The Manly Arts!

[Total_Honesty]

That is up to her. I don't think you can make anyone else earn your respect.

So, she shouldn't earn my respect?

I'm not dating a woman that doesn't respect me.

[Pirate]

So, she shouldn't earn my respect?

I'm not dating a woman that doesn't respect me.

Read my words. I didn't say anything about what she should or should not do.
What she does is up to her.
What I do is up to me.
What you do is up to you.
It is not up to her to make you do anything.
It is not up to you to make her do anything.

[Toadstool]

I find respecting myself puts me in a position where I command the respect of others. She usually respects me just because I have respect for myself.

[second lensman]

This may be repetitious as I haven't read the full thread yet. This goes back to chivalrous times when the man would generally walk to the woman's right side so that in an emergency he could guard her with his shield in his left arm and fight with his sword in his right hand.

[vulcan]

TIP: If you see someone struggling with something, whether its their car, grocery's, something going bad going on in their life, or whatever, offer your help.

*Unless you are a curvy woman who sees a man struggling to get a couch into a van in a dimly lit car park.

[Pirate]

I find respecting myself puts me in a position where I command the respect of others. She usually respects me just because I have respect for myself.

Aye!
Exactly!

[Pirate]

Bump!
(I just like this thread.)

[Ravenously]

*Unless you are a curvy woman who sees a man struggling to get a couch into a van in a dimly lit car park.

IT PUT'S THE LOTION ON IT'S SKIN, OR IT GET'S THE HOSE AGAIN! Lol

[Ravenously]

I find respecting myself puts me in a position where I command the respect of others. She usually respects me just because I have respect for myself.

True that! Respecting yourself is the only way to get respect from others. Playing manipulative games is super lame.

[Pirate]

Aye!