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When your men's group becomes performative rather than authentic

Our friend group started a monthly men's circle two years ago and lately it feels like we're just performing vulnerability instead of actually being vulnerable and I don't know how to address that without sounding like I'm criticizing everyone.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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A group seeking depth has unconsciously created new forms of surface, mistaking emotional performance for genuine intimacy.

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