I love it when Manny goes off about some woman. It usually takes a while for him to reach his bullshit limit and finally react to the shenanigans of his girl of the moment. She hears the milder version. I get the full, uncut and raw tirade.

All of my guy friends swear that women are just as bad as men and get on me sometimes for not going hard on the ladies.

I’ve always said that most women are clueless when it comes to dating, another portion have no idea how to let a man be a man or accept their emotional role as a woman.

I also know that women like to play little games, push a man’s button, anything to get the sleeping giant within to react. The bigger the reaction, the more she thinks he likes/loves her.

Of course, I listened quietly as Manny went off on this girl he was seeing. We’ll call her Mina. According to Manny, Mina tried to play him. He caught her in several little white lies. At first he didn’t raise an issue but he knew she was lying from jump. Since he’s not trying to make her his real girl he picks and choose his battles.

“SG, I don’t even care about what she lied about. I’m tight cause I see she thinks I’m an idiot. Like she can tell me anything and I’m gonna believe it.”

“You know she’s only lying because she doesn’t feel like going into great detail about the truth. White lie is shorter and easier.”

“I get that but why offer up any excuse at all. If you going out with friends then say that, not ‘I’m working late’.”

His other problem with Mina, she got lazy with her appearance and home.

“When I met her, she wasn’t a bad shorty but she was definitely cute. We eight months in and she goes days without combing her hair. I think she gained like 15 lbs, talking about the economy has her stressed. The way you get me is the way you keep me. That shit aint sexy. Why do you women get lazy on the job? Men are simple. We like when you take care of your mind and body because that means I don’t have to spoon feed you like a kid. I’m not trying to train you. “

“Have you told her this?”

“In a round about way, sure. I don’t want to be an ass. What am I going to say, ‘Babe, your getting fat and your hair is a mess’?”

“Yup, be honest.”

“SG, I’m so frustrated with her. Another thing she does that she doesn’t think I know about, she checks my Facebook account. I log into it once while at her house and forgot to log off. I’ll be out and people will hit me like ‘yo, I hit you on FB chat and you aint respond’.”

“Um, remind me why you’re still dealing with her then. Sounds like a big headache with no payoff.”

“Oh she’s a really good girl and the sex is crazy. Why you think I’m keeping her around?”

“I give up.”

- STSG