My name is Anastasia and I'm glad to be among you! I like the gentlemanly aesthetic, old Hollywood, and classic novels by Wilde, Fitzgerald, Remarque, and others. Now I'm the student of Moscow state university and have a goal to improve my English to the end of this year😊 I will be glad to communicate, gentlemen's. My Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nasteoshka?igsh=MXZ0NmhnMGFpMnJtaw%3D%3D&utm_source=qr

Dear members, this is an article I just read on X. It perfectly depicts Europe and how 99.9% Europeans live and think. You wake up at 6:57 AM and hear your three roommates are already up. The apartment is 41 square meters and the walls are thin. Even though you're 38 years old, you like living with other people. "Imagine being alone in a soulless American suburb," you always tell yourself. You grab your phone and start scrolling Twitter in bed. Someone posts that the EU is considering a ban on US social media platforms over data privacy concerns. You feel a pleasant warmth running through your body as you type a reply: "Good. We should ban them all and use only European apps." You close Twitter and proceed to check Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Snapchat. You get up and go to the kitchen. Your roommate Lars has already made you a cappuccino. "Is the milk organic?" you ask. He confirms with a gentle nod. You grab a paper cup from the stack by the sink. The four of you switched from ceramic mugs last year. Paper is easier to recycle, and being climate conscious is no longer a personal choice but an EU requirement. The fines for improper waste sorting start at €1,000. Lars is reading news on his iPhone about the EU blocking another big tech merger. "Nice..." you mutter under your breath. This is why Europe leads, democracy still means something here. You drink your coffee standing up. There's no room for a table. You leave for work at 7:45 AM. You live in Lelystad, five towns north of Amsterdam. You moved here two years ago after your landlord raised rent by 50%. It feels far, but European public transport is fantastic - it only takes 40 minutes, plus a 10-minute walk to the station. You see the train arrives in 4 minutes. You feel a swell of pride. "Try doing this in Los Angeles," you whisper to no one. The doors open. You step in. Nowhere to sit, of course, as usual on the 8:03 to Centrum. You grab the pole, place your backpack between your feet. Almost the entire car is filled with immigrant families and their screaming kids. You do quick mental math for fun: each mother seems to have on average seven children. You're quietly happy there are so many of them - these kids are the future generation of Europe, filling the continent with life.

G’Day Gents, Two questions for you all: 1. What’s your favourite book/s (and/or book series) of all time barring religious scriptures e.g. Bible/Torah, Quran etc? (You can pick more than one) 2. Who’s your favourite author/s of all time? (You can pick more than one) I’ll start: Favourite Book/s (as of now in order) - A Farewell to Arms, The Old Man and the Sea, Bushido: The Soul of Japan, Killer in the Rain & Other Stories, Harry Potter Series (Book 4 my favourite), A Christmas Carol, The Lion the Witch & the Wardrobe & The Odyssey. Favourite Author/s (as of now in order) - Ernest Hemingway, Raymond Chandler, Enid Blyton, William Shakespeare, Homer & C.S. Lewis

One of the things that I would like to start in this new year is raising a glass to all the new members every month. We had 11 new members from December until now. Are new members are: @James Dennard @Koldo Navascues @John Ondrey @Samuel Turner @Banjo Piggott Wright @Rosendo Mayorga @Sean Kavanaugh @Adam Colella @Nicholas Logan @Mark Miller @Anthony Buntyn Please raise a glass to our newest members into our society!!

Happy new year 2026. Went a little more casual this year skipped our usual black tie gala went to a Sinatra inspired steak house instead so I decided to give a nod to Sinatra and dressed like my hero. This group has meant a lot to me and the gentlemen here have been supurb. I am inspired by so many intelligent posts, satorially inspired by so many men of good taste. More than anything I feel supported and respected and that means more than anything. Thank you all for your continued contributions. We may be very different from one another but we can come together here to become morally better, more civilized, respectful men. Respecting our differences and celebrating the much more that we have in common in my view is the way to heal our broken society, starting one person at a time. Thank you for a great 2025 and here's to hope of a better 2026!