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lumberjack_jeff

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12. I like how Covert Bailey described the mental health benefits of running

Reply to Denninmi (Reply #11)

Wed Sep 25, 2013, 12:39 PM

Sep 2013

"When my wife and I are arguing, I'll go out for a run. By mile 2, I forget what we were arguing about. By mile 3, I forget that we were arguing at all. By mile 4, I forget that I'm married."

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Lack of male role models, abusive childhood, subsequent self hatred. [View all] Denninmi Sep 2013 OP

You wrote: Wilms Sep 2013 #1

Great questions. Denninmi Sep 2013 #2

Well, there are role model-worthy behaviors you've witnessed. Wilms Sep 2013 #3

You betcha. Denninmi Sep 2013 #4

I think your experience re: masculinity is, to a much smaller degree, experienced by most young men. lumberjack_jeff Sep 2013 #5

D, listen. This is probably way above my pay grade. Warren DeMontague Sep 2013 #6

Denninmi, I hear you quite well. Although my own background regarding my father was not as . . . radicalliberal Sep 2013 #7

Guys, thank you so much. And, I apologize, please don't worry about me. Denninmi Sep 2013 #8

I just wanted to say... opiate69 Sep 2013 #9

Hope you're feeling better and back in the gym, D. n/t lumberjack_jeff Sep 2013 #10

Thanks for asking. I'm in a better mood. Denninmi Sep 2013 #11

I like how Covert Bailey described the mental health benefits of running lumberjack_jeff Sep 2013 #12

Yeah, that's pretty good. Denninmi Sep 2013 #13