I was literally raised to be a tradcon cuck. Both parents were extremely religious and instilled in me the idea that some day my destiny was to be a provider for my family, and that I should always white knight for girls, etc. Their main mistake was to homeschool me, as it gave me a lot of time to think for myself and cultivate hobbies such as math, philosophy, and chess thus making me happy without anyone else, emotionally self-sufficient.

Then when I went to college (catholic), I'm sure they thought it would be the ideal place for me to find a wife or whatever. However, from the very second I arrived in the dorms all I saw were a bunch of thots and club going girls that would get hammered every night and then bang dudes over and over again. I was a passive observer and the truth presented itself to me, and I would be a fool to discount my repeated observations in face of all evidence. Perhaps more relevant, even relatively religious girls eventually ended up riding the CC, just later and to a less degree than your typical soul-less female.

By this time I was a full blown MGTOW without ever hearing of the name or idea. I was enjoying the small social circle of friends I trusted while studying hard, working, and playing video games. A few years after graduating when I was browsing reddit somehow I stumbled on TRP. I was intrigued and confused at once, because these people appeared to understand female nature to a large degree yet still decided it was worth it to devote their life to developing tactics to bang chicks. I was not interested in sex, so I posted in askTRP if there was a sub similar to TRP but that wasn't concerned with just tactics to get pussy, and someone commented MGTOW, and I haven't looked back since.

That's my experience in a nutshell. I'm quite happy were I am now since my job has very few females in it, and I enjoy it very much. I can only wonder how many other MGTOWs have been born by simply attending college and seeing female nature first hand that way.