tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35828651.post55280511101732137..comments2023-10-11T06:38:22.871-05:00Comments on The Rich House: A Real ManAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05796373392283640604noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35828651.post-76523659369936432912007-12-23T13:44:00.000-06:002007-12-23T13:44:00.000-06:00So so wise brotha!So so wise brotha!Eb the Celebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12920888116302185562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35828651.post-33926429285198380372007-12-21T13:43:00.000-06:002007-12-21T13:43:00.000-06:00Okay, I am just seeing all of your post. I just re...Okay, I am just seeing all of your post. I just realized why I was only seeing the FRONTIN blog you posted when I was 2, LOL! I had the wrong link to your blog on my blog roll. Which is what I always click on to get to your blog. Anywho, I hope you understand what I am saying.<BR/><BR/>Getting to the blog: WOW! It is good to see men be open, honest and vulnerable. Most men look at that as being soft or weak. The qualities you have is what every man needs. That is what drew me to my husband. He loved God first and he was a man of true character and integrity. What you talk about in this post sounds just like my husband. In that he doesn't like to show me his emotions either. But over this nine year period I have watched him blossom in this area. He tells me exactly how he is feeling now and he knows that what he shares is safe with me and I'm not going to judge him or look at him any different. It takes work to build intimacy. And once you discover intimacy, it's a beautiful thing and you never want to go back. Because true intimacy is what keeps any relationship together. Whether it's your relationship with God, your relationship with your spouse, friends and family. You have to "keep it real" and peel off the layers and thus the aroma of true intimacy can rest at at the core of any relationship. Great post. I am so glad that I met you Rich. We DEF have like hearts and spirits. It is amazing to me how God connects you with people in his own way. <BR/><BR/>KimPossibleKimPossiblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04078421403061660417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35828651.post-38640925470631224222007-12-21T10:45:00.000-06:002007-12-21T10:45:00.000-06:00Dang you have some good post!! But on the real, w...Dang you have some good post!! But on the real, when I was told that the baby growing inside of me was a boy I was scared as hell. My father is a great man and great provided. I have no brothers so I don't know what it's like to grow up with guys. So I look to my left and I see my husband and the fear of having a son went away. My hubsand is what I call a man. By any mean necessary is what he will do to make sure that his family has what they need, not what they want. We always keep GOD first in our lives and in our son live. I know that my husband will raise and teach our son to be a man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35828651.post-4170542650093617942007-12-20T20:10:00.000-06:002007-12-20T20:10:00.000-06:00I respect you being so open and honest. Some peopl...I respect you being so open and honest. Some people aren't even willing to admit their weaknesses.<BR/><BR/>Good post.Charihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00148087840882038446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35828651.post-69941871632344381352007-12-20T16:19:00.000-06:002007-12-20T16:19:00.000-06:00Everything you stand for is a great example of a m...Everything you stand for is a great example of a man. And it think it is wonderful that you are willing to stretch and bend, because that is so important in a marriage. It is also not easy siding with your beliefs above all, and above others, sometimes as you said not the popular place to be...but if you are prayerful, and a faithful servant...then in the end, all will prove fruitful.Mizrepresenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992754393960138393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35828651.post-81791764339637669202007-12-20T11:45:00.000-06:002007-12-20T11:45:00.000-06:00Standing for right can be tough - when "right" can...Standing for right can be tough - when "right" can be a slippery, sandy slope. Sometimes "right" depends on the angle that U look at a thing. For example - is it "right" to steal? Not to me - but then I've never been: so broke that I don't have food to eat, a victim of such a tragedy as Hurricane Katrina, etc.<BR/><BR/>Great post, Rich. I feel thankful and blessed that my father IS a STRONG example of a REAL Man and I KNOW it's been tough for him! <BR/>Keep striving for the ideal!CapCityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03772430267433358900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35828651.post-84081056728397160722007-12-20T11:29:00.000-06:002007-12-20T11:29:00.000-06:00@sojourner - it's brothers like yourself whose poe...@sojourner - it's brothers like yourself whose poetic prose causes us to look at the mirror's image and decide if we like what we see. When we don't, we must have the courage to confront it, and make changes.<BR/><BR/>You are also right about our past shaping our present, which explains why some men fall short of the expectation presented to them by their women and children. I'm able to see more clearly why some just don't have the intestinal fortitude to move beyond their present set of circumstances -- the deposits were never made when they were growing up. It also shows me know that we have to continue making deposits into each other by sharing our real stories. Despite how we think it makes us look.Rich Fitzgeraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02402320643799892517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35828651.post-90339461476407262692007-12-20T10:58:00.000-06:002007-12-20T10:58:00.000-06:00What an excellent treatise on being a man. If not...What an excellent treatise on being a man. If nothing else, it points out that it is one's own life experience that shapes the very definition and that by nature, it will vary from person to person.<BR/><BR/>I find that mine (definition) aligns with yours.<BR/><BR/>Brother you are an excellent and indispensible forum facillitator. It's a privilege to read your stuff and the ensuing discussions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35828651.post-9168820670390060372007-12-20T10:31:00.000-06:002007-12-20T10:31:00.000-06:00I feel ya Rich. It is all a learning process for m...I feel ya Rich. It is all a learning process for me. All of us have gotten caught and had to learn and still we make mistakes. I am not ignoring those mistakes.Shaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09049949734768494039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35828651.post-9794978740155369192007-12-20T10:23:00.000-06:002007-12-20T10:23:00.000-06:00Follow the Holy Spirit. If you don't have that - ...Follow the Holy Spirit. If you don't have that - follow your instincts. The heart is tricky at best.Rich Fitzgeraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02402320643799892517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35828651.post-32938153063103099802007-12-20T10:20:00.000-06:002007-12-20T10:20:00.000-06:00I agree. It has been hard for me discerning if a m...I agree. It has been hard for me discerning if a man if real or playing games. My heart says one thing and my gut says another, then my brain sits there wondering. If you can understand that.<BR/><BR/>For many women, the differences they have with men are SO confusing. Does he really love or is he a jerk? Then sometimes when he is a jerk, some of us how on thinking we are overreacting. <BR/>It is not an easy task.Shaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09049949734768494039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35828651.post-91369041124983838732007-12-20T09:54:00.000-06:002007-12-20T09:54:00.000-06:00One thing I've learned is that we can learn from e...One thing I've learned is that we can learn from everyone and a lot of times we are silent because we think people will look at us funny, but everyone is struggling with something. Some women may be dealing with a man who responds like myself and think he doesn't love her, when in fact he does. He's just loving in the manner that is most comfortable with him or the only way he knows how.Rich Fitzgeraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02402320643799892517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35828651.post-62308611678591094652007-12-20T09:38:00.000-06:002007-12-20T09:38:00.000-06:00Thanks for your open honesty. It takes a REAL man ...Thanks for your open honesty. It takes a REAL man to be that open. It gave me insight on you and confirmed some things I "sensed" about you.<BR/><BR/>That is wonderful you are stretching instead of resisting the intimacy your wife wants. Many a marriage has ended because of resistence.<BR/><BR/>Wonderful post, Mr. Rich.Shaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09049949734768494039noreply@blogger.com