After reading (and enjoying) this sub for some time I figured it was time to contribute.

I separated from my girl friend about 18 months ago, but we stayed in touch as "friends" since then. We'd been together on and off for over 10 years but (thank fuck) never got married. The break was pretty clean and not too acrimonious and our finances were always separate so no chance of getting fucked over financially. I've been trying to live a MGTOW life since then - focusing on my hobbies and interests and not wasting time and money on womyn and dating.

Despite that (I know I shouldn't have) I kept in touch now and again with the odd phone call and occasionally catching up for a coffee. Usually we just chat about what we are up to and don't stray into personal shit. Then the other day she starts telling me about the new love in her life.

Immediately I think - wtf is this?

She goes on about her feelings for this new guy and how she's fallen for him and all the stuff they are doing together etc etc. She ends her little sharing session by telling me that she hopes that wasn't out of line but she just wanted to be honest.

All I can think is - are you trying to make me jealous? Do you think that I am going to listen to this shit as if I'm some sort of cuck? A couple of days later she calls and I tell her that I can't be "friends" anymore - I don't want to hear from her anymore. Since that decision I feel like I've gotten rid of the last shred of my pre-MGTOW self.

The point of this post is that reading this sub allowed me to see through the bullshit so much more clearly than I would have in the past. So I wanted to make a small contribution - hopefully someone can take something useful from this post.

Cheers.