How to Handle the Not-So-Great Men

(continued)...If you asked a women if love was the sole and/or major reason to marry someone, an honest woman would tell you no. Ask a man in love the same question and he would invariably say, yes! Hmmm...so, who's the romantic in this equation? Well, of course, the answer is not simple, nor is it black and white. But it is no accident that women make up the overwhelming majority of Romance fiction readers. Ostensibly, to fill a gap in their lives. A gap, I believe they create themselves. When women get serious with a man, or marry them, the focus changes from romance and sex, to children, nesting, buying homes, security, money & the like. Men go along, because most men try to be responsible. These practical matters, more often than not, are the death of romance in every relationship. Money comes next as a villain. I'm not casting blame, just illuminating what I see to be an ancient pattern. Men's feelings often become secondary in budding families, except for finances. (Continued...)

Ladies - we need to print this out and post it on the fridge - just say NO! I've lived this scenario more than once and have paid dearly - just as wise Cherry has warned. Bravo, Bravo.