Relationships
You’ve got questions? He’s got answers! Need advice? Send your questions to Terrance: girlworkonyou@aol.com Dear Gay Best Friend, This is what I’m going thru and what should I do? My question is that of 2 parts. One is that after being in an 11 year relationship, and 10 years engaged, is it time to […]
A few days ago, I was browsing through my friends’ Match.com account and ended up stumbling upon the pages of women I attended high school and college with. These women, who I’ve known for years and had never had trouble hooking up and finding a boyfriend in college, seemed to have issues doing so after […]
While browsing YouTube the other day, I noticed an interesting ad, placed below a video entitled, “Single black women find the search for love is especially difficult.” The ad pictured a Black woman with a shirtless White man next to the text, “AfroRomance — Where love is more than skin deep.” I didn’t want to […]
When a girlfriend calls to vent, nine times out of ten it’s relationship-related. A common complaint often turns into a reoccurring one and then it may get to the point where all conversations are about the same issue. Women let’s be honest with ourselves, many of us have a hard time knowing when to kick his […]
Dealing with your teenager’s anger could be one of the best things you can do for your family. Teens get angry for a number of reasons; from fear, feelings of injustice, insecurity, loneliness, overactive hormones, lack of sleep, peer bullying, a growing need for independence and just trying to make sense out of life. Parents […]
Having friends on the job can make those long boring days less stressful. Research shows that when you develop close friendships at work it boosts employee satisfaction by almost 50%. And while we don’t always choose our friends with career success in mind (company happy hour, ahem), there are some people in the workplace whose […]
A few recent conversations combined with intense web surfing had me thinking for days on the topic of courting. After reading an article on how courting was virtually non-existent in the new millennium I had to figure this thing out for myself. Is courting a thing of the past, an important yet overlooked element of […]
National Fatherhood Initiative has been created to help the African American community rediscover the value of true fatherhood. An interdenominational group of African-American pastors has united to ignite a movement to renew marriage and fatherhood in the African-American community. The movement, led by 10 pastors in partnership with National Fatherhood Initiative, Urban Ministries, Inc., and […]
Would you get married, just to get married? Obviously, nobody wants to believe that maybe they would say “yes” to a marriage proposal, just to have a wedding and for the thrill of writing “Mrs” next to your name, but according to Shine, a survey conducted by therapist Jennifer Gauvain, found that 30% of now-divorced […]
There is nothing more overrated than the importance of socio-economic compatibility. It’s not so much the idea that if someone comes from a different background both socially and financially we can’t get along. It’s the idea that if we come from the same type of social and financial background we automatically will get along; that […]
What do you spend most time on when preparing for a date? Your hair? Makeup? Hot shoes? Buying a new dress which shows off your figure? I am willing to bet that you spend a lot more time doing your hair than you do focusing on your smile. Well, it turns out that we should […]
What do you spend most time on when preparing for a date? Your hair? Makeup? Hot shoes? Buying a new dress which shows off your figure? I am willing to bet that you spend a lot more time doing your hair than you do focusing on your smile. Well, it turns out that we should […]