Sad young man

[dalymount]

I picked up a young lad about 3_30 am this morning.only place he wanted to go was the nearest train station.I explained to him that there would be no trains running at that time of the morning.it soon became apperant why he wanted to go there.he was totally distraught,and the tears were streaming down his face.he was in such a bad way,that he couldnt even say what was wrong.I dont have much experience in dealing with such situations,but bit by bit we broke down some barriers .he said he walked into coolock Garda station,and they were of no help to him whatsoever.I eventually talked him into letting me bring him to the matter hospital,but we eventually settled on Mounthoy Garda station during the course of our conversation,he asked me 3 times to ring his mother ,I think he wanted to say goodbye .the good thing about it is,before we went into the Garda station,he was smiling .I assured him everything would be alright.im afraid I have little or no experience in dealing with such situations,but was consoled by the fact that he was no reasonably happy going in to the cops.when we went a nice female cop took over and brought him into a room ,hopefully he will get the help he needs

[The Liffey Lip]

Fair play Dalyer. The stats for young men wanting out are terrifying.....every role in society is closed off to them now due to insidious factors.

[dalymount]

I Just hope the Guard got him the professional help he needed,I sure she  would have,she seemed sympatecic to his plight

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Good man !

[john m]

Going to side with The Lip a lot of Men both young and old no longer know their role in society .Up until the 70s men had a stereo typical role fight ,drink ,work contribute to a family .It was up to them to fit in to that framework .But now we have blured lines women work on an equal right with men they run families on their own they drink in the bar not in the snug .Men need to realign their emotional compass to suit the new humanity they find themselves in .Their previous sense of self has been diluted .When I was a teenager all you wanted to do was get a job and a girlfriend .That was the starting point now young people have to define themselves on so many different levels ,will I go to college am I gay will I take drugs buy a car own a house have kids .My generation lived life and waited to see what would happen. Now kids seem to plan it and if it dosent work out they panic and feel they have failed in some way .I always told my kids .If you believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the best person ever to live on earth then remember when he was asked to carry two sticks up a Hill he fell 3 times .If Jesus can fail them why the fuck cant you.

[Shallowhal]

Well done dalymount,i think the female garda would defo be more sympathetic and probably more reassuring to the chap himself(unless he got someone resembling the matron from a Carry On film).

[mercenary for hire]

Lucky for him he wasn't an immigrant....Daly he could have been a bender and he just broke up with his boyfriend and ya saved him..

For all ya know ya just got him another 6 months of depression and misery and he'll still off himself anyway when he gets under the weather.What the fuk are ya doing working at 3.30am anyway.No wonder yer miserable on here thinking the sky is falling down every few days.Nights aren't good for ya.Ya do work some shitty shifts.

[The Liffey Lip]

Well done dalymount,i think the female garda would defo be more sympathetic and probably more reassuring to the chap himself(unless he got someone resembling the matron from a Carry On film).

Could have been a Charles Hawtrey garda....if ya gets me?

[TheDevilHimself]

Yeah Fair Play to ya Dalymount. I'm not sure if I could have dealt with that as well as you did . and hopefully that lad's life turns a corner.
I agree with what John say's  But I also think that culture today (and its getting worse) with all this equality nonsense, gives young men the subtle impression that just being male
somehow makes you bad or defective . and for most of us you have  to live to be at least in your 40's before you stop taking crap like that on board 

[Shallowhal]

Ooh Matron!!

[SClass]

Not a day goes by without hearing the tragic news of young men and women falling into the depths,
Hard to comprehend,
Don't remember it so much years ago,
I may be it wasn't reported as much,
Is all this social media wrecking their head,
Back when we got up out of our beds and went to work, we're too busy to get depressed,
All the craic and the slagging at work hardened you up, doesn't happen anymore, ye can't say Boo to them nowadays or you'll end up in court,
We got battered in school by the teachers and the pupils you have to fight your corner,
Toughened ye up.
Not suggesting that happen today,
Reading the paper,
Young mother in England left her 3 year old down stairs while she went went upstairs and hung herself.
4 days later the police entered the house to find the child eating bits of bread,
What is happening to Society,
Tragic story's.

[dalymount]

I think its hard for a lot of young people today with the pressure on them.your quite right sclass,it was a different world then.I personally think a lot of John says is right,but even repeating what he said would leave you open to ridicule.I also believe movements like the me 2-movement in the states,were not set up for the purpose they  were supposedly set up,I believe they serve no other porpuse but to drive a wedge between men,and women

[The Liffey Lip]

Going to side with The Lip a lot of Men both young and old no longer know their role in society .Up until the 70s men had a stereo typical role fight ,drink ,work contribute to a family .It was up to them to fit in to that framework .But now we have blured lines women work on an equal right with men they run families on their own they drink in the bar not in the snug .Men need to realign their emotional compass to suit the new humanity they find themselves in .Their previous sense of self has been diluted .When I was a teenager all you wanted to do was get a job and a girlfriend .That was the starting point now young people have to define themselves on so many different levels ,will I go to college am I gay will I take drugs buy a car own a house have kids .My generation lived life and waited to see what would happen. Now kids seem to plan it and if it dosent work out they panic and feel they have failed in some way .I always told my kids .If you believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the best person ever to live on earth then remember when he was asked to carry two sticks up a Hill he fell 3 times .If Jesus can fail them why the fuck cant you.

Thanks, John. Your first sentence always makes for good reading, but it rapidly declines after that, I'm afraid. You see, I think you suffer from what is called in common parlance, "The Mandela Effect", namely that you entertain false notions of what you regard as "ok back in the day". If you saw a man fighting etc than it...well old boy, it was not normal at all, as most men were jaded from physical work. What has happened is that you have placed some "Sweeney" scene from your dim and distant as your "metier". I grew up in the 70's in Dublin and can barely recall anyone fighting with anyone except in an organised event whether it was in a ring or on a mat later, c/o Brucie Baby. The streets were safe enough and I never heard "Jesus" entering the equation at all....probably because we all knew he was just as human as the rest of us...prior to the internet and the fucked-up distorted reality kids have applied to their parents past. In short, you are a Stepford husband....lost in your own transmogrification.

[Dr. Martin Gooter Bling]

you'd be amazed what a blowjob can cure.

[The Liffey Lip]

Yep..just take them teeth out next time.