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>We ladies have made it way too easy for men to not have to bother to take us seriously, never mind cherish us. They dress up their reasons for keeping us at arm's length all kinds of ways: "I don't need a piece of paper," "I'm not ready yet," "I have to stay with my wife for my kids' sake," or in this case, "my parents won't like it." If we weren't so expendable, so pathetically easy to replace, there'd be a lot less of this. It comes in all colors, but it all adds up to one sad reality:
The sexual revolution has been one lousy deal for women.<
If you don't take yourself seriously enough to know when you are being jerked around; if you lose yourself to love to the point you have no identity, _you_ are the one giving yourself the lousy deal. Some men have been using excuses since the dawn of time to avoid marriage--the sexual revolution didn't change that.
