Tag Archives: Advice
Jumpoff Proof Your Relationship
Let’s face it, Ladies, every time you turn around we hear about yet another man getting caught cheating on his wife or girlfriend with some “sidepiece” a.k.a. the “jump-off”. While I do not condone stepping out on one’s mate at all,...
Designer Mates
It’s no secret that we live in a consumer society. Everything is about “customize”, catering to people, convenience. From computer colors, to phone shells, to 950 cable channels with nothing on. Everything. Gone are the days when a company...
All’s Fair in Love and War
History is always told from the perspective of the winner, not as it actually went down. Our history books are all written in such a way that applauds the actions of the ones in control and condemns those of the loser. This is simply one of...
Being a Single Parent Isn’t Easy… Why Didn’t Someone Warn Me?
What can make you smile and cry at the same time? What about make you laugh and furious within minutes? No, it’s not your other half (though that may be possible as well). It’s those tiny terrors known as children. If you have one or a house...
Dating Advice: 5 Tips for Single Parents Dating
If you are a single parent then you already know just how tough it can be to find time for yourself – let alone time for dating! However, there is absolutely no reason for you to spend the rest of your life just busying yourself with kids...
You Can’t Handle the Truth
A friend posted a scenario in one of the online chat groups I’m in. Basically, a man and a woman run in the same circles. He tells her he likes her style and the way she thinks. Suspicious, she asks “What do you want?” He replies...
The Absentee Parent
The moment when your child realizes that Santa is not real comes as a relief to many parents. It’s the same moment that they can now take credit for all of those wrapped presents under the tree. Sometimes the moment when your child realizes...
Upended, Then Blended: A Stepkid’s Perspective
My mother married my father when I was three. The problem? He wasn’t my biological father.
To most people, that would seem to be not a big deal. I mean, after all, I was three. But I had spent 3 years of my life a certain way–my...
Single or Not to Be Single…
I have been asked many times why I am single and if I ever think I will find “The One”. My answer always remains the same. I would rather be happy alone than be unhappy with someone who isn’t right for me.
I see my friends...
Dear Future Me
I want to share something from a project I did last year. Every day in December I wrote something. Every day had a different theme and on this particular day I had the challenge of writing to myself and giving myself the advice that I wish I...
Married with Too Much Sex
Here’s my dilemma:
I’m a married woman of five years. When my husband and I got together, I was thirty and thought I was ready to settle down with him and start a family. Prior to marriage we’d known each other for two years,...
Double Mid-Life Crisis
Here’s my dilemma:
I have been with my husband for 17 years and married for 10 years. We have 6 kids together, but we are apart now. He has been spoiled by his mother, grandmother, aunts etc. and is turning 40 and seems to want to revert...
I Can’t Get a Date
Here’s my dilemma:
I am a thirty-three year old college graduate. I am an attractive, successful woman. I work as a marketing manager at an advertising firm. I have never been married and don’t have any children. I live by myself. I...