If you will recall.... NOP stopped posting on this board for quite a long time. He popped in every now and then. If you would have been posting here three years ago, you would have no doubt that what he and Mrs. NOP have been able to do, together, is a success story. For them.
He got to a point where he really didn't need to post anymore, and for a good long time he went away. Then he'd throw in a comment or two, here and there.
I personally got on NOP to start posting more, for he helped me, probably more than anyone on the board. I LIKE NOP. He has a past. Don't we all. I would never be so egotistical to say that he came back because I got on his case.... he is a free thinking man... but in any event, I DO think he has valuable insights. And he is quite eloquent when he wants to be.
Give him some space, dude. Please. He may not be your cup of tea... he may not be the person you choose to follow... but NOP isn't really here to prove anything to anyone. He has opinions, only. You don't like how he operates, take it with a grain of salt and move on.
But believe it or not.... given your age and his... you MIGHT learn a thing or two if you check that... need to be 'right' feeling you have at the door.
My shrink has been married three times. Were I to go in there and throw that in his face... I'd get nowhere with him. He had two affairs. MY SHRINK.
Better to meet a man who has lived life.... and can see with the accuracy of 20/20 hindsight, than to meet a man who hypothesizes from all he has learned from books. Experience... to me... is a quite a valid POV.
