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Do you ever wonder what men need in a relationship? Why is loyalty so important? How can withholding sex as a punishment backfire?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Steve Harvey, if you provide a man with these three things in a relationship, he won’t leave: support, loyalty, and intimacy. Harvey says that men may hide behind their macho demeanors, but in the end they just want to feel special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Continue on for more of Harvey’s advice on what men need in a relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

What Men Need<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Wondering what men need in a relationship? Steve Harvey provides the answer in his book Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man. <\/em>According to Harvey, men don\u2019t need much from their women. In fact, they only need three things\u2014support, loyalty, and the \u201ccookie\u201d (sex<\/em>). Give these three things to your man always, and he will stay your man. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Support Your Man No Matter What<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Harvey says that a man needs to know that you\u2019ve got his back. He needs to feel like no matter what happens, he\u2019s still king at home.<\/strong> Men are engaged in battle every time they leave the house. They may fear losing their jobs, being undermined by people they trust, getting mistreated by people in authority, or having someone take what\u2019s theirs. Each day, they have to prove themselves and fight for what they have. And when they come home, they have no patience to fight any other battles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What men truly want is a woman who will ask them how their day was and tell them how grateful they are for everything they do. They want to know they are in a safe environment where they are loved. Feeling support is so important that they will work harder to get it if they know it\u2019s available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you show a man support and appreciation, you give him the strength to get up each day and battle all over again and a desire to work harder to earn more of your support.<\/strong> If they help around the house and you give them love for it, you\u2019ll see them finding ways to do more around the house. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t be fooled by men\u2019s hard, macho demeanors. They don\u2019t need gifts and cuddles to feel special, but they do<\/em> need to feel special. Make your man feel special by giving him your undying support and encouragement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be Loyal Always<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Women believe that loyalty is one aspect of love. Men believe that loyalty is<\/em> love. Being loyal to your man is one of the most significant ways he will feel your love.<\/strong> If he knows you will stand by his side no matter what happens, he will stay by yours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Loyalty for men isn\u2019t just about being faithful or taking his side in an argument. Your man wants to know that he is the man for you and that you will still be there if he gets fired or in trouble. He needs to know you won\u2019t run off with Denzel Washington if given the chance. And he wants to know you will stand up for him to anyone who tries to disparage him. Basically, a man wants you to be his sidekick, and you need to make sure he knows you are. When a man truly trusts a woman to be by his side, his love will open up in amazing ways. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t Ration the Cookie<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The last thing Harvey says men need is the cookie. <\/em>You likely aren\u2019t surprised to learn that sex, or the cookie<\/em>, is important to men. But maybe you don\u2019t understand just how important it is because it\u2019s not as important to you. Women like to connect through emotional intimacy<\/a>, but most men connect through physical intimacy<\/a>. You may not like this aspect of men, but it doesn\u2019t make it less true. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Men need to be physically connected to the women they love. It\u2019s not that men are animals or callous; rather, making love is how men show love. <\/strong>And if they aren\u2019t able to show love to you, they\u2019ll find someone else to show it to. If you\u2019re in a committed relationship, you have about a month of withholding sex before your man starts looking for it elsewhere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Granted, men can be reasonable. They understand that life, hormones, and children sometimes get in the way of sex. If your man loves you, he\u2019s more willing to go without sex for a while. If he doesn\u2019t love you, he\u2019s as good as gone if things don\u2019t turn around. But the worst thing you can do is withhold sex as a punishment. Even if your man loves you, if you ration the cookie for too long, he\u2019s going to start looking for someone else. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is unfair, and everyone knows it. You may have a job, children who need attention, dinner to make, laundry to do, a house to clean, friends and family to see. You may do all of these things in one day and the last thing on your mind is sex. But you need to be honest with your man about why you don\u2019t want sex. If he knows what the barriers are, he might help out more or take over some of the responsibilities. He might help you unwind with a glass of wine or draw you a bath. He will do these things because he loves you, but the real motivation is to make you more receptive to sex. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, a man isn\u2019t going to pitch in and pamper you every time he wants sex. If you want a good relationship, you have to accept that sex is part of it, even when you\u2019re not 100% in the mood.<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do you ever wonder what men need in a relationship? Why is loyalty so important? How can withholding sex as a punishment backfire? According to Steve Harvey, if you provide a man with these three things in a relationship, he won’t leave: support, loyalty, and intimacy. Harvey says that men may hide behind their macho demeanors, but in the end they just want to feel special. 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