<strong>Special insert added by mgtow.com</strong> <a href="/forums/topic/a-testimony-from-an-australian-man-who-learned-the-hard-way-child-support-sucks/">After reading ROBNOXIOUS' profile intro, check out his brutal CHILD SUPPORT NIGHTMARE in the MGTOW Forum »</a> I'm in my mid thirties, I am the legal guardian of six children, four fathered by me. I've been through the wringer enough to be just bitter enough to start seeing the world as it really is. Unknowingly becoming a MGHOW well before I even knew what it was. My father left me when I was 12 and my mother, despite being fairly intelligent and liberally minded, inadvertently trained me to be a white knight. This set me up for a huge fail with my first wife, but I have an incredible capacity for self education and introspection. I consider myself lucky that my divorce didn't cost me more than it did. I took many lessons away from that debacle. It was then that I realised just how screwed up the system was, screwing good fathers out of money, and contact with their children. I am currently married, but this time around I was very blunt with my partner when we got together. I told her that I wouldn't tolerate any efforts to try and "improve" me, I am who I am, and I choose to be with her. If she gave me any reason not to respect her, I would walk away. Whilst I flirt with danger by subscribing to marriage, I did it through a sense of honor for a woman who seemed, and still seems, very devoted to me. She remains loyal and honest, as I am loyal and honest to her. she has and really would do anything for me, she even encouraged me to take four years off work so I could go back to school and retrain, allowing me to change careers. I married her because she has never behaved in a way which made me believe she was anything but an equal partner and companion. I continue to ride a motorbike, not because it's edgy and cool but because I enjoy it. I didn't consult with my current partner when I bought my last bike, or car for that matter, and instead of being "shitty" about it, she hugged me and said honestly "you work so hard, you deserve it". I've never showered her in gifts, instead I maintain my dignity and she respects that. To be honest, if she didn't have a vagina, I'd say she was one of my best mates. But enough about her, I feel compelled to defend my relationship, as so many women truly are not worth the effort. I know this better than most, having lived through a shitty previous marriage and survived divorce and the financial woes associated with it. My aims with my children are to give them a strong and capable father figure who doesn't take shit from feminists or anyone else, and to educate my daughters to be decent human beings with a strong emotional maturity and respect for others and themselves, and to teach my sons about the real dangers of the majority of women out there. Young women need to be taught about accountability and self control, and I am always weary of this when I speak to my girls. I don't want any of them to end up being evil money grubbing whores. I am thoroughly disgusted with how society screws men over as I have personally been on the receiving end. I identify as an atheist and men's rights supporter, although I haven't quite yet dedicated more of my life to the plight of my fellow man, I have given it much thought. Joining a site like this I hope to bring my experiences, both good and bad, to help other men, and to just consolidate my own views on MGTOW, as it has struck a chord with me and my ideals ever since I heard the phrase. I find it interesting that despite not having a strong father figure in my own life, and having the chips stacked against me from an early age, I "discovered" what being a man really meant, and the ideals behind MGTOW resonate with me 100%. I think, if I'd had a better father, I probably would never have gotten married or even had kids, but, you can only play the cards you're dealt. I think I've made it out of the cocoon relatively unscathed. I'm certainly wiser for my experiences.