Mama Don’t Play That!: 10 Lessons I Learned From My Mother

4. Men Are Just…Different

Don’t always try to analyze or understand them. I know Steve Harvey would have you “thinking like a man, while acting like a lady” – but what it really comes down to is respecting the other person’s thoughts, opinions and experiences and accepting people for who they are. If you can’t handle his faults or love him for him, let him go. True love (and this goes for ANY relationship) means knowing who the other person is – their weaknesses, strengths, flaws, and potential…and loving them anyway. Yes, sometimes men can be thoughtless, insensitive, abrasive or aloof – but is that considered poor behavior? Is that abuse? We all have our list of pet peeves (like snoring or leaving the toilet seat up), but if he respects you, loves you unconditionally and has many other great traits, truly evaluate if your list of pet peeves are things you can live with while you admire all the great things about him.