I love men. I love the anxiousness of the first few months of dating and I love the exact moment in the relationship when you realize you’re on the cusp of falling in love. But as amazing as male companionship is there’s nothing like female bonding. Within the last six years, my best girlfriends have…
Be there for others, but never leave yourself behind. ~ Dodinsky And so it began: Monday morning: Hit the ringing alarm. Prepare breakfast for the household. Pack lunches. Play chauffeur. Arrive at the job to begin the 10-hour workday. Run errands. Volunteer. Cook dinner from scratch. Clean up. Collapse. Hit the ringing alarm and begin…
I’ve probably watched a cumulative total of three hours of ABC’s reality dating show “The Bachelor.” The 15th season with Bachelor Brad just finished strong, and the seventh season of spin-off, “The Bachelorette,” (the show that picks up popular castoffs from the curb and puts them in the driver’s seat) is shooting now. It spawned…
“Jump up & down on one leg” “Bark like a dog” “Arf, arf” “Like a big dog” “Woof, woof” I can remember sitting in my aunt’s den as a pre-teen watching Coming to America laughing hysterically as Prince Akeem gave orders to this somewhat clueless woman who lacked her own identity. Little did I know…
Not too long ago, I tuned into a talk radio show. The topic was about a Manitoba judge who had let a man off the hook for rape because the victim was flirtatious and dressed provocatively, which supposedly lead the rapist to believe that sex was on the menu that ill fated night. The judge…
It is common knowledge amongst me and my friends that you should not expect a guy to call you when he asks for your number. Yes, you read my statement correctly. I have become hip to the game. I realize that some men will waste time and effort to approach you in a social setting,…
I have a particular friend whose greatest joy is to talk. Specifically, she loves to talk about others. No one likes to admit that we gossip, but we all are guilty of indulging in it from time to time. Whether its checking up on the latest celebrity blogs or skimming the tabloids at the checkout…
“One is silver and the other is gold.” If you’ve ever sold a Thin Mint or a Peanut Butter Patty you probably finished off the rest of this Girl Scout jingle without even struggling to remember. As a 6 year old Brownie I used to roll my eyes as I was forced to hold hands…
I don’t befriend other Black women. Why? I don’t even have the answer to that which is weird because I grew up in a predominantly African-American neighborhood and attended a high school that had a great number of African-American students. My friends from pre-school through college were Puerto Rican, Greek, Cambodian, Bi-Racial, White and Native-American…
