Good afternoon Gentlemen, I just wanted to post about 2 things this afternoon, gratitude and revelation. I have been here for a few weeks watching, observing, interacting on a few posts that spoke to me and something amazing happened to me this last weekend. It’s a culmination of a truth I have been seeking for my entire life. So before I celebrate my win, I want to thank you all for your willingness to be vulnerable and your insight on how a man dresses is a representation of who he is on the inside. I came from a really traumatic childhood, a broken home with a missing father, I don’t need to go into the details but if you are even slightly aware of the psychological and neurological damage that occurs when a young man has no beneficial male figure in his life than you know, my masculinity has taken a long time to form. I turn 31 this year and only the last 4 years have I truly began to live, part of my story is that I survived a suicide attempt in 2022 and that was probably the first day that I actually started to live. It has been slow, I have had to put in a lot of work and expose myself to tons of new information and a lot of that has forced me to grow and be very uncomfortable around other very masculine men who were firm in their identity. I realized as I was looking at my closet this last weekend that I didn’t have any clothes I chose for myself, it’s all clothes given to me by other people, no intention, no identity. So I ordered 10 basic shirts that are solid colors representing I am a new man building and discovering myself. In a moment of inspiration and emotion I cleared out over 200 pieces of clothing, shirts, pants, suits, ties, the whole 9 of every single thing I didn’t like, or was gifted to me by people who wanted me to dress like them and gave it all away at a drop off. Now while that may be nothing for some but I realized the intent behind this community at the same time….after 31 years of life, I can confidently say for the first time ever I am happy with my clothing and can’t wait to intentionally build my style. Thank you all and thank you for being men amongst men. God bless, have a great week.