Thread by @TW_Beckett

I was a virgin until 27 years old.

It wasn't some religious thing, I was just horrible with women.

I couldn't even look them in the eye.

I'd get nervous when any woman was in the room.

I was socially inept to the point to being completely paralyzed within 5 feet of any woman.

I didn't date and when I did, it was horribly awkward.

I took a girl on a first date to see my new first house being built.

I had a "girlfriend" that I never kissed after dating her for 4 months.

I absolutely shut down around women.

I would sit next to a girl but wouldn't do anything except hope I could be somewhere else.

I was pathetic.

I see many men in their early prime going through the same things I did.

So I can say with 100% I know what's going on with these men.

The reason I share these things is not only to show you how bad things were for me, but to also show you that this very thing is happening this very day with many young men ages 18-30.

With the advent of technology, porn on demand, video games, and TV, men are withdrawing more and more away from social situations and toward a comfort zone that many will never be able to escape.

I'm here to try to head that off, as well as share my story of how I got out.

Men have no idea how to interact with reality.

With real people.

Interpersonal communications is a lost art that is becoming more and more valuable to men in this day and age.

And these men, immersed in a fantasy world, have fantastic online lives, but their real, tangible lives are lost forever.

Plugged in life sucks donkey balls.

So, when real life eventually intrudes in their online persona, they realize they haven't accomplished on real goal. Not one real achievement.

But they've mastered the gaming world.

But they'll get no real applause.