At 38, I have no regrets of being single and taking up the MGTOW lifestyle. Yes!! You have heard me right! A decade ago, I must have been feeling insecure and wanting to get married but 10 years on I am extremely happy that I took the decision of being single.
At 30, I was pretty much sure that I wanted to remain single and not get married. In between though, I had some hope/feeling that maybe,just maybe, someone would come across in my life and I would get married, but that never happened.
In 2015 at the age of 33 I got introduced to the MGTOW movement (Men Going Their Own way). This movement finally arrived in India and started having followers. In 2016, there was a marked transformation in the way Indian people would use internet data, thanks to the Jio revolution. Mobile Internet became accessible to the common Indian man and the awareness of MGTOW lifestyle spread. Information and advice eventually spread. I too gained a good insight on the benefits of following the MGTOW lifestyle.
Daily I browse social media and news websites only to find out that another common Indian man committed suicide due to harassment by spouse and in-laws, another Indian man and his family has been falsely accused of false cases related to dowry and domestic violence, another innocent Indian man was killed by his own wife and lover. So much for the so called holy and pious institution of marriage.
At present marriage in India is nothing but a materialistic alliance based of greed and benefits. The man has to play the role of a provider and care taker. I have often asked myself " What is in it for me?" What benefits am I going to get if I were to get married? I am not able to find an answer.
The reality is that married men have a difficult time. The initial years of marriage may be good but later years are not easy. I have nothing against married men, they made a choice and I am have made mine.
At 38, I have mental peace, a prized possession that many Indian men are deprived of. No more taunts and criticism at home. A stillness and tranquility in my small flat that I currently stay in. No useless and unwanted social functions to attend to. No requirement to living up to the expectations of the Indian society. Live the way you want.
Companionship, soulmate and life partner is just a myth and highly overrated. I don't feel lonely as I have many things to do and keep myself engaged. Life is a journey and one must go on. MGTOW lifestyle is the ultimate path of liberation and freedom for Indian men if they want it.
I choose not to be a slave of a system/institution that ill treats men, disrespects them and robs them of their entire wealth in family courts. Lakhs of Indian men have faced it and are currently facing it. Why take the risk?
With radical feminism and feminazism in our society, MGTOW is the lifestyle sane Indian men can adopt and follow.
Bhaveen Sheth
Indian MGTOW
