Here’s another recent email exchange I had with a New Man listener. Enjoy!
(Keep in mind, English is not his first language)
“Dear Tripp,
Great contribution to help turning more men into ´New men´. I am definitely on my way, and listening to your interviews is always a source of positive energy and life force.
I just accepted a job offer, returning to a corporate career, I am moving to another place, the middle east.
A complete new environment, new job, but also good opportunity to make some additional changes.
I have accomplished a lot in my life, however, one of the things I am having trouble with is connecting to other men, for friendship, in a profound way, let´s say, finding other ´new men´, without the superficial macho talk. I have never been the ´teamsports´ type of guy, and I feel I have missed out a bit on this ´brotherhood´, go out with the boys, etc… I have wife and family, but I miss a connection to other men.
I live my life to the full, like adventure, and therefore I change my life´s direction about every 5 years, including moving to a very different place in the world. But this does not help staying in touch with ´old friends´ from university etc. Friendships that were easier to establish because of the common goal, studying etc…
Do you have some tips in this direction, or may be would it be possible to have a show with this theme? Finding new man-man relationships, friendship, etc.? I guess I could look more into forming a men´s group, but are there any more ´conventional´ ways?”
My response:
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