[PrettyBoy]

Originally Posted by jubilance1922

Just my two cents on the subject....

I was raised by a mother who grew up dirt poor with no father, so she taught me the "take care of yourself, don't depend on a man" mantra. Once I got older and started having relationships, I realized that I had to tailor it a bit. Its true that I don't "need" a man for financial reasons, and I would never date someone who looked at me as a source of financial gain. But in a relationship, while the financial part may not be needed, I need him to give me other things, both tangible and intangible.

In general, I find these kinds of conversations to always end up on the money issues, and a lot of times a woman saying "I don't need a man to pay my rent or my car note or whatever" gets construed into "I don't need or want a man for anything", and those are two different things.

Its also been my experience that there are some lazy men out there, who simply don't want to take the lead, for whatever reason.

That's cool. You're right there are some lazy jokers who are content with letting the woman lead him and take care of him. Not me. I have to lead and I have to have a woman who is comfortable with this. I'm not saying I have to be the bread winner, though I would prefer to be, but if I'm not, I'm still going to be the head of that marriage/relationship. Period. The Bible didn't say wives submit yourselves to your own husbands only if he makes more money. It just said submit yourselves to your own husbands. Now, if he's a lazy joker who won't work, then if I were a woman I wouldn't submit to a joker like that at all. A joker like that isn't a man, he's just flat out a sorry individual.