If you ever dated Hollywood actor Michael Jai White, then this letter is
for you. If you didn't date him...well, still read it :-).
The actor, who said he's found true love with his wife Gillian Waters
(pictured with him above) wrote an emotional letter to all the women
he's hurt in the past. He said his intense love for his wife have him
feeling apologetic to all the women who came before her, who loved him
and got hurt.
Over the weekend, he published a lengthy letter on Facebook about how giving his heart to Gillian has made him
a stronger man and a better person. Read his letter after the cut...
In Michael's words...
"In all my years as a grown man I knew, without a doubt, that
women were different than men and required a gang of emotional
attention. I came to the resolution that part of a man’s role was to
endure women’s emotional neediness by patronizing them much as you would
a child: “Yes, Dear, I’m listening,” even though this is some
rhetorical BS. “Of course I miss you,” even though I just saw yo’ a– a
little while ago! “I see you’re calling me”… even though I just F*^#ing
talked to you 20 minutes ago!
As a man, you have to deal with hand holding, “yes dearing,” and
freaking cuddling! I endured this for years until my relationships
reached their natural demise due to some natural chemistry flaw between
us or the woman’s natural chemical imbalance–yes I said it! I believed
ALL WOMEN WERE CRAZY and the only choice a man had was to decide exactly
how much crazy he’s willing to deal with to sustain a relationship.
It’s crazy to think I, as a man, would ever want to spend every
waking moment with a woman, to be all-up-on each other constantly, to
talk endlessly about “every-damned-thing” and see each other
“every-damned-day!” I was always the spoiled Alpha Male who didn’t have
to try as hard and I dealt out advice to my brethren due to my abundant
experience with women. I had Alpha Females, “Dime Pieces” with degrees
and plenty of them! I pretty much got every woman I wanted, rich or
famous and who could argue with my numbers? On every level, I was “The
Man!” Agreed? Well take my numbers, “Dime Pieces,” and vast experience
and apply it to what I’m about to say–I WAS WRONG ABOUT WOMEN ALL THESE
YEARS! My [Exes] were right!
The interesting thing about every good argument is the shifting
percentages of validity on each opposing side, but only one concept will
tip the argument past the 51% and expose the unflinching reality of the
truth. My new life philosophy is to look forward to being wrong because
each time I’m wrong, I learn something that unlocks the door to a
concept I struggled to understand. The truth is then revealed and to
live in the truth is to live in enlightenment.
I am now in a relationship that I never knew was even possible.
I’m in love with my best friend who I shower with endless affection,
talk to all times of the day and miss the moment I leave her side. I now
understand what the women of my past desired from me. They
INSTINCTIVELY KNEW that love actually looked this way! Everything from
the hand holding to countless daily declarations of love were not only a
byproduct of the man’s emotions but it was something easily volunteered
by the man who’d truly loved them.
I simply didn’t love my Ex’s in the capacity their spirits knew
organically needed to be loved. I believe woman nowadays have learned to
settle for what’s FAMILIAR to love. In turn, they’ve had to decide how
much of a man’s love they can live without to sustain a relationship. As
we men are natural leaders in providing security, it is women who are
the natural leaders in how to love. They are instinctively born with the
barometer to feel when love is real. The behaviors they’ve required
from men IS the behavior that is true for love.
The crazy lesson for men is that YOU’LL NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH OF A
MAN YOU CAN BE UNTIL YOU TRULY LOVE SOMEONE BEYOND YOURSELF. I can say
that I am now the very best version of myself and that’s due entirely to
my relationship. My perspective is clear, my goals are defined,
distractions are nonexistent, my business and personal relationships are
stronger than ever. I don’t feel like “The Man,” anymore. I feel like A
MAN."
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