Why do I feel insecure when my younger more sexually active friends keep telling me tales about their conquests and I have nothing to say in return?

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I’m 33, I have a 25 year old friend who is extremely promiscuous. I didn’t know what sex addiction was or if it was even possible until I met him. We had designs of starting a business together, and then he lost his girlfriend and it was like he became a totally different person.

My tagline, you can do anything you want, just be an adult about it, is no meaningless bon mot. I fully believe that anybody should satisfy any wish or desire they have, they just need to learn how to do it in a way that’s not destructive or careless.

Well, my friend threw his shot at a business and being independently wealthy away over pussy. He stopped contributing and just threw everything onto my shoulders. I didn’t care if he was promiscuous, I just didn’t want it to affect his work.

But that’s what young people do. They throw away their futures over stupid immediate feel-good shit like sex and drugs. And they set up long-term habits that kill their ability to earn any success after they grow up a little. Anything they do get is through luck.

My sister is throwing her chance to be a good mother to her children away on partying and, we’re not sure about this yet, drugs. She turns 31 this year. It’s nothing to feel insecure about, it’s just sad. Her kids are lucky to have my mom to raise them, but it’s still the saddest thing I’ve ever witnessed my family go through.