Mr. Right

I received this email last Summer. I wanted to post it to receive your comments. When I forwarded the email, I received some very interesting replies...both positive and negative. Please share your thoughts.

"Find a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot; who calls you back

when you hang up on him; who will lie under the stars and listen to

your heartbeat; or will stay awake just to watch you sleep... wait for

the boy who kisses your forehead; who wants to show you off to the

world when you are in sweats; who holds your hand in front of his

friends; who thinks you're just as pretty without makeup on; One who

is constantly reminding you of how much he cares and how lucky he is

to have YOU... The one who turns to his friends and says, "that's

her"....(author unknown/ )

Chivalry Is Dead

This evening I had a male friend come over to visit. When he arrived, I was in my driveway shoveling snow with the assistance of my female neighbor. Not only did he not acknowledge me, but he proceeded to walk in my house. My neighbor and I were in my driveway for over almost two hours scraping and shoveling. At no point, did my male friend come back out the house and offer to help.

Which leads me to my question... Is chivalry really dead or is my friend just rude?

I have a few friends that tend to think the reason I am single is because I am very hard on males. However, I think that my expectations and standards are justified. How can you call yourself a Man but you can't help a lady in distress? Why is that men feel women are supposed to cook a meal for them even though they can't take out the trash?

I honestly don't mind cooking for people I care about, but men should not feel like this is how you get a man. To me, cooking should be a labor of love. And why should I pour out my love when you can't help me shovel my driveway? Now, really, this was a friend that I am complaining about but this friend should still be aware of how to treat a lady. So whose responsibility is it to teach our men how to be men? Mama or Daddy?

Either way, this single life is looking very appealing when I keep encountering trifling men....