"Not Your Buddy"

I borrowed this article from a friend's blog ("Sweet Southern Life")...thanks Melissa...in hopes that it will get even more exposure. It is very insightful and seems like it would be very beneficial to anyone who reads it. The article is titled, "Not Your Buddy," by Suzanne Hadley. Here is an peak at the article:

'Women, on the other hand, need to assume less. A woman should not assume that a guy friend she's spending time with is: a) just too shy to make a move; b) thinking she's the woman of his dreams but the timing isn't right; c) in denial of God's will that they be together.

We get it. A woman loves to read into a guy's every action. That's her relational crime. But the guy does her a disservice by allowing her to be his "buddy girl" — a female friend who provides the relational benefits without the commitment.

In his article "Physical Intimacy and the Single Man," Matt Schmucker points out that men defraud their sisters when they indulge in this type of relationship. "Simply put," he writes, "a man defrauds a woman when, by his words or actions, he promises the benefits of marriage to a woman he either has no intention of marrying or if he does, has no way of finally knowing that he will."'

Check it out...

http://www.boundless.org/2005/articles/a0001200.cfm