I’m not too sure why I felt compelled to join MGTOW, except to say that I started on my own way 26 years ago when on post-divorce date, (a “set-up”) in the middle of having dinner with a woman who spoke incessantly about how her former boyfriend abused her, I nearly panicked when I looked at my watch and realized I was missing the “Simpsons”. I did feel a moment of guilt about that, but I suddenly realized this woman had absolutely NOTHING to offer that would improve my life one iota, but I could sense the “need” she felt in her own.
“Wow! Stick a fork in me, I’m DONE!“, I thought. I paid for dinner, took her home, and that was that. I’ve been on my own since then, except for my kids.
I became a LISP, (Low Income Single Parent) when my wife decided to abandon the family and pursue her own interests. Although I consider myself quite fortunate to have had the privilege of raising my two sons by myself, it was definitely an “eye-opening” experience into the destructive side of feminism. For starters, trying to get child support payments out of a woman is well neigh impossible. They just get pregnant to some other poor schmuck, and quit their job to be a “Full Time Mother”, leaving you with nothing but lawyer fees for your efforts. It’s an interesting statistic that 73% of men who are court ordered to pay child support are paying in full, while 73% of women who are court ordered to pay child support never pay a penny. I knew another single dad like me who’s ex refused to pay the court ordered $6.00/week for her two kids! And they complain about “Dead Beat Dads”!
Another thing I learned rather quickly, is that single women in their late 20’s and up are single for a reason. They complain about how men won’t accept the “baggage” of a ready-made family, yet women are no different! These women either have their own kids, or they don’t want kids. In either case, they want absolutely NOTHING to do with your kids. I even had one single mother turn me down on the offer of a cup of coffee after work by saying, “I’M NOT GOING TO RAISE YOUR KIDS FOR YOU!”, then stomping off like I called her a… well, what she actually was. A lot of women friends used to tell me they knew the “Perfect” woman for me, if I’d just get rid of the kids…
“Then, she wouldn’t be perfect for me, would she?”, I’d point out. Eventually, they stopped trying to do me favors.
I am fortunate that I had my kids to focus on. Of course, many people warned me that men were incompetent to raise kids alone, and I was doomed to failure. A Sociologist even told me that *ANY* woman could do a better job of raising my kids than I could. I’m sorry to disappoint them. Both my sons are now on their own with good paying careers, (better than mine, anyway!). The Youngest is in an apparently satisfying relationship, (for now), while the oldest has gone MGTOW after his fiancee of 7 years turned up pregnant to a dock-worker at Wal-Mart.
Life goes on…
Now that I find myself coasting along on the downhill side of life, I come here not for advice or solutions, but to perhaps lend a sympathetic ear and a voice of experience to those who desire it. I will tell you all up front, that I have absolutely no regrets for making the decisions I made, and if I had to do it all over again, I would do it in a heartbeat.
Thanks for reading!
