Oh...The Dating Game
Can I just get a round of applause for this photo. Yes! Detroit native, Braylon Edwards is a 24 year old wide reciever for the Cleveland Browns. This NFL Hearthrob is also one of Essence Magazine's 2007 Most Eligible Bachelors. Better yet ladies, you had the opportunity to contact him via email in August!Sigh...were a little late.
Even if you don't watch football as much as I do and your just seeing Edwards for the first time, doesn't it make you ask yourself a question:LORD HAVE MERCY WHERE CAN I FIND ME A BRAYLON EDWARDS...and then you exhale.
They are definitely not in the clubs. Never find a man in a nightclub! EVER! I am officially going on a man hiatus. Today! Saturday I hit up the club with my girls in search of a good time. It was a typical ordinary night out.
You go to the club not to meet somebody intentionally,right? You go to the club on the hope creed that "hopefully" you might meet a dude who will have that touch of suave to keep you interested past 5 minutes. NOT!
Never happens. Lessons learned from Saturday's encounter with a not so suave man: Men over the age of 21, should leave their baggage at home. Do not tell me all of your baby mama drama issues, lack of a job, and all your past history within the first 15 minutes of meeting you. Whew!
Television this week has not allowed anyone to get away from talking about dating. I woke up yesterday morning to watch Fox's " Morning show with Mike and Juliet", http://www.mandjshow.com/ and their first topic of the day is why married men are attracted to single women. Agggh! Oh no its gets better.
I decided to turn to MSNBC's "today show" and right out the gate Ann Curry let's us know that we'll be hearing about "the biggest sex mistakes women make in their relationships". http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032633
Just when I couldn't take anymore talk about dating and relationships, I go to http://www.essence.com/ and see a contest that Essence magazine calls "30 dates and 30 days". It looked like an online reality dating show. You are able to watch six African American women go on different dates and get their feedback on how they felt about it. So, now reality dating show's are going online? Hmmmm.......
The queen of talk, Oprah Winfrey topped off the day with an episode about open marriages.......can we say enough already!!!!! Just when I thought it was over, ABC's Rachel Ray starts this morning off with the topic: what message does your outfit send to a man on a first date? Seriously? My hiatus is calling.
posted by dominique christin at
10:22 AM
1 Comments:
I did this cool with that not cool with that program with a group I facilitate. The purpose of the exercise is to pose a question or comment and the group can go to the side that they are either cool with that or not cool with that. One of the comments were, If a women is wearing clothes or a shirt even that shows too much cleavage or too much of herself for that matter, and a guy innapropriately makes a comment or gesture. Its the women's own fault, and she was asking for it.
I got suprising results in that some women were on the cool with that side and some guys were on the not cool with that side. Now what I didnt mention is that you can cop out and stand in the middle, but who wants to be a fence hugger. But to my point, which I felt was very relevant for something I read in this blog.
Women deserve to be treated as equals, let me get that out there. BUT and that's a very big but... But women and men know that sex sells, and if they arent looking for attention Id suggest one or two things. Stay home, or wear a hoodie and jordan shorts when you go out to a bar or to a club. With that said, I am an adult and I know that its wrong to put ur hands on someone without permission and that such actions should not be promoted no matter the circumstances.
Can we atleast remember that our image of ourselves is a reflection of how we think other ppl see us. You may say, "I dont care what ppl think," but you can save that shit for someone who doesnt know any better. Everyone wants to be liked and no one feels that it is ok to be considered ugly. I am not sure I made an accurate assessment of how I felt on this subject or even responded correctly to the topic. But I am a male and this is MY perspective and no generalizations here.
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