What Exactly Is Dating? Oh, It’s Ambiguous.
“You can’t be in a relationship and still be dating,” one of my female friends shouted. “It can be used interchangeably,” I chimed in. “It depends on if it’s exclusive or not,” another friend yelled. I held my 4th glass of wine and listened. This conversation was a reminder of one I’d had previously. Listening [...]
5 Things That #DatingTaughtMe
**Next Slim Jackson Ustream/live stream and chat is scheduled for 12/21 (Tuesday) at 9pm** The other night I was getting my dose of Twitternet and noticed that #collegetaughtme was the hot new trending topic. Everybody was following the hashtag with things they learned from college ranging from promissory notes to trains…and I don’t mean a [...]
Organized Rantings on the Black Love Crisis
A couple weeks ago, one of my followers on Twitter linked me to an article over at the Clutch Magazine website and asked what I thought. Once I had a chance to sit down sans distraction, I took a few minutes to check it out. This particular piece¹, titled “Is the Internet Making Relations Between [...]
Your Questions Give Me Answers
“So have you ever cheated?” “Huh?” “Have you ever cheated and/or been cheated on?” “What?” “What’s been the average length of your past relationships?” “Excuse me?” “What do you want right now?” “Oh, I’ma order the fried chicken and lobster mac-n- cheese.” “You know that’s not what I meant…” “Do you really wanna know the [...]
The Intricacies of Inter-Circle Dating
Shauna: Hey Slim, what’s good? Ain’t seen you in a minute! Slim: Business as usual. Maintaining and ish. Shauna: What you doing this weekend? Slim: Oh, prolly save a few kittens from a 4 alarm fire on the 18th floor of some NYC high rise. Shauna: You are a fool. Anyway, I’m having a party [...]
Seattle’s Dating Adventures
I’ve been on a multitude of dates over the years, some good, some bad, some amazing and some downright horrible. All-in-all I can confidently say – I hate dating. I hate it like the KKK hates me. Actually, hate is a strong word. On second thought, I strongly dislike it. I feel the same way [...]
One of the Keys to Finding Love Is…
Yesterday a fellow writer and friend directed me to her blog to read a post (Yep. Click that. Worth the read.) she wrote on how she feels that fly Black women don’t have the luxury of making romantic mistakes. It’s not the first time that I’ve read a post or article about successful women being [...]
Modern Day Matchmaker: How to Survive the First Date
In this episode, Paul, the Modern Day Matchmaker shares advice on how to survive the 1st date and potentially get to the 2nd date. He gears this advice toward the men and makes several good points as usual. Check it out and let us know what you think. Ladies, do you agree or disagree with [...]

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