Have you ever read a book and felt as though the author knew you personally? No? Well perhaps you should pick up No Thanks: Black, Female, and Living in the Martyr-Free Zone, written by Keturah Kendrick, a woman who bucks all the societal norms, (not really sure why we continue to let society define what’s normal but that’s a diatribe … Read More
Twenty eight years and two children later I’m back in the dating world. But am I really back and what am I back to? It’s been two years since the separation and ultimately divorce and not one “date”. No movie, dinner date, walk in the park, hangout…do I really need to continue? All this begs the question: when is … Read More
So, “you’re out there”. Welcome to the dating scene. You’re either on a dating site searching for “the one” or you’re frequenting clubs and meet up single events hoping the “wrong one” doesn’t approach you or ask you to dance. You might also be the brave warrior willing to accept the occasional blind date that well-meaning friends and family convince … Read More
Being a single girl in Nigeria is interesting. Why? Because the experiences you encounter are really vast. Aside from the fact that almost everyone believes you should be married with children before you get close to age 28, some others, and a lot at that, believe you have a problem if you’re still single at 30. It’s not uncommon when … Read More
“ The timing was off.” This is what a guy I met online more than a year ago said to me in response to my question about why we had yet to meet face-to-face. I’m still not clear on what it means. And when I asked him to clarify, you know what he said?
I recently read Observations and Questions by a Single Guy and felt compelled to share some of my own observations and offer another perspective. Let’s take a stab at the first point…
March is here and Spring has arrived with it (apparently Mother Nature hasn’t gotten the memo yet and is still punishing us with cold temps). Just a few more weeks of this winter thing and we can start to thaw out and get the blood moving in our bodies. As the bunned up season comes to an end, the Spring … Read More
As I close out 2014, I feel compelled to look back (before I look forward) and think about what I’ve learned and perhaps didn’t learn.
