I can honestly say there's nothing that makes a man feel worse useless than to stand by and watch a female friend take shit from some guy who has no appreciation for the woman who loves him. You offer to help, and they just tell you they'll handle it. Personally compounded by the lack of an SO, I can't fathom why anyone would treat and woman that way. let alone one he claims to love. Sometimes it just feels like the assholes hold all the cards. Surely it's not so but time moves so slowly disproving it. Hang in there Belial, maybe she'll soon see the light. I hope so.

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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will. He will be sure to repent - Socrates

Love is not looking in each other's eyes, but looking together in the same direction - Antoine De Saint-Exupery