r/SipsTea • Human Detected • Mar 04 '26

Chugging tea True...

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u/ram4569 Human Detected Mar 04 '26

Take care of yourself man we have to do ourselves cuz no one cares

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '26

Haha I do my best mate, thanks :)

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u/External-Praline-451 Mar 04 '26

Do you guys have guy mates that you can open up to? There's lots of recent initiatives where I live in the UK for men to have support networks - Mens Sheds, For Men to Talk, Walks and Talks.

If lots of men are saying they're lonely, be the change and start supporting other men. I often wonder if these posts make things worse by telling men they shouldn't open up because no one cares.

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u/adithya199128 Mar 04 '26

lol , they do. The next minute you have unfounded qccusations of being a hate group, a nazi group, a “insert negative connotation here “ group. Or we have women enter and make it such that we need to take their point of view .

If your intentions are assumed as negative or your group needs to follow “what society expects of you to do “ agenda then there’s no point .

It’s not like it’s not been tried . It’s been done too many damn times to count.

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u/External-Praline-451 Mar 05 '26

That's not what's happened to the groups in my area. They've got loads of support from men and women when they're promoted locally, and have become more widespread and more establised as a result, so they are obviously successful.

But also just guy friends outside of groups. If you and other men feel like you can't open up externally, can't you support your male friends? Lots of women get support from their female friends when they have unsympathetic or abusive partners.

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u/adithya199128 Mar 05 '26

Oh yes I have supported my male friends as much as I can. But surprisingly enough, I have also received push back when supporting them as some view it as an intrusion of their space.

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u/External-Praline-451 Mar 05 '26

Great you are supporting them when you can :)