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We take a break from our regularly scheduled programming to bring you this announcement: "Guys, don't be a jerk".

Yes, so before I go on to tell you more about my flaws, I need to rant about something. There are many different types of guys out there; many of them are intelligent, kind, funny, and generous. But make no mistake women, a good number of them are JERKS. Don't fall for those.

I'm still irked when I think of this guy whom I observed at Sweet Tomato's last week. So picture this scene...a man and a woman are walking into a restaurant. The two are married with two kids, one 3 years old, the other 15 months. The wife is carrying the youngest child, and a huge diaper bag, and a bulky high-chair liner; the man is carrying nothing. As the man and woman approach the door, the man hangs back a bit. No, he's not doing this so he can open the door for her. In fact, the wife not only opens the door, she holds the door open for her husband to go into the restaurant first!!! He doesn't even make any gestures or attempts to hold the door for her or help her carry any of the things she's carrying. He strolls through the door with his hands in his pocket while his wife who is carrying his youngest child holds the door for him!!!!

I had half a mind to go give this man (who doesn't even qualify to be called such) a piece of my mind. I could not understand for the life of me what this guy could possibly have to offer in a relationship. What did this woman see in him? Is the valley so lacking in men that she had to go and marry this one?

You may want to make the case that this man could very possibly be a loving and giving husband at home, but I find that people who are inconsiderate in public are only worse in the privacy of their homes. You may want to make the case that this man had physical limitations that prevented him from carrying the diaper bag for his wife or from opening the door for her, but he was all too capable of picking up the 3 year old to go discipline him. You may want to make the case that this man's wife loved him so much that she wanted to do everything for him, including carrying every heavy thing while opening the door for him, but then I would ask you about his love for his wife...couldn't he be bothered to even offer to help?

The moral of this story isn't that we should try to groom these types of men into being better people, but that there will always be these men out there. And women, as intelligent, self-respecting, amazing people as you are, don't fall for these jerks. You deserve better than that.

(oo) What you want
(oo) Baby, I got
(oo) What you need
(oo) Do you know I got it?
(oo) All I'm askin'
(oo) Is for a little respect when you come home (just a little bit)
Hey baby (just a little bit) when you get home
(just a little bit) mister (just a little bit)

I ain't gonna do you wrong while you're gone
Ain't gonna do you wrong (oo) 'cause I don't wanna (oo)
All I'm askin' (oo)
Is for a little respect when you come home (just a little bit)
Baby (just a little bit) when you get home (just a little bit)
Yeah (just a little bit)

I'm about to give you all of my money
And all I'm askin' in return, honey
Is to give me my profits
When you get home (just a, just a, just a, just a)
Yeah baby (just a, just a, just a, just a)
When you get home (just a little bit)
Yeah (just a little bit)

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Ooo, your kisses (oo)
Sweeter than honey (oo)
And guess what? (oo)
So is my money (oo)
All I want you to do (oo) for me
Is give it to me when you get home (re, re, re ,re)
Yeah baby (re, re, re ,re)
Whip it to me (respect, just a little bit)
When you get home, now (just a little bit)

R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Find out what it means to me
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Take care, TCB

Oh (sock it to me, sock it to me,
sock it to me, sock it to me)
A little respect (sock it to me, sock it to me,
sock it to me, sock it to me)
Whoa, babe (just a little bit)
A little respect (just a little bit)
I get tired (just a little bit)
Keep on tryin' (just a little bit)
You're runnin' out of foolin' (just a little bit)
And I ain't lyin' (just a little bit)
(re, re, re, re) 'spect
When you come home (re, re, re ,re)
Or you might walk in (respect, just a little bit)
And find out I'm gone (just a little bit)
I got to have (just a little bit)
A little respect (just a little bit)