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What YOU won't do!

Relationships are supposed to complement a person when they begin; not consume a person. It is supposed to bring great joy, companionship, and true friendship to two people who are ready, willing, and mature enough to handle being a couple. Atlanta may be the city with many successful and outgoing men and women, but these relationships that I rave about sometimes go sour and fast.  The issue with relationships nowadays is that people take for granted the person that they say they want to be in a relationship with and the person that is taken for granted allows the foolishness.

Beside communication, respect may be one of the most important qualities in a relationship. If there is no respect in all honesty there is no relationship; this is with any relationship you begin. The title of this is what YOU won’t do because it’s imperative for everyone to understand that some things should not and will not be accepted in a relationship. It’s quite obvious that when you are not married you are essentially single but it is also fair to say that when you commit yourself to someone cheating is NOT what you do or allow. Regardless, if your lover is man or woman they are first human beings and deserve to be treated accordingly.

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 Ladies, what YOU won’t do is invade your man’s personal belongings for answers. Yes, I am guilty of trying that and afterwards finding what I was looking for. What YOU won’t do is break the trust you have with your man by putting his business on social networks and being childish. What YOU won’t do is have just as many male friends as he has females, but complain about it just to complain. What YOU won’t do is hide the fact that you aren’t feeling the relationship, you may need a break, or that you have been cheating. Last, but not least what YOU won’t do is allow: multiple accounts of cheating, lying, abuse, or allow this man you love so much take you to a point where you feel you can’t go on. That is a problem; if the person you are dating cannot respect your mind, heart, feelings, and body you MUST think of self-first because that person is clearly thinking of themselves.

Fellas, what YOU won’t do is make your girl feel as if she’s a queen and then snatch it away from her so that you can have your cake and eat it too. What YOU won’t do is try and convince your girl that you are so faithful when you know you have multiple women. What YOU won’t do is try and convince yourself that she is where u want to be when it’s not. What YOU won’t do is allow: her to lie to you, treat your family any type of way, tear you down as a black man, constantly complain when you try your best, and allow her to be selfish where there is no you and her; only her.

What YOU won’t do please remember another one WILL. Love, Peace, and Romance. If you like what you have read go to the top and press SUBSCRIBE. If you have any ideas email me at Msjasminejackson21@yahoo.com. I am always ready to talk with you.

, Atlanta African American Relationships Examiner

Jasmine Jackson, junior journalism major for Georgia State University, loves writing. Has written three unpublished urban novels with hopes of one day publishing them. Currently lives with family in Lithonia, Ga. Contact Jasmine jjackson83@student.gsu.edu.

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