If My Own Father Doesn’t Even Trust Men Then Why Should I?

“As a grown man he’s seen the physical and emotional damages women go through on behalf of men they know and don’t know. And he didn’t want his daughter going through any of that, at least under his care.

This is also why he doesn’t give a damn that I do not want to get married.”

The blind trust women have for the opposite sex is quite appalling to me. I grew up around men who didn’t even trust their own gender! Some of them definitely wanted me to date and possibly get married eventually. But they were honest with me about how the members of their gender operated. As a growing adult woman I had a lot of questions, and they supplied me with blunt answers.

Pretty much all men that I have grown to respect have wives and/or daughters, and they do not blindly trust men as a collective. Not one of them!

Memorial weekend just passed, and the beach day I spent with my family reminded me of the distrust my father always had with his gender around his own daughter. Men who love and protect the women in their lives operate much differently than the “That’s just the men you know!” and “Choose better!” crowd.

If my own father refuses to gaslight me, why in the hell would I listen to random male strangers who don’t give a damn about me say this shit? Do…