Words to live by.....

I received this in an email earlier....man I have got to start sticking to these rules! I know I have not listened to a few of these over the years, that is probably why I'm still not happily married. Although I am pretty happily single, so I'm doing ok!

ATTENTION ALL LADIES: AMEN, SISTER!!!
If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away.
If he doesn’t want you, nothing can make him stay.
Stop making excuses for a man and his behavior. Allow your intuition (or spirit) to save you from heartache.
Stop trying to change yourselves for a relationship that’s not meant to be.
Slower is better. Never live your life for a man before you find what makes you truly happy.
If a relationship ends because the man was not treating you as you deserve then heck no, you can’t be “friends”.
A friend wouldn’t mistreat a friend.
Don’t settle. If you feel like he is stringing you along, then he probably is.
Don’t stay because you think “it will get better”. You’ll be mad at yourself a year later for staying when things
are not better.
The only person you can control in a relationship is you.
Avoid men who’ve got a bunch of children by a bunch of different women.
He didn’t marry them when he got them pregnant, why would he treat you any differently?
Always have your own set of friends separate from his.
Maintain boundaries in how a guy treats you. If something bothers you, speak up.
Never let a man know everything, he will use it against you later.
You cannot change a man’s behavior, change comes from within.
Don’t EVER make him feel he is more important than you are even if he has more education or a better job.
Do not make him into a quasi-god, he is a man, nothing more nothing less.
Never let a man define who you are.
Never borrow someone else’s man, if he cheated with you, he’ll cheat on you.
A man will only treat you the way you ALLOW him to treat you.
All men are NOT dogs.
You should not be the one doing all the bending... .compromise is a two-way street.
You need time to heal between relationships... .there is nothing cute about baggage... .deal with your issues
before pursuing a new relationship.
You should never look for someone to COMPLETE you...a relationship consists of two WHOLE
individuals.. .look for someone complimentary, not supplementary.
Dating is fun....even if he doesn’t turn out to be Mr. Right.
Make him miss you sometimes.. .when a man always knows where you are, and your always readily available to him, he takes it for granted.
Never move into his mother’s house.
Never co-sign for a man.
Don’t fully commit to a man who doesn’t give you everything that you need, keep him in your radar but get to know others!!

I'm thinking we all need to be more picky. I have found that I am always WAY too nice to men, and I don't always get the same respect back. I have let myself be taken for granted. Things they are a' changin'! I heard somewhere recently that woman should demand more from their relationships, seeing as "we have half of the money and ALL of the pussy"!! Which makes since, we should have the upper hand when it comes to relationships. Somewhere along the line we lost it. I think because more and more woman are giving it up easier! We need to start making the man "work" to get some booty! I know, I'm guilty of this too. Cuz ya know us woman get "hot in the pants" too, and we want some lovin'! I think we should all get together on this, stop giving it up and demand more respect in our relationships. What happen to the romantic gestures, all of that seems to be gone. We need more ass kissing basically, then maybe, just maybe we give up the booty! This plan may work, I have a feeling the sex toy industry may just get a boost in sales while we are "on strike"....