He said what???
The things men say, the things women tolerate
In a world of good man bad man, we may have things miscontrued. A good man does this and that, a bad man doesn't do this and that. Overall, good people do some not so good things and bad people do some good things. So maybe good vs bad isn’t the best metric to use when categorizing men.
Perhaps a more realistic approach, per life and relationship coach Tony Gaskins, is that men are one of the two; real man or grown boy.
According to Mr. Gaskins in short, a real man moves with the intent of commitment, to lead, to love, etc. A grown boy moves in the manner of manipulation, deceit, inconsistency, selfishness, immaturity, etc.
Of course the two can overlap, as humans we are not all things all the time. But we are what we consistently do. Unfortunately, women tend to overlook this aspect and suffer for it.
Here’s an example of how easy it is to mistake a grown boy for a real man:
Over a conversation with a male associate, he began speaking about his current girlfriend. I knew they had been together for some time and most likely wouldn’t marry. My assumptions were correct when he said this:
I told her when we first got together, if I don’t marry her after four…
