When to Hold’em and When to Fold’em.

During the courtship period of the dating experience it is important to realize, "this is the best he will ever treat you." This is him, on his best behavior, trying to impress and more importantly – to him – undress you. This is the best he knows how to do. And if, during this time, he doesn't open doors, compliment, attend and pay, it's all down hill from there. This is their best foot forward, and if that foot is going though a door before you, dump is ass! I know, I know, you're a strong women, with your own money, and I know you don't care about all those silly, provincial conventions, but listen to me honey, it's not about the car door, or who can play the cheque, it's about seeing him at his very best. If his best is splitting the cheque and dropping the door in your face, then boil that down, and down over three to ten years, and you'll be lucky if you get him to change a toilette paper roll!

Now, I know we all do it, let the little things go when we first meet a guy we like – so his socks don't match, so he has a mullet, so he put pantyhose over his head before going to into the bank to take out some 'money for the date', I can let these things slide. But, if he gets back in the car and screams at me, "Drive! Hit the gas, Bee-ach!", that's a sign things are never going to get any better. So rude. And, by the way, the police officer opened the car door for me, and made sure I didn't clunk my head getting in the back seat. Now that was a nice guy. I should call him. I think I remember his number, 912? 913? No.. 911, that's it!

Where was I? Oh yeah, Maya Angelou once said, "When someone shows you who they are, believe them." And within moment's a meeting people, they show you. That first date, he's showing you his best self, and if his best self does not include you, then leave that boy alone.

They say a good man is hard to find, and a hard man is good to find… So what is a good man? There are those among us, and you know who you are, that can't tell the good from the bad from the ugly, so here, in short is a consumer's guide to a man.

- A good man leaves a tip appropriate to service, and not breast size.

- A good man is a good kisser, bad kissers, bad man. Ok, maybe that's not always the case, but no one wants to be stuck with a bad kisser for 20 years!

- A good man doesn't make fun of fat chicks, because someday, we may be that fat chick, and you'll always remember what he really thinks of fat chicks!

- A good man has a job and goals, I don't care if the job is at Meineke or Wal-Mart or Wall-Street, we need a man to be working towards something. If that goal is getting us a bigger house, car or diamond ring, all the better!

- A good man doesn't complain about whether Valentines Day is a made up holiday signifying nothing, a good man bites his tongue and remembers that men need schedules, and this is why there is a Valentines day, because if it wasn't penciled in, we would never get any appreciation.

- A good man loves your mother, because try as we might, we will all become our mothers.

- A good man knows just because we attempted to killed it 30 years ago, chivalry is not dead.

- A good man knows just because we don't accept a compliment, doesn't mean he can stop giving them. All the time.

- A good man knows to lie about things that are unimportant, and tell the truth about those that do. "Do I look fat in this?" – Unimportant. "Will you love me tomorrow?" – Important.

- A good man knows you tell the pretty one's their smart, and you tell the smart one's they're pretty.

-A good man knows listening is part of fore play, he also knows performing oral sex is also part of foreplay, and if he does that well, we will forgive him for not listening.

- A good man knows that a good woman is also hard to find.

- A good man knows that good women have had their heart broken too, and will be kind, even if, "He's just not that into me."

- A good man, will be THAT into me.

- A good man will think calling you is fun.

- A good man will know sex will get better, if he pays attention to us.

- And a good man will know, that he will never be good enough  for us!