A Real Man Character Analysis

8-A Real Man is not intimidated by his woman nor her baby daddy.

Sign #8 A Real Man is not intimated by positive relationships that his “step- children” may have with their biological fathers. He is the man of his household and treat his woman as his woman, and her children as his children. However, he never speaks words of discouragement or negativity to them about their biological father. He does his job as the man of his household and allow his children to feel as they naturally feels towards their father. He respects their father is a man and demands the same from him. He trusts that his stepchildren will reciprocate his love for them by respecting him as their stepfather, just as they should be able to love their biological father.

Symptom

He does not look for a mate to serve as a “maid” for him. He expects her to become his wife, and life partner; not his servant. He considers doing his keeping his body clean, doing his own laundry, cleaning his own house, doing his own cooking, etc., is all part of good hygiene. He is not lazy and he does not expect to have a lazy mate. He is a man, not a boy. He believes that boys (including chronic adolescents) need mommies to wash, iron, cook, and clean for them. He believes that a real man looks for a wife and a partner, not a replacement for his mother. So, without hesitation or remorse, he eagerly shares in all of the household chores that takes place in his home. He is a man, not a

He is a man who is very proud and determined to be self-sufficient and able, rather than a child who depends on the labor of others for his survival. He is very proud and respectful of the educational, financial, and whatever other gains that he has made in life. The gains that he has made through hard work and achievement mean much more to him than the things that were given to him.

Symptom #13 Many Chronic Adolescents fear gainful employment because it symbolizes and encourages self-support, self-determination, and autonomy. In other words, “you have a job now and it’s time to move out on your own”. Having to become completely self-sufficient and independent is perhaps one of the greatest fears of a chronic adolescent. He is not a man, he would much rather “hang out with the fellows” and to “have fun” than to have to report to somebody’s job site every day, pay bills, and handle all of the responsibilities that comes with