It’s the day after. Many of you who are mothers had an absolutely marvelous Mother’s Day – but some of you didn’t. Some of you may, indeed, be depressed today because your expectations for Mother’s Day weren’t met and you feel unimportant, underappreciated and taken advantage of. Or, the day may […]
Tag: relationship advice for women
It's the Little Things
0 commentsRecently, I was having a lovely visit with one of my favorite people. She is a young single mother – doing an admirable job with her young son – who finds herself in a relationship with a wonderful man. They are compatible, he likes her son and he does little things […]
Arrgh!!! Why WON'T He Grow UP??!!??
0 commentsOf all of the complaints that I hear from young women about their boyfriend/fiance/husband – the complaint that he “won’t grow up” probably tops the list. Which presents one of the more frustrating dichotomies of life: girls/women do seem to mature faster than boys/men. So, what do you do if […]
Did Your Valentine Disappoint You?
0 commentsIt’s the day after. Many of you had an absolutely marvelous Valentine’s Day – and many of you didn’t. Some of you may, indeed, be depressed today because your Valentine either didn’t celebrate the day with you as you had envisioned or they didn’t do much at all – if […]
The Steps
0 commentsLike many of you, I have step siblings. Mine are on both sides of the parental aisle and I must say that almost without exception, these step-siblings have added to and blessed my life in unimaginable ways. Lest you think I’m over romanticizing the dynamics and challenges of living in […]
Dating and Mating
0 commentsI was watching ABC’s Nightline last night and there was a segment about a new book titled Is Marriage for White People? by Stanford law professor Ralph Richard Banks. Mr. Banks writes about the statistics about black unmarried women: 70 percent of them are unmarried – defined as either having […]
Give It A Year
0 commentsIn the movie “When Harry Met Sally” Sally was best friends with Harry and living with her boyfriend who had yet to “take it to the next level” and propose. Boyfriend told Sally that he just wasn’t into marriage and Sally accepted that as well as his request for “more […]
Never Stop Being His Girlfriend
0 commentsYou’ve probably already guessed what the third “F” is. Because I like to consider myself a lady and also because I do NOT want to have the other pre-deceased Medora’s spinning in their graves, I’ll refer to it as: F3 If you are in the beginning stages of a new […]
Accepting Him "As Is"
0 commentsI think that one of THE biggest mistakes women make in a relationship is that they think that they can and should change their love interest – “creating” him into their idea of perfection. “If he’d only do/be/stop this or that….”. How unfair! How offended would we be if the […]
Give 'Em What They Want
0 commentsRegardless of what any given reality show will lead you to believe, I honestly believe that what women in particular are really looking for is a committed connection – a relationship – and not just a casual hook-up. One thing I’ve observed that worries me is that many women are […]