I’ll start. Not to toot my own horn but I feel I’m at least partially responsible for getting a friend to see the value of romantic love, which she managed to find!

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    11 months ago

    I am proud of the life I’ve built. Before my teens were over, I had completely bypassed all thought of college, knocked up a girl, gotten married, and quit my band (the band was Plan A for my life). I had no skills and no plan and I’m sure even the people that loved us most thought that our marriage was doomed.

    But it wasn’t, and those people were wrong - even if the statistics were definitely on their side.

    I am proud that I have 4 awesome kids…

    I am proud that my wife and I are still actively falling in love every day, 20-something years later.

    Honesty, I’m proud to be loved by an amazing woman…

    Though conscious of my privilege, I am proud that I found a way to build a career and provide for my family despite having no education. I make over 200k now and that’s simply way, way more than I ever thought I would be able to pull down.