If Your Guy Does These 6 Things, Congrats! You Found a Real Man

     


If you find yourself constantly swiping left on Tinder, then you know what qualitiesyou want in aguy.

 It can be hard, however, to tell if they act like a boy or a man. 

Don't be fooled;YourTangohas rounded up a list of all things that make up a true gentleman below.
       


    How to know you're dating a true gentleman and total, bonafide catch.I love Rhett Butler.No, not Gerard. Rhett.

In fact, I feel that every man and woman on the planet should be made to watch "Gone With The Wind" at least twice, 

if only to teach men how to bemen and women how to separate them from the boys.

 And if you are dating in the here and now, you know where the boys are: on Tinder, on Match,on the street, making vulgar statements about what they'd like to do with you and where. 

They're in your phone texting sexual innuendos before they know your last name and asking to "hang out"because they're terrified of committing to the idea of a proper date.

Rhett Butler would not do any of this.Rhett was a man in control of himself. 

He dressed and spoke well, loved better, and had a great sense of humor, sometimes of questionable taste.

 He was unafraid to speak his mind, stand his ground, fall wildly in love, and show his love (and fight for it, too). 

Now, before you remind me that I'm speaking about a fictional character, I'll let you in on a little secret: I was raised by a man who lived this way and know a few men who live this way now, and make no mistake: they do wonderfully with women.  

As a woman, there's nothing better than being in the presence of a man who relishes in his masculinity in a way that doesn't involve the obvious chest-pounding and cat-calling, but the confident reserve of a gentleman.

Now, before you accuse me of hating men, let me be clear; I love more things about men than I can put into one article. 

This is not about finding female empowerment through man-bashing. Quite the opposite, actually.

It's a celebration of the grown up man's man who knows how to treat a woman.What does this man look like, to me, at least? Well...

1. He is hygienic, but cleans his nails and trims hisnose hairs outside of a nail salon. Think about it: Would Hemingway or Gladiator be getting his nailsbuffed? Methinks not.

2. He can balance both swag and sophistication and a career and a personal life without too many proverbial exclamation points (and certainly not multiple ones in a text message. No, no, no).

3. He reserves his "LOL" for actual laughter, which he exudes out loud and often.

4. He isn't looking to play "pen pal" with you through your iPhone because he knows that all text and no play makes Johnny a very dull boy.

5. When he's interested in a woman, he doesn't wait three days to call her, but he does actually call her, and when he does, he asks her out for dinner, makes reservations, picks a great bottle of wine (because he knows how to) and then makes sure she gets home safely.

6. If he wants to see her again, he lets her know, and if he doesn't, he politely lets her know that it was a pleasure to spend time with her, even if it wasn't. 

He does, however, let her know gently and firmly enough that he's not interested so that she doesn't waste her time thinking it might become something it won't.