Marriage may not be for everyone; but I notice that the Bible says more to the married man than it does to the single man!

One point that is made very clear in several places: Brother, if she is not your woman, keep your hands (and everything else) to yourself!

Don't try to squeeze the Charmin under any circumstances! The life you save could be your own.

Under the 'Old School' rules, a woman did not bother to file a 'sexual harassment' charge when a male CO-worker or boss decided to 'get a little frisky' on the job.

She usually did two things: one, she balled up her fist and gave the offender a strong right to the jaw--followed by the heaviest object on her desk; second, she picked up the phone and called her husband and told him what was going on.

'Daddy' would be waiting in the parking lot with a tire iron for the offender as the day ended, and a little 'curbside justice' was administered.

RULE NUMBER FOUR: RUN!

The reason why we well remember the Bible story of Joseph is that this young brother had the courage to resist Potiphar's beautiful wife when she made advances toward him day after day after day.

When resistance failed, and she kept on 'a comin', Joseph put shoe leather to concrete and beat it out of the house!

Brothers, there are a few women who won't take NO for an answer, no matter how well you carry out rules one through three!

In those rare situations, the best solution is to resign from that job, clean out your desk, and head home to your wife.

It's better to lose a job than to lose your home.

After all, as the Old School saying goes: "You've got to keep Mama happy; cause if Mama ain't happy--ain't nobody happy!"

Want to avoid being on the six o'clock news as 'Fail Bait'? Put your passion in your home and your sweat in your job--and never confuse the two.

Mike Ramey

Ramey is a syndicated columnist, minister and journalist and his monthly column has nearly 2 million readers across the US, Canada, and the Bahamas. Letters Welcome from friend or foe alike. Drop a line to The Manhood Line, c/o Mike Ramey, PO Box 20131, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46220 or email manhoodline@yahoo.com http://mypages.netopia.com/manhoodline. Copyright 2001 Barnstorm Communications (11)

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