Steve Harvey

Don't be afraid to lose him, because if a man truly loves you, he's not going anywhere

Do not ignore you gift. Your gift is the thing you do the absolute BEST with the LEAST amount of effort."~Steve Harvey

Boys Shack, MEN build homes

Nothing on this planet can compare with a woman__ love__t is kind and compassionate, patient and nurturing, generous and sweet and unconditional. Pure. If you are her man, she will walk on water and through a mountain for you, too, no matter how you__e acted out, no matter what crazy thing you__e done, no matter the time or demand. If you are her man, she will talk to you until there just aren__ any more words left to say, encourage you when you__e at rock bottom and think there just isn__ any way out, hold you in her arms when you__e sick, and laugh with you when you__e up. And if you__e her man and that woman loves you__ mean really loves you?__he will shine you up when you__e dusty, encourage you when you__e down, defend you even when she__ not so sure you were right, and hang on your every word, even when you__e not saying anything worth listening to. And no matter what you do, no matter how many times her friends say you__e no good, no matter how many times you slam the door on the relationship, she will give you her very best and then some, and keep right on trying to win over your heart, even when you act like everything she__ done to convince you she__ The One just isn__ good enough.That__ a woman__ love__t stands the test of time, logic, and all circumstance....Well, I__ here to tell you that expecting that kind of love_ that perfection__rom a man is unrealistic. That__ right, I said it__t__ not gonna happen, no way, no how. Because a man__ love isn__ like a woman__ love.

I__e said over and over again jokingly that the only way a woman can truly be completely satisfied is to get herself four different men__n old one, an ugly one, a Mandingo, and a gayguy. Now the four of them combined? They got you covered.

I know that you and your girls have been told for years on end that you just don__ pass up any opportunities when a man walks your way__e could be The One. But I__ here to tell you that this philosophy is just plain dumb. Women are smart__ou all can tell when your friends are lying, you know when your kids are up to no good, co-workers can__ get anything past you atthe job. You__e quick to let each one of them know that you__e not stupid, that you see them coming a mile away, and you__e not going to let them play that game with you. But when it comes to your relationships with the opposite sex, all of that goes out the window; you relinquish your power and lose all control over the situation__ede it to any old man who looks at you twice. Just because he happened to look at you twice.

We men are very simple people: if we like what we see, we__e coming over there. If we don__ want anything from you, we__e not coming over there. Period. Please highlight this part right here so you can always remind yourself the next time a man steps to you: a man always wants something. Always. And when it comes to women, that plan is always to find out two things: (1) if you__e willing to sleep with him, and (2) if you are, how much it will cost to get you to sleep with him.

A man fishes for two reasons: he__ either sport fishing or fishing to eat, which means he__ either going to try to catch the biggest fish he can, take a picture of it, admire it with his buddies and toss it back to sea, or he__ going to take that fish on home, scale it, fillet it, toss it in some cornmeal, fry it up, and put it on his plate. This, I think, is a great analogy for how men seek out women.

Let him treat you like a lady and open the car door for you. If he doesn't automatically open the door for you, stand by the darn thing and don't get into the vehicle until he realises he needs to get hid behind out of the driver's seat and come round and open the car door for you. That's his job!

Ask any guy if sex is important in a relationship and the one who says no is lying. I just haven't met that guy yet. When you meet him, let's get him in to the Smithsonian - he's that special and rare.

You're an investigator - can't nobody find stuff out like a woman. Y'all put the police to shame, make the little investigative tricks they show on CSI and Law & Order: SVU look like counting lessons on Sesame Street.

If you are her man, she will talk to you until there justaren__ any more words left to say, encourage you when you__eat rock bottom and think there just isn__ any way out, hold youin her arms when you__e sick, and laugh with you when you__eup. And if you__e her man and that woman loves you__ meanreally loves you?__he will shine you up when you__e dusty,encourage you when you__e down, defend you even when she__not so sure you were right, and hang on your every word, evenwhen you__e not saying anything worth listening to.

To us, your power comes from one simple thing: you__e a woman, and we men will doanything humanly possible to impress you so that, ultimately, we can be with you. You__e the driving force behind why we wake up every day. Men go out and get jobs and hustle to makemoney because of women. We drive fancy cars because of women. We dress nice, put on cologne, get haircuts and try to look all shiny and new for you. We do all of this because the more our game is stepped up, the more of you we get. You__e the ultimate prize to us.

All I'm telling you to do is to be smart about it. Know that if this man isn't looking for a serious relationship, you're not going to change his mind just because you two are going on dates and being intimate. You could be the most perfect woman on the Lord's green earth-you're capable of interesting conversation, you cook a mean breakfast, you hand out backrubs like sandwiches, you're independent (which means, to him, that you're not going to be in his pockets)-but if he's not ready for a serious relationship, he going to treat you like sports fish.

God lets you be successful because he trusts you that you will do the right thing with it. Now, does he get disappointed often? All the time, because people get there and they forget how they got it.

We all think that this relationship thing is a game out here. All I'm saying to women is, 'Okay. If it's a game, here are the rules that we play by.'

You've got to be in a bad relationship to really understand what a great one is.

I'm not a relationship expert. I'm an expert on manhood.