Lifestyle
1. You look so skinny! As opposed to before, when you had Velveeta running through your veins instead of blood. 2. You look so healthy! You look fatter than you did last time I saw you. 3. [if your hair is not straight naturally, but you straightened it for a day] Your hair looks so […]
1. DO: Understand that a small gift-something thoughtful, semi-personal, and affordable-is the way to go when you’re dating a brand-new guy. DON’T: Feel like you have to make a grand gesture. It’s early in your relationship, and there’s no need to put too much pressure on you or your partner by ramping things up too […]
The first question most strangers ask me is “How tall are you?” If I’m feeling charitable, I answer honestly: “6-foot-2.” They often follow-up with, “Do you ever date shorter men?” Consider this my full answer. First off: Yes, I have. Which makes me weird. The average woman is eight percent shorter than her male partner. […]
Now what a way to ruin the holiday spirit! Target announces today that there has been unauthorized access to their payment system between Nov. 27th and Dec. 15th. So if any has shopped at Target between those dates, Check Your Bank Account! The hackers had access to their customers’ name, credit card or debit card number, expiration […]
See that hand? No wedding band!The Telegraph reports that a British woman has spent five years and roughly $160,000 to win back the wedding band she purchased when she married her husband (who is now her ex-husband) 40 years ago. Yes, she’s spent tens of thousands more in legal costs than the ring is worth. […]
I started blogging shortly after my second child was born as a way to help myself become a “real” writer. I remember being pumped when I reached 35 page views in one day. Success! I had arrived! I love blogging, yay! What started as a way for me to drink coffee, ignore my children, and […]
What do you think you would learn after talking to 1,000 Black millionaires? Dennis Kimbro, the author of “The Wealth Choice,” shared some of his insights…
The holiday fight: You hardly ever see your family, but your husband gets moody when he has to spend the holidays with them, so you end up feeling resentful. How to avoid it: Though you may want to suck up as much time with your loved ones as possible, don’t plan on spending 24/7 with […]
It might be time to let go of our general assumption that long-distance relationships are pure torture. The news this year has been that LDRs not only work–they work just as well if not better than the regular old shared-zip-code kind of relationship. The latest study, which looked at 717 people in long-distance relationships and […]
2014 is upon us and I’m a big believer in ringing in the New Year with a bang! Every year, several of my friends end up so focused on Christmas, they forget to plan for their new year celebration. So in order to get you ready for a new year and new location to spend […]
The justice system. We often like to think that in a great democracy like ours, we are all equal under the law no matter what…
Jacoby Kindred, 61, pastor with Minnesota’s One Accord Ministries, is accused of raping the daughters of his son’s girlfriend beginning when they were only six- and eight-…