man and commitment to his relationship

Indonesia
August 11, 2008 1:50am CST
in my opinion and depend on the fact that i see in our society, man is hard to commit with their girlfriend. lots of cases when the girlfriend getting pregnant, man usually step back and doesn't dare to take the responsibility. lots of reasons will be told in order to avoid those responsibility. but not only case pregnancy of girlfriend, but also when the girlfriend asking commitment to step further as like marriage. not all of man would be agree for that and mostly they will think twice about their relationship. i am here not giving judging about man behaviour in their relationship but just wonder to know why most of man does this kind thing?
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@subha12 (18441)
• India
11 Aug 08
it may be true in all cultures. men are less committred to relationship taht women.in m,any cases, wghen the woman is in need, the man leaves her behind. cheating is also great in numbers.
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@spoiled311 (5500)
• Philippines
11 Aug 08
hi plumwish! i guess commitment really depends on the stand of a person, his morals, his perception. if you value commitment to your spouse, then you will treasure it more than anything and will do anything to be able to keep it. while we were still dating, my boyfriend has never cheated on me, even during the time that we had a cool off. he rather spent his time in ministry and spending time with his disciples and friends. now that we are married, my husband is very committed to our relationship. and so am i, good day and God bless you! :)
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@kage2k3 (1443)
• India
30 Aug 08
Sometimes man have to think of other responsibilities too. Responsibility of a son, a brother and more. He have to focus on his career and financial growth also. But the girlfriend thinks that the man is running away from commitment. This happened in my case also. A year ago i was in a big trouble and for a few weeks i was unable to talk to my girlfriend or tell her the problem and she thought i dont love her anymore. Now for more than a year i am trying to convince her and tell her the problem but she is not even giving me a chance to explain. What more commitment she expects?
• United States
17 Aug 08
I read an interesting article on Yahoo a while back about why young men aren't into getting married. In the article most men said that they are not against marriage, they were against marrying the wrong woman. They see if they marry the wrong woman, they are the ones who pay dearly. From not, on average, living with the kids to child support. I saw their point. But wuth that being said, there are many men out there that want to get married and be faithful and want kids. I guess if a boyfriend isn't givin his girlfriend what she wants , she should move on.
• Indonesia
22 Aug 08
hi Dear Friend, usually men did such things because the girlfriends permitted them to do it. I always feel sorry for the females for not keeping themselves the way they should have. at the end, they are the ones who would suffer the consequences. if the men really wanted them, they would step forward for the commitment before they asked 'it' from the girlfriends. but sadly, most the females didn't realize that lust and love were totally different, and not giving in doesn't mean they don't love. I hope most of the people (especially females) will be more cautious and learned from the experiences of the previous people who commited the mistake.
• United States
13 Aug 08
Marriage or commitment binds the man more than the woman. Women can choose to get pregnant in an effort to 'keep' a man. Therefore, a man wonders if he's being trapped or used. Same thing about marriage, because once a man is married his options are reduced. He can't just leave if the woman gets too possessive or controlling. He can, but not easily, and there are consequence. Marriage or commitment also involves trying to see how the future looks and a man might be focused only on the short term. He may not be ready for the long term. In general, I think it is better for a woman to allow a man to seek further commitment than to try to ask him for it. If your man doesn't seem to want to take the next step, it would probably be better to get another. Life doesn't always work out conveniently that way, however.
@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
11 Aug 08
They could be just kids their selves and not up to taking care of a child!. also woman should NOT press for marriage when just going to gether. Alot of men run away from commitment as they dont want to feel trapped till they know for sure the GF is the one they want to spend the rest of their life with. With some men that takes years. Others know right away what they want in a wiomen.
@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
11 Aug 08
I've seen some of that, but I've also seen guys I would've thought do that and when it did happen, they not only stepped up to the plate, but exceeded all expectations of parenting. My brother did well over 50% of the early child care for his daughter, in fact, his wife tried to feed her once at my sisters and you could see that she wasn't used to being fed by her mother, once my brother took over she settled down. My roomie's oldest nephew was doing everything for his son yesterday, not just because his wife had just gotten out of the hospital, but it was obvious that he loved that boy and from the way he was doing the jobs, also obvious that he did them.
@4aps777 (1528)
• United States
11 Aug 08
i think that men want to play around and get all they can.they dont want their lives tied down.but i love being with my wife.
12 Aug 08
Hello plumwish07, Because they are men, when there is baby involved they get scared and as for the marriage bit they are scared that they will lose their freedom and not be able to chat girls up so easily. Tamara
@magojordan (3252)
• Philippines
12 Aug 08
I have read studies on why most men don't want to be committed in a relationship. First it comes with the way of thinking, men tend to think that his satisfaction would be based on satisfying first his material needs. Material needs meaning, a stable job, a car, a house etc. Because of that most of them don't see having a commitment would satisfy their needs for fulfillment. Most women on the other hand are fulfilled by satisfying emotional needs. Since both priorities for fulfillment are different, both don't agree on the same thing. Later in life though men also seek fulfillment in emotional needs as well.
@brisk123 (2823)
• India
11 Aug 08
Most of the men are often scared of family responsibilities.They have this strange phobia,I should say,for commitment.Commitment is the basic foundation of man and woman relationships.Relationship can never survive,if any of the couple is not committed to relationship.There can be many reasons for this behaviour,maybe it is just that they don't want to get rob of their freedom.They are less bothered about commitment since they don't want to get tie up in a bond.Maybe this is the reason,why most men prefer not to make commitment and enjoy life.
@IInsanity (290)
• Malaysia
11 Aug 08
i guess they are just not ready to take on the responsibilities and what it takes to be a real man. in truth, they are still boys. and of course, boys will always be boys. girls definitely mature faster than boys. =) happy mylotting!
@Favour3 (12)
11 Aug 08
Most men are boys, they are afraid of resposibilities so they run away from commitement. when choosing a man know that he is a boy in disguised and you will understand why they do that. But there are some real men out there so keep your eyes opened
@myliezl0903 (2726)
• Philippines
11 Aug 08
hi there plumwish! it is really hard for a man to commit especially if they are really not into you.,one of the reason i guess is they are afraid of responsibilities.,so they don't want to get stuck to this kind of relationship.,hmmm sounds really infair but that's what man is., really infair!