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The Great Valentine's Day Project

I'm putting together stories from people who have spent Valentine's Day solo. I'd love for you guys to share your best/worst Valentine's Day as a singleton. Feel free to post it on this comment thread. Please add your name and age. Thanks!

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Do We Still Care What Are Parents Think About Our Boo?

I was listening to the radio this morning and the question of the day was when do you stop caring what your parents think about your boyfriend? I think a better question is when do your parents stop caring who you bring home? Let's face it by the time you hit 30 parents, even the most overprotective ones, get all slap happy as visions of that wedding and grandkids start dancing in their heads. When you're in your twenties your parents want to know what your man does for a living, where he lives, what is his educational background, what is his relationship like with his family, in other words they have a long checklist of what they want for their "little girl" and if your man doesn't meet the criteria Mom and Dad want them gone like yesterday, but when you get to be thirty-something, all your parents want to know is are they breathing? Do they work? And most importantly, how fast can he say I Do!

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Under the Hill Now Available at News4Us.Com

News4Us.com is now running Under the Hill. Check it out here

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Sunday Morning Live Podcast Co-Hosted by Me!

Listen to internet radio with SundayMorningXLive on Blog Talk Radio

I was thrilled when Sunday Morning Live Host Isidra Person-Lynn invited me as a guest on her show and even more thrilled when she asked ME to co-host. Enjoy the madness!

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Listen to me on Sunday Morning Live on January 23



I am going to be on Sunday Morning Live hosted by Isidra Person-Lynn THIS Sunday at 10:00 a.m. talking about Under the Hill.
Guest Call in Number: (619) 996-1674
Show Site: http://www.sundaymorninglive.net/
Show Page: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/sundaymorning-live
Call in and join the fun!

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Lame Pick-Up on Aisle Four

I was in the supermarket yesterday, one of the places they recommend us single gals try to pick up a "hungry man" by the way, when a very cute guy tried to pick me up with a very lame line --- "Happy brown day," he joked. We both had on brown, if you didn't guess.

The whole think was so dorky, but I thought it was cute that he was all flustered just talking to me, but e wasn't even a minute into his "date me pitch" when he started complaining about his wife! Yes, he is in a bad marriage and doesn't know what to do and of course the minute he walked into the store he immediately gravitated towards me because I seem to have some type of magnet that attracts losers and weirdos.

He told me that he never wanted to get married in the first place but he was recently "saved" (read ex-druggie, ex-con) and "his pastor convinced him that he needed a WIFE," you know to ensure that his salvation is complete. Now he is married to "the wrong woman" and "she is dragging him down when all he wants to do is the right thing." I suggested therapy and he claimed he was game but she doesn't want to go. He followed me around the store with this sob story and I kept trying to figure out if he was just incapable of reading body language and thinly veiled sighs.

The best part of the whole fiasco was when he into a friend of his who went to his church.
"Oh no, I hope she doesn't tell my wife."
"Tell her what? We are NOT flirting," I clarified quickly.
"Yeah, but she likes me and she told me that if I wasn't already married, she'd marry me."
I rolled my eyes.
All I could think about was that if he had Church Friend on the hook, then why wasn't he spending his energies reeling her in instead of bothering me?
"I'll just tell her I'm trying to sell you perfume. I sell perfume on the side, it's my hustle."
The picture was now complete.
"Really," I said dryly.
"CONTACT ME IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND ABOUT THE PERFUME," he said loud enough for Church Friend to hear. "I HAVE THE GOOD STUFF, NOT IMITATION."
He finally walked off and I was left wondering, did he really think that was going to work?

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Thick(er) Skinned

My birthday is coming up and I decided what I want --- a thicker skin, one that doesn't even feel the tiniest of tingles when a converstaion with my mom about a newly engaged co-worker ends with a confused and sad look from her and a "if she can get a man why can't you?"

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Under the Hill --- Now in the N.E. Informer!

Under the Hill is now running monthly in the N.E. Informer. Please check it it and support me and this paper.
You can view it here.

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The Book of Love?

It's a new year! So of course it's a new chance for all us single ladies to FINALLY get a ring on it! But of
course, it's not something we can do alone, if it was we would have already done it. We need HELP and help is out there in the form of tips, blogs, articles and books.

A poor victim of Havishamnia
I'm touched that there are so many people out there who want to save me from Havishamnia (that's the state of perpetual spinsterhood that leads to bitter dementia and the inability to wear anything but a musty old wedding dress) really, I am. FindCyberLove.com is being particularly helpful in this endeavor, letting me know in sweet, helpful Emails that 1 and 5 marriages were made in Online heaven and that they have cracked the THREE, count em THREE, levels of love. Reading it got me thinking, is there really a blue print for romance, I mean is there a book of love that I some how have just manage not to find?

I think when it comes to finding love there is no magic formula. But I'm a spinster, so what do I know. So let's take a good look at Love --- Matrix Style.

Level One --- The Begging Method
Love is a battlefield and if you're going to win at it, you have to have a plan of action. FindCyberLove.com suggests that identify twelve people and ask them for one love referral. I must make lists, create a compatibility chart that will allow me  to tap into friends whose SINGLE man buds might be my type. When I've exhausted my friends circle of men, they suggest I quietly, carefully, and infrequently ask my co-workers to find me a man cause, you know why not bring the desperation to the office! This is going to take a lot of skulduggery because the chances of me finding twelve people who actually know a single man that they can throw my way  is sort of like the chances of Neo defeating The Matrix. But I can keep hope alive, but the odds are against me, still stranger things have happened right? If you are a friend of mine and you are reading this, you know what to do.

Level Two ---Love is Better in Your Head
You know that Lifetime movie in which a beautiful, successful woman "marries herself" because she is tired of everyone commenting on her single status, where the "as if" method is similar to that. FindCyberLove.com recommends that you live your life as if you are already in a commented relationship. Go out on the weekends and do fun stuff, I'm guessing fun stuff that your future mate is going to love so that you'll already be comfortable when you start going out; clean your closets so that when he moves in, he'll have space for his things; lean to cook, the aroma of your food will surely draw a man to you, he'll see your "cozy" life and long to be a part of it! OK! OR he might see you talking to, cooking for, and living with your imaginary lover and might just run for the hills! But be careful ladies don;t make your imaginary mate too HOT or too PERFECT cause you know, REAL LIFE GUY won't measure up, that's a free tip from me.

Level Three --The Magical Book of Love
Finally, the code to happily ever after is cracked here we go ladies in 5, 4,3,2,1.....
When all else fails the time honored tradition of the Love Chant from the Magical Book of Love works every time. And this is not just me saying it. FindCyberLove.com wants us to know that thousands of women can attest that this works! This process must be done after sunset and is best done between now and January 13th:

1. Light a candle (be sure to pick one with a scent that you like because a smelly candle might take you out of your zone).

2. Make of list of the qualities in a relationship you desire. (Use the present tense and be specific  after all you'd hate to get a Motel 6 guy if you only stay at The Ritz)

3. Read your list out loud. (And no, it will not work if you just read it silently. Your must tap into the power of  your voice, it is what pulls your wishes into the realm of reality, who needs a magic genie)

4. When you’re done reading your lists, release this to the universe by saying, “So Be It and So It Is.”  (Now, you must say these words exactly or you'll be sorry)

5. Blow your candle out. (You can't find true love if you die in a fire)

Hang onto your list. In the next 12 months, you’ll be able to see how your wish for true love came true!
Wow, who knew it was that simple?

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