I think i do it most of the time. Anyway, what does that phrase mean, in a practical sense?; i hear women talking about it all da time: "NEVER take a woman for granted".
2007-07-21 03:15:58 · 18 answers · asked by bornonaplatein1988 4 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
Taking a woman for granted means that: you get so used to being around her you forget that she could leave you at any moment. It does not have to mean that she will get tried of you and leave, it could mean that something happens to her and she can no longer be with you. When that happens, you begin to regret not spending more time with your girl.
Women AND Men hate be taking for granted because you're basically ignoring they whether you mean to or not.
2007-07-21 04:40:53 · answer #1 · answered by Cookie Girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IN the 50's and 60's men worked and brought home the money and the wife stayed home with the kids. Had time for the house, husband and children.
IN today's world both have to work in order to make ends meat but most men still live in the 50'sand 60's wanting the woman to take care of him and the kids do the housework and work a full time job, and it isn't the same as back in the good ole days, and that is what taking someone for granted means.
2007-07-21 03:36:33 · answer #2 · answered by flannelpajamas1 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, it's natural for most men and women to take each other for granted, at least a little bit. We have such different strengths and weaknesses,....what we can hope for is a complementary situation based on understanding. Women tend to naturally do thoughtful things for her man, and most men have to remind themselves (or be reminded) to be as thoughtful as she is. Some men take for granted his woman's picking up after him and generally making a more "civilized" environment.
I would say that those are the main 2, other than caring for very young children, which most men take for granted that the mother will do the lion's share of the work.
Now, remember, women are more likely than men to get mad when they feel like their being taken advantage of. Oh, and most women keep score very differently than men.
2007-07-21 07:23:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When a woman is taken for granted, the beautiful qualities that make her unique are not being taken into consideration. When we as men do not express our profound gratitude for what woman contribute to our life, we take that beautiful woman for granted. If we do not reciprocate and lift the woman high, meet her needs the ways she meets yours, listen to her heart the way she listens to yours, make her feel good about herself the way she makes you feel good about yourself, you are taking this precious woman for granted. If you do not defend her honor the way she defends yours, if you do not compliment her the way she compliments you, if you are not willing to make her breakfast when she makes you breakfast, you are taking the woman for granted. If she works hard all week and you do not do your part, you are taking the woman for granted. The list is truly endless but allow me to sum it up in the next few sentences. What you expect to receive in a relationship must also be what you are willing to give in a relationship. When a relationship is unbalanced and only the woman is making an effort, she will feel she is being taken for granted. It is true, NEVER take a woman for granted, because if you do, the day will come when you will sadly loose that woman and you will truly wish you had done things differently.
2007-07-24 12:22:01 · answer #4 · answered by rmmthe10 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the final stanza form of struck me. i in my view like it because of the fact i'm a homemaker/housewife and particularly once or twice do sense like i'm taken forgranted. i advise come on. i paintings 24 hours an afternoon and 7 days a week. there are no longer any ill days or trip days and no pay. yet there are great rewards to. besides. my factor became into that, some women folk could be offended with the aid of it. yet poetry is for inner maximum interpretation and does not could fulfill all human beings. if my husband examine this to me, i could cry. additionally, the final 2 lines i could get rid of thoroughly. even i'm offended with the aid of this. in todays worldwide no lady is merely left status on an identical time as men run the worldwide. as a be counted of certainty maximum housewives will gladly inform you that girls folk actual run the worldwide. lol. possibly shop with the subject matter of your different stanzas. nevertheless "I" (make it own) have not yet discovered, you're a "solid" lady. i do no longer in basic terms like the notice solid there however the sentiment is what i am going for.
2016-10-19 06:29:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that you do not "appreciate" the fact that someone is doing something for you. It doesn't necessarily have to be a women, that can work both ways. Women always do many things that go unnoticed because men usually don't consider it a priority, until it stops being done. For some reason they are normally oblivious to the work involved in keeping a home nice. Pay Attention !! Appreciate the little things too.
2007-07-21 03:55:58 · answer #6 · answered by Animalfriend 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
taking a women for granted or a person for granted is not appreciating the things she does.
not saying thank you and being disrespectful.
we tend to take people for granted when they are too nice and we know that whatever we do they will be there for us... and those are the people we should be more respect full for and appreciate their doings and tell them how much we see what there are for us.....
have a great day.....
2007-07-21 08:47:57 · answer #7 · answered by nnnn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never just think that you're good enough for her. Don't think she can't get a man better than you. Don't think that you are her only option, and thus start to get sloppy in the relationship. Be there for her, and never take her for granted.
2007-07-21 05:38:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Taking something for granted means you assume that the thing (in your case a woman) will always be in your life. When you start taking people for granted, they tend to get resentful, and leave you.
2007-07-21 03:20:05 · answer #9 · answered by The Pulverizer 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Not sure. It might mean, in a relationship, that people often forget to do little things to make the other one happy. You easily get stuck into a routine.
I think it goes both ways, although I think women complain about it more often than men, which can be for two different reasons: either men in general don't really pay attention to their wife anymore (often heard - ex: my dad would never compliment my mum on the fact that she was thin, but started complaining when she put on weight) or that women need attention more than men to feel loved.
ps: animalfriend said what I meant better.
2007-07-21 03:21:01 · answer #10 · answered by Offkey 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋