My desires seemed validated by black and white films depicting perfect couples in cozy neighborhoods whose homes were filled with the aroma of fresh baked cookies and husbands who came home at night. Like a magnet, I drew romance from sappy Soaps, devouring the likes of General Hospital with its "Luke and Laura" bliss! Then came Carrie from "Sex in the City," with her Mr. Big, who, by the way put the icing on my cake of sexy love! But, apparently, "TV Romance" didn't go over so well in the real world. And, my "love, marriage, and a baby carriage" theories translated into rushed invitations to get this "fairytale love on the road!
You'd think this outcome would stop me, but it did not. I was determined to trap... I mean, "get" me a man! Truth be told, they could be slippery little suckers, determined not to commit.
Note: Men are not stupid, they do, however recognize opportunities of free sex, meals and problem solvers.
For years, I watched my girlfriends use similar hair, cleavage, and make-up bait, trapping the so-called "good ones". Some of them had so many children that if they joined hands one might mistake them for a small Sunday school going on an outing!
...At times I was tempted to sing Kumbaya.
And closing up the rear of this kid caravan, would be a smiling man, starched, pressed and opening the door of a minivan. Then, there were those women who slaughtered the term, PDA (Public Displays of Affection) and replaced it with, PDE (Public Displays of Emasculation)! And the man still came home, payed every bill and washed clothes, dishes, and sticky kids! It was moments like this that I internally grabbed both sides of my head and screamed!
Note: Men are long-term thinkers. They need to have a role that is clearly definable (outside of sugar daddy and sex king).
Through the Darkness ~ Stories of Hope
In a world where challenges multiply exponentially by the second a group of women reach into their past pull out their inspirations and speak to the positive possibilities shrouded in ~ HOPE
The women behind this movement of collaborative HOPE; give a one-on-one interview. They will W O W you once again.
OUR INSPIRATION Collaboration In Motion (#CIM) was established in 2016 by a group of women inspired by HOPE.
