less than 2 months.
it's definitely an ultimatum on your living situation. your therapist probably told them there was nothing significantly wrong with you

I don't want the thread to die.
Impart your wisdom on me my dear 25+ anons. (i'm 20 and dreading finals week)

>(i'm 20 and dreading finals week)
It's like you little shit intentionally not read the thread title. And we've been repeating the same shit over and over again.

Back to the MICU for me. The hours are killing me. The gomers actually die, unlike everywhere else, which is weird and also not very cool. I'm really not looking forward to this at all.

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>Any plans for the weekend?
Lay in bed, wait for Monday.

That's the thing with a lot of therapists. They think you're fine if you hold a job and have your own place.
>Oh you're doing a great job keeping a routine. You're a lot better off than a lot of people.
Yeah? Is that what I'll be telling myself once I fucking dome myself? I'll be sure to remind myself how great I'm doing next time I am laying on the bathroom floor at work or hiding in my closet at home.

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most of them are there to deal with normalfag problems, not robot problems

My mom's a real estate agent. She's been sending me houses since I told her I might consider leaving my little studio since the rent's about $750 and I can pay a mortgage/tax for less than that.

I'm 30 and single, volcel. She sent me this 95k fix-r-upper that would be a "great investment". It needs a lot of work. I've never worked on anything before. Wouldn't know what the fuck I'd be doing to fix that place. The only thing worthwhile I've done with my life is lose 250 pounds from being a massive lardass. I feel like if I bought it, I'd still just spend most of my time sitting in one room consuming media like I do in my studio, ignoring the rest of the house. What would a single guy do with 4 bedrooms?

The thought of growing up is terrifying.

>volcel
Stop creating/ingesting stupid new words for dumb shit.

They have calculators online whether or not it's worth buying a house based on rent, property value etc. Honestly if you're fine with a studio I'd say stay in a studio. The only other upside to owning a house is stability in knowing you'll live there indefinitely more or less.

Ok, it's friday night and I'm lonely as fuck. Where the hell do non-whore single ladies actually hang out so that I can got there and meet them?

Yeah some of them can't even comprehend them. My current therapist told me because ghosts exist suicide is pointless and his proof for ghosts existing is that one time a ghost moved a PBR can in front of him and his buddy once.
Fuck this shit.

Why are you even still trying? At this age all females have fucked.

I'm the same at 27 as I was at 25 and I've been working my dick off, still no gf (ever). But I hear you. Our only choice in life is to move forward, if not might as well just kill yourself.

>non-whore single ladies

They don't exist

>At this age all females have fucked.
So?

>stop using facebook man
>use whatsapp which is owned by facebook
Are you this retarded?

>high school was alright but never took advantage of opportunities to the fullest and so it was quite mediocre
>got into an amazing Uni, but never took advantage of opportunities to the fullest so it was very boring and mediocre
>now in a decent job but disappointing compared to my background and right now very long hours with nothing better to swap over to and no potential career progression
>wake up at 6AM, gym for an hour, make food for an hour and get ready for the day, then wagie it from 9AM-9PM, get home and browse the computer for an hour, make dinner then get my usual 7 hours of sleep

Just feel in a rut, I have no where near enough money to get a house and yet I would like to retire as early as possible so feel the need to keep up this stupid work schedule.

I would like to go back to being 13-14 more than anything and I could fix so many mistakes I made and be in a really enviable position right now, but unfortunately that isn't happening.

Tfw no friends and tfw no gf sucks too, but I am often so busy I have no time to consider it. Being busy and not browsing or hearing about the stupid white-left Twitter bullshit and latest Drumph Russia and normie sportsball, celebrity, superhero movie rubbish is alright too.

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It's all fake as fuck, the "careers", the holidays, the relationships

t. know normies well