Recommend me a language

I used VB 6 a while ago before I started learning some real languages. However, I still can't get over how much easier it was to make GUI applications in VB, despite how much the language itself sucked. Window toolkits for other languages are horrible to use and rarely come with a real visual editor - Tk sucks ass, Swing sucks ass, win32 API in C is either a pain in the ass or I can't figure out a good way to do it...

I haven't tried MFC or any .NET shit yet. How the hell do people write real Windows apps? Should I try something else?

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ROFL... Nope, I'm not from the GNAA either, I like BSD, MPL, etc., truly free licenses. [Hopes to start another license war] Oh and I use commercial software too, and my workstation OS of choice is Windows NT, if that helps. This has nothing to do with disliking stupidly bloated useless shit.