Marriage is a choice you make every day. I can't tell you how many times life can get difficult since 2006, but Lisa and I choose to stay together. I ALWAYS have someone in my corner and so does she.

Watch how she treats people she's known for months or years; that's you in the future.

Watch how she treats service people she's known for ten minutes; that's you in the future.

A sincere hug destroys walls. A person who deserves a hug the least is the person who needs one the most.

What's charming at first might be annoying later. "Friendly" might become "cheater" and "smart" might become "know-it-all".

I once dated a woman who thought Washington, DC was named after Denzel; stupid is forever. She was beautiful, but check please.

There is no sign of disrespect more basic than a person who constantly interrupts. I've never met a good person who does this.

If she cheats with you, she will cheat on you. How you get her is how you lose her.

You can tell everything you need to know about her by her friends. Everything you say to her friends (especially about her) will get back to her.

Never trust a woman who seems to know someone literally everywhere she goes. This happened to me on a first date. We walked around a mall because it was a 75 minute wait at the restaurant. Between the food court, Macy's, the lobby at PF Chang's, there were a dozen people she ran into, and only three were women. The nine men looked at me with a smirk of "not handsome enough to keep her interested". She told all twelve of the people "we'll have lunch sometime" followed by "can't stand" that person. There was no second date.

Every woman is different; one chick’s “just being friendly” is another chick’s basically throwing herself at you. A hundred women flirt in a hundred different ways. Some become quieter, and others become more talkative. No guy wants to be that guy that thinks every girl wants him. No guy wants to be that guy that can't take a hint. It's monumentally frustrating.

Politics and/or religion are dealbreakers unless you're the same level of dedicated to them. Lisa and I have strong faiths, but we are low key about them. We have strong political opinions, but we are low key about them.

Don't date someone at work unless it's a McJob. I would NEVER date someone at a career job.

Actions speak louder than words. Cliches become famous for a reason.

I don't care what your hobbies are, as long as you are passionate about something.

A person who uses looks and/or money to manipulate others will ruin your life. I dated a girl in Florida who bragged about her ability to get out of speeding tickets. I should have known, but I was an inexperienced dater.

If he has more than one baby mama, he's probably an asshole. If she has more than one baby daddy, she's probably crazy.

Have a life, fun doesn’t stop after the wedding. My parents went from 1971 to 2001 without a vacation of just the two of them. Some years they never went anywhere at all, not even for a weekend.

Affection is enormous.

Stay away from any woman with a tattoo of an ex's name. She makes impulsive decisions and/or isn't over him.

Once there’s infidelity, it’s over. I never looked at a woman the same way.

Never date a person within a year of a divorce. I was undatable for weeks after bad breakups, but I can only imagine a divorce is ten times worse.

Any person (platonic or romantic, regardless of gender) who makes his or her identity about one thing (race, politics, job, sports team, etc.) is a phenomenally boring and exhausting person.

Listening makes women horny.

The only thing worse than being alone is wishing you were alone.

Don’t underestimate the power of makeup sex.

Nothing ruins a date quicker than terrible hygiene.

Invalidation ruins relationships.

Alone is different than lonely.

Physical abuse, even once, is a dealbreaker.

No amount of physical attractiveness can make up for a terrible personality.

Remembering details makes women horny.

If she has 64 first cousins at her birthday party, you will never be important compared to her family.

Never trust someone who can’t apologize when he or she is wrong.

The right person doesn’t try to turn your no into a yes.

There is no recovering from watching a woman spend a week's pay on a pair of sunglasses, face cream, or a pair of shoes. This happened to me with three different women.

The bedroom is ALWAYS a reflection of the relationship: quality, frequency, selfishness, laziness.

How it starts is how it ends.

Never take back someone who has cheated on you.

Love is wiping her ass because cancer won’t allow her to do it herself.