1) I completely agree. I’m also self-aware to know.. some brehs my age or even younger got it
could easily use the older men excuse as a copeout but I’m a realist. Talked to my OG about it and we concluded I don’t fit the college environment and quite frankly.. the standard of what a BM “should” be. I hate to say the latter. It sounds whiny and is honestly something WE define not the world. I can be immature, short-sighted sometimes, and in general make errors of the regular 21 year old…
I’m not special but boy does it feel like it sometimes so I either have to adapt/fake it or vastly improve my vetting. As y’all say: understand your lane.
2) I like how you broke down the fundamentals of what I bring to the dating pool. I personally & honestly think I am the greatest accumulation of atoms God ever crafted but means absolutely nothing if I don’t gauge how I am perceived as well as what I display to others. It’s those uncomfortable introspective moments where you really have to measure yourself and understand what is good for you. Good thing I can proudly say is I take a large chunk of accountability for dating woes. All fixable, all correctable, all on me.
3) I appreciate this portion of your post, because it reiterates how I need to be in tune with myself as well as what I have going on. Everytime I talk about my internships & scholarships to my OGs, their eyes light up and they start doing math on how much salary I can reign in, what cities I could move to, what can I invest my play money in.. I realize they do this because youth is truly wasted on the youth. Build the groundwork so I can flourish as I grow.
4) Babyface & Mustafa said the same thing — this stage is your building stage. Obviously, you should enjoy dates.. go see what’s out in the pond from time to time.. but your greatest use of time is earning wealth: physically and financially