“What’s unique about older white men is that many of them are not very socially adept. When they retire, they’re not quite sure what to do with their lives … and feel like they’re not doing anything meaningful and start to wonder, ‘What’s the point of living?’” — Dr. Kenneth Robbins, psychiatrist
A broken society! The next President has a lot of work to do to put things right! Good look to Don Junior, he’ll need it.
I'm about a decade out from this particular demographic, so I'll put it like this; if you've become isolated because you can't function in a world that doesn't revolve around your ego, feel free to take .22 to the head and check out. Spare the rest of us your misery. Your failure is not our burden.
Or is it because they get sick and need to go to the hospital for extensive care which will drive the rest of his family deep into debt. Die now family can get by, go to the hospital and family will live in poverty for the rest of their lives. And he probably will die soon anyway
Old white men are the big problem of the world. ☠️
I’m retired and delighted to be so. After a heart attack at an early age, my wife’s fatal cancer, and my daughter’s mental illness, I learned not to base my life on my job. And it’s a liberation.
If you offered these same white men the opportunity to help their local community, nonprofits, they would turn it down. So let them be.
Jesus. Women are left, always, to find for themselves, but we're supposed look after men?
15 years on and no problems. I've been exploring my creative side, learning to garden, photograph, paint and (recently) play the guitar.
Service! Help the less fortunate! You're welcome.
Or they were just distant nasty assholes that criticized their children and spent all their time at wok or doing "guy" things and then realized that wasn't their actual family...
Why?
Raise your hand if you care.
It’s sad but guessing most of them are maga so in the end, not so sad.
😲
I would say it's deeper than that. Especially now since our Government doesn't value them. Stealing pensions, taking away their healthcare, Social security on the butchers block. Paying taxes on income (SS) you've already been taxed on. You know why I say this? Because I can relate.
Maybe if WI had dignity in death laws there would be less suicides.
Thank you for doing this piece. I had no idea suicide rates were so high in the Chippewa valley.
white men 🙄
The mature end of the “lonely white incels” cohort. 66 not 26 + alone Men rely upon their wives to keep them socially engaged and in touch with family. Divorced or widowed men are easy marks for grifters and online scams. It’s why many of the J6 mob were aging white guys. They were easy online marks
