Ladies, what exactly do you mean when you say you expect your men in a...?

[Aztecgentlman480]

relationship with you to be a gentleman "like his mother raised him"?

 

I'm just wondering since the definition of the word "gentleman" is never really set in stone.

 

Like do you expect the man in a relationship with you to not have an opinion, treat you like a princess while you give nothing to him in return(respect, gifts, etc.) and allow himself to be mistreated by you or just a simple treat you with respect and occasional gifts while you'll reciprocate with him?

[Jj66]

The true gentleman is the man whose conduct proceeds from good will and an acute sense of propriety, and whose self‑control is equal to all emergencies; who does not make the poor man conscious of his poverty, the obscure man of his obscurity, or any man of his inferiority or deformity; who is himself humbled if necessity compels him to humble another; who does not flatter wealth, cringe before power, or boast of his own possessions or achievements; who speaks with frankness but always with sincerity and sympathy; whose deed follows his word; who thinks of the rights and feelings of others, rather than his own; and who appears well in any company, a man with whom honor is sacred and virtue safe.

[Jj66]

A gentleman would not mistreat someone nor allow himself or anyone he cares about to be mistreated.