I just went back and reread it for the first time in years. It's longer than I remember! For those following along, the link at the TRP sub is broken (Dalrock took his blog private a while back), but the archived link at the WAATGM sub still works. Tag @Vermillion-Rx.

I'm exactly his age. That was originally posted in 2012, and he was 32 at the time. Same as me.

I went to a large SEC university at the same time he went to his university, likely on the opposite end of the country based on his mentioning of living in LA.

my experience and accompanying disgust with how the college chicks behaved was very similar to his. I don't know what he meant about them "flicking their fingers at" him, but much else of what he wrote was similar to what I went through at the same time, right down to the conversations and being labeled "husband material" (which I've written about before at WAATGM, but can't find at the moment)

Unlike Michael, Iwas never perceived as "weak" (athlete and avid lifter), and I received plenty of interest, but was too dense to notice. Also unlike Michael, I got over my hangups and started fucking.

I then fucked that up by getting married. To a divorcee. Who was older than me.

I have no real, substantial reason to doubt that his story is real, except for "everything on the internet is fake". In other words, I wouldn't be shocked if it turned out not to be real, but it jives with everything I've ever seen and so I have no reason to doubt it.

Women are discreet even in college.

HHAHAAHA no. Well, maybe they are now, but when I attended between 1998 and 2003, they were quite open about their promiscuity.

The brothel in the dorm is unlikely.

I saw nothing about an actual brothel.

The finale where he decides to confront a room full of promiscuous blonde babes was off since mike being an outsider up to that point.

A) They weren't all blonde.

B) He was friends with and had tried to date the one who gave the zinger about ice cream and sprinkles.

And lastly, the lesson that girls marry guys like Michael. The one girl spitting out that phrase was the dramatic climax to the tale. It's too extreme imo.

I had similar said to me.

It's a terrific story, with shock value. It conveys bona fide truths that have confounded the BP guy for decades.

Very true.

1) 30 isn't old.

2) it will be more difficult than if you had started lifting as a teenager. At least you're starting now, instead of in your 40s or 50s or 60s.

3) you don't have to "build impressive amounts of muscle". You don't have to be huge, jacked, shredded, cut, whatever. You just can't be soft. Lifting is to build discipline, boost testosterone, build confidence, and get rid of softness. Anyone telling you that you have to be huge like 1975 Arnold or that you have to have a 6-pack is full of shit.

Change your username.