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How to Build a Family in Your Late 30s/40s

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Anthony Dream Johnson
Apr 20, 2026
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What advice do you have for a man in his late thirties or forties, who put in the effort, and is looking to find a wife and have kids? What should he be concerned about? What might he be missing? And what practical advice does the former President of the Manosphere have?

-Anonymous

Welcome back to The Dream Lounge my fellow apex alpha males.

I just announced my pay-to-dream thingy on Friday. Had my first order come in later that same day, which is cool. I’m used to most of the internet hating my guts and grabbing pitch forks on a regular basis. It’s nice to see that some people love and value my writing.

This Dreamer chose to remain anonymous other than identifying as a “proud alumni of The 21 Convention”. I know this guy pretty well of course, since he did in fact attend my events a bunch of times. 21C alumni also tend to be the top 1% of the 1% of the old guard manosphere. The reason for that is simple: it takes serious effort to fly across the world to a real life event that lasts almo…

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