An unhealthy emotional connection between mother and son can become the "byproduct" of "black male rape culture."
Sometimes I worry that we are too hard on men who are out there, casually dating, raging until 3 am on weeknights, and taking impromptu trips to Vegas where they blow half of their rent money. I don’t think this type of behavior should go on forever—or even for very long—but I do think there […]
Relationships are like energy; they need to keep moving. It’s impossible for a relationship to stay exactly the same because life doesn’t stay exactly the same, and neither do you. Relationships either grow stale, become combative, and dissolve, or they grow stronger, become happier, and evolve. If you think every relationship becomes boring over time, […]
It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been together; you don’t get to just stop being romantic. This is a romantic relationship, is it not? Romance is what differentiates your girlfriend from your platonic friends, so it’s pretty darn important that you keep it up. And look, you aren’t a bad boyfriend if you’ve let the […]
First of all, let’s all calm down; women don’t want you getting into literal fist fights for their honor, so you don’t need to finally confess that you aren’t actually a black belt in karate. That can be your strange little secret. Fighting for someone simply means being willing to engage in a little nonphysical […]
We’re too hard on men for not being romantic. You see it all of the time—women complaining that their partner isn’t spontaneous enough, that he never purchases roses from the woman selling them on the corner, and that he’s never once purchased a surprise pair of plane tickets for the two of them to jet […]
While the opportunities to meet guys seemed infinite in school, I was chock full of unrealistic expectations.
Although many men have motives when "being nice," this author explains why you should not assume that is the case for all.