If a man truly doesn’t GAF....then why is he there?
I think you're taking IDGAF too literally. It's kind like debating who's the best all-time running back in the NFL. I say Walter Payton (because he is/was), you may say Jim Brown, and another guy says Emmitt Smith. We
could make plausible arguments for all three. So, IDAGF can mean different things to different people.
Here's what it means to me:
I thought I wrote a pretty good explanation of my definition of IDGAF/Abundance Mindset (AM) in my prior post, but I'll try to clarify.
IDAGF doesn't mean you don't care about women or dating. I have the IDGAF/AM attitude and I do care about women and dating. I ask women out and meet them online and IRL all the time. I date them, have fun, f*uck a good number of them, and some stick around a while. Others fly the coop for a multitude of reasons.
Now here's IDGAF in action:
IF one flies the coop, I don't really give a f*uck because I have the Abundance Mindset (they are related) which means another one is right around the corner. And they usually are after a few OLD messages or cold approaches or whatever. Plus, women aren't the focal point of my existence. My life, goals, health, family, friends, etc, are.
Women are the side of mashed potatoes on a Thanksgiving dinner plate loaded with all the traditional foods. They are just
one portion or side dish. Where guys get into (massive) trouble is that they make women the huge chunk of turkey on the plate or worse yet, a plate with
only turkey and nothing else. They are the beta, AFC, and MGTOW guys.
Does an NFL team quit and forfeit the game after one turnover? No, they regroup and give it another go. They say an NFL QB has to have "select amnesia" and forget about his last bad play because he's going to be out there again in a few minutes and cannot dwell on past mistakes. And we can't either. We also have to
have a mindset of positive expectations and outcome. And if things don't go our way (which they won't most of the time), we employ
IDGAF/AM, we learn and get better. Not cry, pout, freak out, and dwell on all our mistakes.
It's the same thing in dating. You cannot let bad experiences cloud your perspective and expectations. Subconsciously it actually might if you dwell on failures too much.
We become what we think about most often, so what do you think about when it comes to women? That you're a failure, or, that you're one f*uck of a prize and if the woman can't see that, IDGAF/AM, next batter up. So, you need to be proactive and say to yourself, "IDGAF if she leaves, cheats, flakes, whatever. That's part of the game and I understand it." "And, I have the Abundance Mindset so there will be another, probably better, woman right around the corner." And
slowly you become the man you want to be.
MGTOW, in my book, is defeatist in that you are giving yourself permission to quit. Yes, quitting is REALLY EASY. SUCCESS is not. That's why in the US, there are more mobile homes than 10,000 square foot homes and more people in poverty than millionaires. Thank god for quitters. And that's most people. It clears the path for me to achieve my goals; less bodies for me to clear out of the way. The quitters are walking on the side of the road or just sitting on the side of the road and I'm in the express lane doing 75 MPH.
Hope that helps.
~Dash