Least qualified to give advice to straight men who find themselves in troubles with women are feminists, both male and female. Surely not MGTOW, whose members - the majority are men from various countries - speak out of their personal experience.retiredfrank wrote: They won't get it from an MGTOW or loners group, because the MGTOWs and loners with their heads together don't join support groups specifically for MGTOWs and loners: they go their own way alone. They might get some life advice as a side benefit from other forums, such as HA, that aren't focused on the MGTOW or loner issue. I sometimes throw out nuggets of wisdom (mixing in with my clowning, of course) here on HA and various other forums I frequent. Asking for life advice on an MGTOW or loners forum is guaranteed to get responses from the people least qualified to give such advice.
MGTOW, MRA and similar groups (including HappierAbroad) give advice to straight men what they COULD or SHOULD consider to do to improve their difficult situation - no newborn boy is MGTOW by default after birth - some men are fairly happy in USA and similar Western countries, but others made horrible experiences with females as a child, as a young student, as a married/divorced man ....
Some young men are merely curious and MGTOW give them advice how to avoid serious mistakes in their future life, which might bring them into horrible inconvenience, despite they had best intentions. It's not always the fault of the man himself if something is going wrong with a personal relationship.
Might be that RetiredFrank never had such such a bad experience with a female, so he is not qualified to judge men who join MGTOW.
He should not belittle MGTOW, but better ask WHY certain men decide to join this community.
I will always be supportive to MGTOW because of my past, luckily I was able to get over it and could improve significantly my life - unfortunately when I was in big troubles, MGTOW did not exist yet, there was no internet to communicate.