All Entries in the "For Men Only" Category
If You Didn’t Meet Him In College, Hang It Up
In my last post about Talented Black Men post and in a few other postings, I proposed the idea that men have an expiration date, get old, and need to play their talent when it is in front of them because it won’t always be there. Women are plentiful, yes; women you have a connection [...]
Should Women Carry Condoms?
stumbled across a survey in Essence the other day. The survey asked men should women carry condoms or whether it was the male’s responsibility. While 71% of female readers felt it was their responsibility to bring a condom, I was amazed at the answers some men were giving. Many men considered a woman to [...]
The Engagement Ring Is The Thing?
Apparently I have reached the age where many of my friends are getting engaged or married. While sitting in a recent wedding my thoughts turned toward the necessity, history, and a few questions relating to engagement rings.
Tradition
Surprising fact, the average engagement carat size in the United States is .38 carats. In 1939, the average carat [...]
I Wont Date A Woman Who Can’t Cook
”She can’t even boil water.” ”Maaaan 90% of woman I know can’t do a thing in the kitchen.” ”If she can’t cook she’s not a woman and I’m not dating her.”
I am really an old fashioned girl at heart. I swear I am. So, I still subscribe to that old notion that the way to [...]
Is An Emotional Man A Lame?
So, a good guy friend and I were talking the other night about relationships and what happens when you don’t get what you want out of a relationship and the situation ends. Men, and especially Black men are raised to believe that showing any kind of emotion makes you a p*ussy, or a lame. If [...]
Get Your Mind Right, Domestic Violence Is NO Joke!
I must admit I am kind of disappointed in the responses I have seen regarding the Chris Brown and Rihanna “domestic violence” situation. True, we don’t know the true deal and can only speculate. If Rihanna was indeed beaten, I am really at a loss as to how people can congratulate or condone the behavior of [...]
What Black Men Think (But Will Never Tell You)
Ladies, I have been talking to a few men and here are a few things Black Men wish we knew but may never tell us. Your guy isn’t like you. He shouldn’t be like you. If he was, why would you have found him interesting? Those differences can drive you crazy—or they can drive you [...]
Every Good Woman Needs A Thug?
These days, it seems like folks take their cues about life from rap lyrics. Well Jadakiss in his new song “By My Side” says every good woman needs a Thug. Really? I mean really do we all just need a roughneck like MC Lyte said? Ummm, I don’t think so.
Guys keep telling me that women want Mr. [...]
Will You Live To Be 100?
Wonder how long you’ll live? Think you’re in for a long life? While we can’t know for sure, your genes, lifestyle choices, diet and exercise habits and even your relationships can be foretelling.
Prevention magazine recently had an article on “14 Surprising Signs You’ll Live Longer Than You Think.”
My outlook was good: I skip sodas, [...]
Stand By Your Man: Get Like Kim Porter
What is in the water in the black community? Why are there so few committed relationships, and more random hook-ups and baby daddies? Is having babies by different partners what’s hot in the streets? What happened to love and commitment with one person?
For example, Diddy was diddlin’ around on Kim Porter for over a decade. Porter only called [...]
Now It’s Cool To Be An Independent Black Woman?
You heard Webbie, Neyo, and Kanye and them talk about wanting an independent woman and how cool it is that women have their own cars, houses, money..blah blah blah. Was there some hip hop convention I missed? Was a bill passed saying being an independent black women was the new hotness?
As I recall, black men have [...]
Help – My Girl Is Letting Herself Go
When you first started dating she used to walk around in thongs and fancy lingerie, she went to the gym like 5 times a week, she never slept in her headrag, sweatpants were never worn, she cooked for you, and was always fly.
Now, you can’t get her out of those hole-filled sweatpants, she walks around in her [...]
Listen Up, Females. This Man Is Talking.
This article originally appeared in the Washington Post -
CHERRY HILL, N.J. — In the basement of the Cherry Hill Mall, Dante Moore, a first-time author from Washington, sits at a table tucked between two security gates in the entrance of a tiny Borders Express. Piled neatly on the table: about 20 copies of his [...]
Help! Stress is Keeping Me Fat!
The last few weeks have been very stressful for me at work. It seems like there aren’t enough hours in the day to finish my tasks. Deadlines loom and my personal issues need to be organized. I knew being an attorney meant long hours, buuut I am stressed out!!! I notice when I am stressed I eat more, [...]
Spice Up Your Sex Life
Sooo……its getting a little boring in the bedroom. You are not a Chinese pretzel and you breezed through the Karma Sutra at the bookstore and you put it back. (They must have been super flexible back when that book was written, who can do all that stuff?) What can you do to spice up the scene [...]
