I am a 27 year old male in excellent health, financially set with a comfy government job, and most importantly, not married! I’m not really interested in dating anymore as I have become MGTOW, although I’m not opposed to an LTR but only if it’s on my terms (haha, that’s a joke). Anyway, I love to travel and do things, but trying to convince my friends is a complete waste of breath anymore. Out of my five friends, here are their respective reasons/excuses:

• Friend A is currently engaged. Prior to his engagement, we went to Europe with a tour group and had an absolute blast! However, he only travels with his girlfriend now that he’s engaged.

• Friend B is getting married this year. He is dropping 25 grand on a fancy wedding and hates to travel. I basically see him 2-3 hours once every 3 months, compared to seeing him on a weekly basis prior to his engagement.

• Friend C is single, and previously had interest in doing a trip. However, upon asking him recently if he’s be interested, he came up with 55 excuses: car payment, saving for a house, giving Friend B a wedding gift, renting a stupid tuxedo for the wedding, blah blah blah.

• Friend D is also single. He hates to travel, aside from doing a day trip here and there once in a while.

• Friend E likes to do things, but he is too controlling and I generally can only tolerate spending a few hours with him at a time, as we don’t have much in common. I can't image spending a whole week with him!

So getting someone to travel with me this summer is out of the question. But fuck, I have time, health, and money, and I want to travel somewhere!

I’ve been thinking of doing a cross country road trip from the east coast, ending in Los Angeles and possibly spending three grand for a once-in-a-lifetime ride in a fighter jet (fuck it, better than dropping that on an engagement ring, right?).

My biggest obstacle is my mother giving me a hassle, as everything I tell her I’m doing something, her response is “who are you going with”? While I am 27 and I do what I want, it feels like it’s taboo for me to do things alone, whereas I actually prefer to do things alone many times – no coordinating schedules, no bitching from people who don’t want to do what I want to do, no sharing hotel rooms, I can put what I want on the car radio, etc.

Anyone have experience from friends and family giving them flak for doing things alone? If so, how do you deal with it? I am continuing to learn the MGTOW ways and to NGAF!

** Update: So my mother and grandfather think the boogeyman is going to get me by going alone, despite the fact that I travel alone 2-6 hours away for work nearly every week of the year. But whatever, I do what I want.