So, pretty much, the red pilled man is stuck in a world filled with racism, classism, and parochialism.
He's mixed race Ethiopian and Hungarian, so he's black, but not "black". Which affects many of his dating prospects. He has to deal with the Mandingo ethnic stereotype, which he hates, because he came from a white collar family. He knows nothing about the African American experience, because his dad was from Ethiopia and he was mainly raised by his mom's family, before his grandfather died when the protagonist was 14, and his parents died in a tornado when the protagonist was 25
Since his mom was an "oops" baby, and his dad was an immigrant, he doesn't really have any family. No cousins, no uncles, no aunts. So people assume he's some sort of weird vagabond with no family.
His friends all moved away after high school, because they hated how culturally stagnant and cliquish their large, Midwestern city was. He's stuck there because he has a job with the state. The state's the cheapest closed shop state. He's a union worker, and he doesn't want to leave the state, due to its strong union laws. And the only jobs that have comparative benefits in states with a comparative QOL, are in right to work states. So he's alone.
And the guy does things most guys don't do. He drives a Volkswagen Beetle (Which he modded up into a dune buggy), he rides a bike to work, he competes in sports that are considered "non traditional" in his region, and because he's black, but the 2nd generation son of a newer arrived black, he doesn't have the black experience. The women in the book assume he's gay because he owns a cat, (which was his parents' cat that he's taking care of), they ridicule him for owning a Beetle (Even though it could probably climb a vertical cliff), mock him for being "skinny" (He's in tip top shape because he's an amateur French Boxer and competes in triathlons). He keeps things that women constantly misinterpret as signs of poverty, being effeminate, or being from a humble class. He drinks beer from a growler (Which the women around him think is "moonshine"), he doesn't eat meat (They think he's too poor to afford to eat meat), owns a cat (the cat constantly brings in owls, fawns, rabbits, etc whenever he escapes the house), and he wears a pair of silver boxing gloves around his neck (Which they think is a pair of silver mittens), to celebrate his status as a silver glove in savate.
Pretty much, he GHOW because he's frustrated with the culture around him. It's stagnant, while he's dynamic. It's parochial while he's cultured and worldly. It's cliquish while he's friendly and open to knowing other people. He's forced to fit in a world that isn't his. So he goes his own way.
Eventually, he gives up on committed relationships and loses respect for women. He finds flings, but doesn't settle down. One of his flings is a single mom who just wants to get away from the kids. She's frustrated with men, but find him to be the perfect sex partner. Jaded and simply apathetic.
They sleep together for a while, before he finds out he's in love with her. She falls for him too. It pisses off her friends because he's "unusual" (Worldly, health conscious, adventurous, well-read) and it pisses off his MGTOW friends because he fell in love with a single mom, which is a big no-no.
She fell for him, because he wasn't like the men she ended up settling for. All of the men in her life were boring, selfish, and trashy. Her kids fathers were boring and selfish. One is a he-Karen who is obsessed with his friends from high school and watching sports on TV, while the other is a "Nice Guy" with no backbone, but is full of fake SJW platitudes. She unfortunately had children with both of them.
The MGTOW men find out about him dating a single mom, and ostracize him. He doesn't care. They share in their disdain for the simple folk together, and plan on being the best they can be. He's also very loving towards his instant family, and is planning on having a 3rd child. He's pretty much flipping off the extremists in society and truly GHOW. He finds love with a woman who is equally frustrated and is also going her own way. Both the man and the woman went their own way, and are happy, because they both found people who simply were tired of the bullshit around them. They both realize their attitudes towards sex and the opposite gender was based on a limited sample.
They live cynically, but happily ever after.
What do you guys think about the premise?
Cynical MGTOW with a heart of gold meets a cynical woman who gives love one more chance?
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