How much do you define your "masculinity" standards?

If you want to date, you determine the hat the woman wears. If you act more masculine it will make her more feminine. If you act feminine, it'll put you in the friendzone or she'll expect you to pay for shit and you'll Mr. Beta Bucks. I'd like to say you can overdo masculinity, but considering the turds some women end up with, maybe there's no such thing?

If you don't want to date, you have a lot more freedom and you're not defined by anything. But the more of your feminine nice-guy side you delete, the more it gives a woman reason to be around you because she'll be able to express her femininity. She can fill the void that your former beta-self used to fill. I think a lot of MGTOWS are probably alpha/beta hybrids. We don't have female partners and we're going through life on our own so we play 2 roles. I also think this helps explain why once you get a chick other chicks will be after you. You're only playing one role at that point (or should be) - the masculine role.

Do I get less points for spending my weekends reading superhero comics or living in a cheap hotel because I don't want the responsibility to take care of a house or apartment?

Yes and no. There's really more than one red pill to swallow. Besides the nasty truth of female nature, there's the nasty truth of this world and of life and death. I'm hitting middle age, so for me the other red pills I've been taking make me pretty damned aware of death, how very short my life is, and how much of my life I've been just fucking off and being lazy. Really, really, really, really lazy. What it means to me now is my life is 100% about asset building. Every day I need to do something productive. Every day I need to add on to myself. Every day I need more exercise, better food, more money, more eduction, more opportunities, more experiences, more character, more meaningfulness, more awesome. Everything. Everything is an attack on all fronts and not giving up on any fronts. Rest is a necessity, not a goal. There is no "vacation" even if you think you're on a vacation. I don't know if it's just the passing of time and hitting the "male wall" or what. If you look at it as points, I can't get enough points. I need every point I can get.

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