This morning on my drive to work I realised that my experience since first diving into Red Pill material about a year ago has changed quite a lot.

At first, I kept an open mind but didn't really see much of it in real life. I'm Australian, and I thought that it might have just been a thing with the USA and its society. Either way, it intrigued me and I kept reading more stuff.

Then, a few months later, it sort of started to click. All the times I was friend zoned, rejected, and hit on all started to make sense. I was friend zoned because I didn't move fast enough initially, and I was overtly hit on while I was in positions of contextual power and status. I started to see it all around me, so I kept reading.

Then it really clicked. With it came some anger. None of it was made public, but it was there. I read Helen Smith's 'Men on Strike' book (and a few similar ones) and realised that men are being treated like second class citizens today. There is so much hypocrisy and male-bashing that is just taken as normal. I realised that the reason behind eight of my friends having a false rape allegation against them was part of the culture that is considered normal today. I finally understood why my dad left when I was 18 (I'm 22 now). I live with my mother and only ever heard her side of the story. Everything about the breakdown of my parents marriage and its aftermath seemed so clear and have made amends with my dad since. I'm a lot happier as the result of it and it turns out i've realised that him and I aren't so different after all.

This morning on my drive to work, I heard on the radio about yet another gender "equality" thing going on, and I realised that I just don't care anymore. I'm MGTOW. The previous-phase me would have felt affected by it - that it is all bullshit, it needs to go both ways etc. But I just feel nothing now. I've completely stopped trying to get women for a while (low SMV - 22, very short, a little overweight but muscled, no real job at the moment) and I feel completely okay with it. I'm not wasting my mental energy on trying to get women, it can be put to use in so many better ways. I've completely forgotten about ever getting married and am even in the process of questioning reproduction and doubt if i'll ever want to have kids. And this isn't even just Red Pill stuff - its extending to politics, work, and just general lifestyle.

So it's clear to me that I'm in the beginning of a MGTOW phase (maybe permanent?) so I'll be around these parts of Reddit a bit more I guess. Will be interesting to see what the next part of my post-Red Pill life experience will be.