1) Stop throwing away a million bucks to pick up pennies and nickels
Some cats have the woman they can build with over the long-term, but they want to deal with several other women in the process. Stop it. It's not "playa." It's not cool. It's flat out nonsense. Decent women are hard to come across and you want to punish her loyalty to you with disloyalty and risk losing her? Nah, step that decision making process up.
2) Stop looking for the woman that will impress your friends, but rather search for the one you can live with.
This one is difficult. We all want that fine woman, especially ones that will make our friends say, "Man, how you pull her? You got you a fine one." When we engage in the decision making process based upon impressing our friends or just to get the fine woman by any means necessary, we overlook a lot of traits that may or may not be conducive to long-term success and whether or not we will ultimately be miserable. If you find you really don't have chemistry with this fine woman, you got to be able to let it go and stop trying to go against the grain to 'make it work and keep her around.' This goes hand-in-hand with the stop trying to impress the girl rule. If you tell her a joke and she doesn't get your sense of humor, don't try to change your style of humor to cater to her. She doesn't like your musical tastes? Don't change that up to please her. A lot of times when we see that fine woman, we will sacrifice pieces of ourselves to obtain her, especially because we want to hear our boys giving us props. Don't be afraid to deal with a woman who isn't as fine but just really holds you down. You're the one that is going to live with her long-term, not your homies.
3) Build yourself on truth and be straight-laced.
Stop lying to these women. If you have to lie to them to get their attention, that's not a woman you need to deal with and you possibly need to work on yourself if you presenting yourself isn't enough. Also, PICK AND CHOOSE SOMETHING. If you're in a relationship, be in a relationship. If you want that single life style, be single. The problem in this day and age is so many cats want to mix and match things and act like they're doing something new... you're not doing anything new. That's like mixing a can of coke and a bottle of water. You didn't make a new drink... you just diluted the soda. If you want a relationship, stay within in the confines of a relationship and make sure the women you deal with are in those confines as well. If you can't live up to that, then don't get in a relationship. This will prevent A LOT of problems in the long-run.
A huge reason that women aren't listening to men is because a lot of men lie so much. Who, in their right mind, is going to willingly follow under the leadership of a liar after exposed? There are some, but those are the types with self-esteem low enough that they will go for that, but you're better than that.
4) If she isn't bringing you joy, why in the world is she around?
Of course your woman isn't going to always make you happy, but overall, when you think about it, if the overall feeling that you get from her is not joy, then why are you with her? If you have to mentally sigh when you think about visiting her or if you have to constantly worry about what she is doing or if you're dealing with constant disrespect, then you really need to cut that loose. A woman is supposed to enhance your life. This goes along with the previously mentioned point of not havng women just to have them. Only accept them if they bring positivity to the table. The right personality goes a LONG way.
5) Stop getting hustled and letting women sell you a dream.
This ties back into the point of keeping things straight-laced. IF ya'll are in a relationsihp, then ya'll are in a relationship. Stop letting these women hustle and shame you into accepting something that ISN'T a relationship while she takes relationship benefits. The problem in this day and age is that everything is WATERED DOWN and everyone is shifting around definitions until words have no meanings behind them them anymore. A relationship should be very specifically defined with criteria that must be met before you say you are 'in a relationship' with someone. Why in the world are you exclusive with a woman that wants to play single? She wants to go to the club, she wants to keep around all her 'male friends and homies,' she doesn't want to be home at a reasonable time, she wants to go to dinner with her 'male friend', etc. etc. That's accepting some watered down nonsense and it WON'T work in the long-term and it's highly disrespectful to you. WHen you're doing things, do NOT do them watered down and do not accept watered down behavior in return. Ya'll are just building a mansion of failure if you do so. If you're scared to follow this advice because you think a woman might label you insecure, then you willingly accept the sorry relationship you are receiving.
6) Do not be unequally yoked.
This has been said numerous times and it's in the Bible, but it's very important. This is why you always put your honest intentions out there for a woman and allow her to CHOOSE if she wants to deal with you. If you and the woman have two completely different mindsets, then banding yourself together will only cause a ton of problems down the road. Think of a rubberband being pulled in opposite directions. What happens? The more the rubberband is pulled apart, the thinner it gets until it eventually snaps in half. This is what happens when the woman you are dealing with is not of like mind and if you continually compromise.
7)It is very possible to have a woman addiction
Just like anything else in life, it is possible to get addicted to women, and addictions are not a positive thing. Addiction is the process when you think you need something and that you cannot live without it, and you will do anything to obtain it, even if it is detrimental to your well-being. When you get addicted to something like alcohol, you absolutely MUST drink or else you don't feel like you can make it. This process is very true with dealing with women. A lot of men simply cannot be without the attention of women or simply cannot do without the attention of the particular woman they are dealing with. They get this sort of antsy itch and then go rush out and do anything to satiate that itch. In the process of satiating that itch, they make several bad decisions.
You won't realize how much better off you were without that substance or person until you've had a lot of time away from them and have allowed yourself to readjust... but most are afraid of going through that withdrawal phase. Woman addiction will force you into accepting low quality women and compromising yourself into a position of extreme weakness. It will also make you hold on to and deal with women you should not be dealing with because you feel you must have them by any means necessary. You do not realize you are better off not dealing with them until you've made that choice not to deal with them. Understanding this is critical. You do not accept women in your life just becuase you MUST have a woman. They must actually bring something to the table to enance your life.