Jeezy Says No to Keyshia: Top 10 Reasons Why Men Won’t Jump The Broom

By CocoaDiva on Aug 02, 2008 with Comments

I stumbled on a rumored report that Keyshia Cole asked Young Jeezy to marry her and Jeezy declined. He cited the reason for his denial was his focus on his career and making money. I have heard from a few guys that women need to step up and get their holler game together since this is no longer 1950 (this is an entirely different post for another day). Keyshia took it one step further by proposing to her boo. (I don’t know if I could take it that far).

It seems to me that Black couples are the first to site career goals and timing as the reason why we can’t settle down. It has been my experience that other nationalities are interested in building with each other. They will start off with $100 and a dream while we can’t marry until our paper is right. Are we missing out on great opportunities?

I began to wonder what are the reasons why a man won’t commit to marrying a woman. If they have been dating for a long time, why do people waste time. If they aren’t marriage material why are you seriously dating them. I found this Article at Black Voices a few days ago which cites a few reasons why men won’t commit to marriage.

10. Options (other women) – With so many women out there, sometimes it can be difficult to settle down. Like much of the world, women outnumber men and in the black community, the disparity is even more pronounced. Sometimes guys just want to “sow their wild oats.”

9. Financial issues – Money can play a large role in a relationship as two people start sharing their income. When you realize that the girl of your dreams can’t keep a hold of her pocket book and she’s dragging you down in the process, it becomes hard to imagine a future together.

8. The family from hell – When expectations don’t mesh between the man and the woman’s family, sparks can fly creating disastrous situations.

7. Insecurity/trust – Sometimes relationships can have trust issues and it makes it impossible to whole-heartedly be with someone, knowing the may lie or have cheated. The idea of his future wife with someone else can haunt a man.

6. Change in lifestyle- There are certain guys who don’t want to get married simply because they like their care-free lifestyle. They don’t want to compromise, they avoid responsibility and they cling to their personal space. For these men, a woman has to be pretty convincing in order to change their ways

5. She already has kids – For some men, when a woman has children already, there may be a feeling that the they will never be his. They may turn away from raising another man’s offspring for the sheer fact that she still has that connection to the children’s father.

4. Geography -She may want to live in one area while he wants to live in another. He may get a job out of town that could be full of possibilities and she may be on the fast track in her own field. Simple things like geography can be a relationship killer for men when compromise is out of the question.

3. Social class or status – Your girl may have more money than you. Plain and simple, it can be difficult for some men to maintain relationships knowing that they aren’t the primary breadwinners. This can create insecurity and actually work to emasculate some men as they may be constantly reminded by their situation or even their girl that she does in fact make more than him.

2. They may not be the right person – A relationship can sputter and yet reluctantly continue despite a bevy of problems and when the idea of marriage comes up, those flaws may become painfully apparent.

1. Divorce/Parents Never Married – Children learn what they see and if they have no role models to emulate, or if their parents weren’t married, it may not be normal to them. Some men may have seen their parents go through a nasty divorce and consciously or unconsciously may fear marriage and the pain it may cause.

Jeezy Says No to Keyshia: Top 10 Reasons Why Men Won’t Jump The Broom

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