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Shacking Up: What it Really Means When a Man Considers Moving in With You
People like to hold up the relatively few differences in how men and women perceive the world as unassailable proof that the gulf between the sexes is so wide that men and women may as well be from different planets and accordingly fashioned in the image of opposing gods. The truth is we have way more in common than not. The common strand of humanity that binds us is much stronger than our differences. Now that I’ve gotten that out of the way… holy fcuk, sometime women are so off base with how they assume men see the world I question if we evolved from the same ancestors. I’ve talked…
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Social Mistakes Men & Women Must Avoid Making (Pt II)
Here we go with this second installment of Social Hiccups Men Must Avoid. Now I know the title says men but here are some for the ladies as well; although it would be wise for the fellas to pay attention because yall be doing some crazy nonsense. So here goes. 1. ATTEND A PARTY EMPTY HANDED, THEN LEAVE WITH PLATES OF FOOD Now I know there have been some instances when we are notified of a party or gathering at the last minute and we don’t always have time to stop at the store; that happens. If it does, do not expect to make plates or a plate for that…
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Top 8 Signs Your Hair Needs to be Done
You ever sit there and think, “Damn. I got a hair don’t” or ,”This is a tough do“? Well here are the top 8 signs your joint needs some serious TLC. Now this isn’t to disparage those who like it au’ naturale, but in the end you can’t just walk around with your hair like who done it, why and HOW? 1. WHEN COMBING YOUR HAIR IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE’S BITING INTO A PIECE OF FRUIT You know that sound when your biting into an apple or pear? Well if your comb makes that sound when you’re trying to comb it…yeah….you need some assistance, and for that matter… 2. YOU’VE BROKEN…
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10 Things Every Mother Should Teach Their Daughters
In a previous post I wrote, “10 Things Every Father Should Teach Their Sons“, and I thank you all for the feedback. The other day a friend of mine asked, “Cortonio, why don’t you do one on mothers and daughters?” So to not discriminate (LoL) I will do one. There are so many young women today who wander life aimlessly getting themselves into situations that often tend to prove detrimental. Many of them didn’t have the proper guidance and teaching from their mothers because: (a) they [mothers] had them at a very young age and didn’t know how to fully instill morals and values in their daughters; (b) they probably…
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You Make Us Great, So We Grateful -N- Sh*t
First and foremost this is not a post. Yes it kinda looks like one, but it isn’t. Fa real doe. Disappointed? Don’t be. On the bright side, that picture to your left…now that’s a post. But what you’re reading right now though, isn’t. Well sorta. Understand? Me neither. So forget all that. What I DO want you to understand is this: We here at Opinionated Male would like to take a moment to thank YOU our regular readers, new readers and casual visitors for the growing support we have been receiving over the last two months since our debut. The love we have received here as well as on twitter and…
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Religion, Commitment, Marriage & the Moral Decline of our Nation
“Religion is responsible for more wars than any other institution in the history of mankind” is more likely to be the theme of any conversation about religion than any defense of the church or lamenting over the loss of traditional values in my social circles. I’m not a particularly religious person. More accurately, the blind conformity around the social construct of religion isn’t compatible with how I’m wired. Even so, the Pope retiring was surprisingly unsettling to me. I’m not Catholic. I’m from the south where culturally the Catholic Church is pretty much viewed like how the rebel faction in Star Wars viewed the Empire. Not surprising since the religious…
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12 Social Mistakes Men Must Avoid Making
In life we do and say many things. There are times we don’t think before we speak and our foot winds up in our mouths, or we say things we don’t really mean just to get out of an awkward situation. When navigating through this road we call “Life”, here are some things that’ll help you avoid the breakdown lane or getting pulled over by the social police. COMPLIMENTING SOMEONE’S CHILD We all see cute babies. Some are cuter than others, and we tend to compliment the mother or father for having said cute baby. Sometimes we might tell a parent they have a cute little girl in regards to…
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10 Things Every Father Should Teach Their Sons
Any man can be a father but not every man can be a dad. This is a rather true statement. There are some men out there who have left their responsibilities because maybe, just maybe they didn’t know HOW to be a dad and show their son the way. Well I’m not a guru on lots of things, but I hope this list of things can be an “instruction manual” so to speak. An 099 class (for all of you college goers). This list isn’t in any particular order. 1. Let’s talk about sex baby I was recently watching “Boyz In The Hood” and there was a scene where Furious…
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Playing Relationship Chess – Her Strategic Moves and my Toothbrush Rant
I’m not a conspiracy theorist. Really I’m not. Just because you can’t figure something out before the commercial break ends doesn’t mean that some clandestine organization headed by a shadowy figure with a raspy voice, a computer from the 80s and a cat that will clearly have intimacy issues with its next owner is responsible. But there really is no other logical explanation for how every single woman tests the boundaries of a new relationship in the exact same way. Without fail, every time I’m in a relationship that enters the sleepover without titles phase I wake up to the same sophistic paradox; a nonindigenous toothbrush belligerently positioned in my…
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Kobe Bryant: Good Teammate or Petulant Whiner?
“Wait you mean they couldn’t get Jason Kidd for Andrew Bynum? Bynum? Who’s that kid anyway”? Kobe Bryant reacting as to why the Lakers wouldn’t trade Andrew Bynum for Jason Kidd during the 2007-08 season…. “Smush Parker was the worst, he shouldn’t have been in the NBA but we were too cheap to pay for a point guard so we let him walk on”……Real stand up isn’t it? Kobe ‘Bean’ Bryant is an extremely talented player, has won many accolades, and is a lock for the Hall Of Fame. He has a silky smooth jump shot, athletic drives to the basket and sometimes he’ll surprise you with a rim rocking…
