Quote Originally Posted by Darkice View Post
Don’t hate me because I was trying the tough love approach. It worked for me when I was in the Marines. I had a gun in my mouth but was too much of a coward to pull the trigger. And it’s a good thing. I now have the perfect marriage and the perfect life.
Sometimes when people are depressed they just need a kick in the pants to get them going again. Im not saying this is the case but most of them are just looking for attention so you can’t baby them.
It all makes sense now, say no more marine... Or did we call you jarheads. No offense, I was a flyboy.

Tough love and saying "man up" are two different things in my opinion. Tough love is presenting reality. Telling someone to "man up" is telling them they need to fit the societal image of a man who is tough, rugged and impermeable, in other words in-human. I don't disagree with everything you said, just one thing.