"Depending on him required a level of trust that I was uncomfortable with. I could barely get out of bed much less go outside. I could do nothing on my own. This was vulnerability in its purest form."

"BUT if she likes you, she will readily encourage the pursuit. She will show up when asked. She will be ready to receive you. She will adore the pursuit and desire it because it makes her feel attractive and feminine."

"Men will never tell you they treasure a woman who communicates like a man and leaves her emotions out of it. They don't want you to know that because it's a bridge to tremendous power. He knows it works because he's a man and it works for him."

"So you may unwittingly be convincing yourself that simply because she smiles at you and is nice and sweet and well-mannered that she has romantic feelings for you. She does not."

"That's why you have to make it very clear and you have to mean it. If he gets any inkling you don't mean it when you say you'll leave (God forbid you've threatened him 12 million times and never followed through), he'll shrug it off and likely amp up cycling the bad behavior."

"All you have to do is make plans and follow through on your word. And stand your ground. You don't waiver, you know what's right and what's good for both she and yourself and that's all you need."

"Chances are he's spread himself very, very thin among his many female admirers and he simply doesn't have the capacity nor the mind for emotionally engaging with any one woman."

"You have to have rules. You have to have boundaries. Women need to know that there are standards in place so that she can strive to live up to them."

"He could be a 'forever girlfriend' farmer where he spends decades with various women that he doesn't even like or likes just enough to keep around for the affection, company and sex."