u/ButterscotchTasty386

I’m a male , early fifties, and I have not a single friend anymore. In my teens through my forties I was very popular and had many friends who I would see or at least talk to everyday. Something happened around 46 years old when I started removing myself from my friends for no apparent reason. It was like a switch, I basically stopped all contact with my friends, even lifelong friends I had since I was 10 years old. Eventually I was down to one last friend and recently he blocked me on all social media platforms and blocked my phone number. I know it’s me, I know I’m the problem. I just need a friend, and now it’s harder than ever to find one

It’s not what you think. I’m not saying I don’t want things (relationships, friends, family ect) but now that I’m in my fifties I’ve realized how I never had anything given to me and how I worked for everything I have . In the end it’s all me. After all is said and done, I genuinely believe I need nothing from anyone. That’s all

Thank you in advance

How bad are the black flies at Raquette lake this afternoon? Passing through in two days for some hiking and do have a head net, just wondering how bad this year is

I’m a 51 year old male who lives and loves in New York , greetings. My wife and I have lived here our whole lives and have no children after 26 years of marriage. We are both professionals at our craft and lived mostly under the radar of most social media platforms and learned many things during our time here in our lives. Anything I have learned from this life is minimal belongings is key but tough to follow through with. There is a point in life where you realize all your stuff is unnecessary and hard to get rid once you want it no more.

I’m an alcoholic, there I said it. I started drinking at an extremely young age because I hung around my older brothers friends. They would always say “ that kid can drink “, it made me feel cool. It escalated quickly to drugs in my teens, everything from weed and acid to ketamine and cocaine. I lived in night clubs here in NYC during the 90s rave scene. Grew up blue collar and married young. Was drinking daily by 20, I was drinking Jameson by the pint glass after work at that point in my life. My wife always knew it was a problem but I was too cool to realize. I’ve ruined friendships, missed time at work and destroyed my life because of my drinking. I’ve ruined weddings , birthday parties, anniversary celebrations, because of my drinking. I’m a very shy and quiet person but alcohol turns me into mega cool party guy. It’s not until recently I’ve really noticed how I act when I’m drinking. It’s embarrassing at my age now. That’s it, thanks for reading.

I created a profile and found a wheel set that’s coming from a seller in another country. Anyone have experience with this? Are the transactions protected?

As the title says, and I frequently walk the road side on my street and collect garbage to keep the neighborhood clean. Anyway a passer by stopped in the middle of the road today as I was picking up trash and threw out garbage onto the road while looking at me and sped off. The thing is I know who this person is , where they live their name ect. So first instinct is to dump the trash onto his front yard, but he lives directly across the street from a firehouse and they have cameras everywhere, his family is affiliated with local law enforcement. So my question is, what should I do?

Camp mainly here in the Adirondacks NY.