A couple of others that really matter, especially in the USA today:
+A manly man sticks around and stays faithful to his (first) wife.
+A manly man also sticks around and raises his own kids (or any kids he's adopted - because they ARE his).
I say the above as a man who stuck around and raised his four kids (one adopted, three biological) after watching my bio-dad/sperm donor leave my mom when I was around 5-6 because it was inconvenient for him. My wife and I have now been together for 43 years, on the way to forever.
The benefit and blessing of the above is I now get to enjoy my nine grandkids (so far) WITH my wife, not on separate weekends or in separate pews or tables at family celebrations, holidays and gatherings.
Yes, it's hard work, there were lots of hard, dry years - but suck it up, cupcake, and BE A MAN.
P.S. I was blessed to have a real man come into my life, marry my mom, adopt me (and my two younger brothers) and make the sacrifices to raise us as his own. Without his sacrifices and commitment and consistency, I doubt I'd be the MAN I am today. I thank God for him every day, and I still feel like I don't measure up to his example of manhood.
The amazing thing is, his bio dad deserted him and his mom when he was an infant. And yet he sucked it up and made different, HARD choices for his life, which have changed several generations now in our family. God bless you, Harvey Davis "Mac" McXXXXXXX.
A couple of others that really matter, especially in the USA today:
+A manly man sticks around and stays faithful to his (first) wife.
+A manly man also sticks around and raises his own kids (or any kids he's adopted - because they ARE his).
I say the above as a man who stuck around and raised his four kids (one adopted, three biological) after watching my bio-dad/sperm donor leave my mom when I was around 5-6 because it was inconvenient for him. My wife and I have now been together for 43 years, on the way to forever.
The benefit and blessing of the above is I now get to enjoy my nine grandkids (so far) WITH my wife, not on separate weekends or in separate pews or tables at family celebrations, holidays and gatherings.
Yes, it's hard work, there were lots of hard, dry years - but suck it up, cupcake, and BE A MAN.
P.S. I was blessed to have a real man come into my life, marry my mom, adopt me (and my two younger brothers) and make the sacrifices to raise us as his own. Without his sacrifices and commitment and consistency, I doubt I'd be the MAN I am today. I thank God for him every day, and I still feel like I don't measure up to his example of manhood.
The amazing thing is, his bio dad deserted him and his mom when he was an infant. And yet he sucked it up and made different, HARD choices for his life, which have changed several generations now in our family. God bless you, Harvey Davis "Mac" McXXXXXXX.