Pardon me for making this intro a bit too long for comfort, but here goes! I have been a member of this site for a while now, but I never got around to writing a proper intro. Finally, I’m penning it down today! Some of this has been copied from my other post under ‘MGTOW Central’, so sorry about that!
On the surface I’m just your typical happy-go-lucky guy next door, but I have a whole different world inside me, which is totally unconnected to this external world. I’m really emotional and sensitive (which are rare traits for men), and this has often brought me terrible pain in terms of family, friendships and relationships. I’m also a bit too nice towards people, and as expected, people have taken advantage of this to exploit me. But still, these were learning experiences for me. Although I still retain my core values and individuality, I’m a much stronger man now (emotionally, that is).
Music is my biggest passion. I listen to almost all genres of music except rap. I have a special attraction towards electronic dance music and a few heavy metal subgenres. My taste in music is highly varied, because I listen to teen pop, brutal death metal and everything in between! I’m a pretty good singer too. In fact, I was the lead vocalist of my college rock/metal band during my University days. Unfortunately, we had to disband because each member of our band got jobs or went for higher education in different cities/countries. I have a huge music collection (around 125 Gigabytes) stored on my PC, to which I have hooked up a high end speaker system so that I can listen to the music in all their glory!
Apart from music, gaming is my other big passion. I’ve been an ardent gamer since 15 years. I play games exclusively on the PC (don’t prefer consoles), and I do have a custom built high end gaming PC. First person shooters are my favorite. I also play third person shooters, action/adventure games, action-role playing games and racing games too, but I stay away from strategy games and pure role playing games.
Although I’m almost 28 years old, I’m still quite innocent and childlike. For example, I really enjoy watching cartoons and animated movies/TV shows. And I have an extra-special liking towards animated stuff made by Disney. Of course, I’m only referring to their traditionally-animated stuff, and not the computer-generated crap they have been dishing out since a few years. Oh yeah, I love chocolates too!
I’m strongly against god and religion, because I only believe in Science. I’m also an animal lover, and I consider animals as my friends rather than food. Hence I’m a strict vegetarian (trying to convert to vegan).
I feel that my biggest strengths are my impeccable sense of humor, and my problem solving abilities (I seem to come up with unconventional solutions which actually work, for seemingly unsolvable problems). I’m the kind of person who finds happiness even in the smallest of things. And I possess this skill of finding happiness even in extremely hopeless situations. This is because I firmly believe that even the most negative things have a tiny bit of positivity in them, and I should enjoy this positivity rather than complain about the negativity.
I’m an engineering graduate in the field of Computer Science, and have been working as a software developer since 4 years. I’m admired and respected amongst my peers and colleagues for my technical skills.
Now comes the ‘other’ part, the reason why I became a part of MGTOW.
I have been REALLY unfortunate (or thought i was) when it comes to women. I was involved in two brief relationships, but those were more than 5 years ago. I have been single since more than 4 years now. Women usually tell me that I’m a great guy in every way, but just not their ‘type’, so I get friendzoned. Initially I used to feel that it had something to do with my looks. I was insecure about my looks ever since childhood, and was a bit overweight too. So I put in a lot of efforts to lose those extra pounds, and improve my appearance in general. But it was still the same old story. I was sick and tired of hearing the same thing from women over and over again (that I’m a great guy but not their type), as though the words are coming from an old, malfunctioning gramophone record.
I’m surely NOT one of those guys who only want sex. I respect women (or used to), but I definitely don’t place them on a pedestal like the stereotypical ‘nice guys’ do. I’m not into drugs, alcohol, smoking etc. And I’m still holding on to my V-card because I’m not at all interested in hookers, one night stands or friends with benefits. I was surprised how real jerks seem to pick up pretty women left and right. I don’t have lofty standards regarding a partner. I thought Maybe there was something horribly wrong with me which I can’t quite put my finger on, and others don’t tell me what that is because they don’t want me to get hurt.
But since the past month or so, I have realized that I’m not the only man with such issues, and its actually more common than I ever imagined. I’ve started to firmly believe that I don’t need any woman to complete my life or make me happy. Women don’t give a crap about me, and I don’t give a crap about them. Its much better this way. I have found alternate ways of keeping myself happy (which are mostly related to technology). And for the first time in my life, i feel like i have found ‘true’ happiness. I also feel so free and liberated because I don’t have to conform to societal norms of being with a woman. In short, I can be my own boss from now onwards!
Daniel 5 years, 1 month ago.
