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The 6 Benefits of Going on a Date Alone
You have that ‘talk’ with your girl who is now going to become your ex. She didn’t want to be in a relationship anymore so now you’re single. You were a loyal guy throughout your relationship and spurned advances from other women; hence you have no one to turn to as a back up option. So…what do you do now? Well people have always contended (especially for women) that now is the time to get to know yourself. And dating yourself is probably not a bad idea at all. Am I saying it’s better to be single? No. But there are some benefits of actually practicing this endeavor. Such as…. You…
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Telephone Love – What Everyone Misses About the ’90’s
Guys: “Yo Is that Tamika? Damn she got fly over the summer!” Gals: “Who’s that new dude in our science class? He’s cute.” Remember the days when you met or saw that crush; your first crush? That person who walked in the room and instantly grabbed your attention? It could have been the way they walked, talked, dressed, or smelled. And it didn’t even matter whether or not he/she was unattractive to others but to you he was fine and she was dope. And if they were dope that was better for you (Yes I am taking terms from yesteryear). I have had them; they had me; you have had…
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Traditional vs Modern Dating – Which Approach is Better? | Ask The Men
Ask The Men! Yep, its that time again when we go through our bag of goodies and pick a letter from a reader. This weeks question comes to us from J.C.. Let’s get to it. Thoughts of 21st Century Paths of Relationships Dear Opinionated Male: “I’ve been a long time commenter and lurker, but this is my first foray asking anything. I know you and other writers have written about modern vs traditional means of interactions between genders, but ever so often the posts seem to contradict each other from what was written weeks or months apart. Anyways, my question is this: For Men and Women of all kinds of…
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What Women can Learn From These Relationship Mistakes
Another night alone. Another evening rendezvous with your cat, dog, or in extreme cases your….*ahem* toy. Another instance of hearing how much fun your girl Marissa had on her date with Darnell. How about hearing all about how Tania and her husband Curtis just came back from a weekend getaway? Now maybe it won’t bother you at first but after a while you start questioning yourself. You go from not wanting or needing to be in the company of the opposite sex to feeling downright lonely and melancholy because you’re not. You are labeled as the ‘token friend’ that your girls are trying to hook up with someone. It doesn’t…
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Why Men Should Avoid Making These Relationship Mistakes
Man listen, you know what you did or maybe you didn’t. You thought I was letting you off the hook didn’t you? Nope. All in all there’s a reason why you’re alone. Now if you’re running around chasing the field, hey I ain’t mad. But for those brothers that have been single and have been in a dry spot for a long time, obviously something went left and is currently wrong. Am I saying you NEED a woman? No. However, the time comes when we all yearn for companionship and get lonely, even sometimes horny and there’s no one to turn to because we either screwed up the last good one…
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The 8 Biggest Signs You Hate Your Job
Congratulations your hired! Your first day on the new gig is always full of excitement and anticipation. You arrive early to make that great impression and you’ve met your boss, colleagues and everyone seems relatively nice and professional. After making rounds and introductions, you’re led to your new work station. Sure it’s not much, but you’ve seen worse, so you’re cool. But that doesn’t matter, because you’re energetic and motivated to prove your worth and demonstrate to everyone what you’re made of. While getting settled into your new digs and acquainted with your new colleagues, you get the scoop from the ‘office gossiper’ on who in the office to avoid and watch…
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Signs Your Boyfriend’s Real Girlfriend is His Mama
I was actually laughing to myself as I was writing the title, because all I could think of was this movie scene. “If he’s good to his mom then he’ll be good to me”… “See how he treats his mother and that’s how he’ll treat you”. Sounds familiar doesn’t it? We as men always have an infinite amount of love for our mothers; and those who have been raised by single mothers are more than likely ten-fold in the love department. And ladies sometimes you have to deal with that although there shouldn’t be competition. I’d be remiss if I didn’t say that some women have issues with this and feel somewhat threatened by the…
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Crushing Championship Game 7 Losses
Here you have it – it’s do or die. The series is tied at three games a piece and winner-take-all game 7 is looming on the horizon. It doesn’t matter if it’s in the 1st round or the finals/World Series. If your team is the underdog going into the series, you sit thinking, hoping, and praying they can pull off the upset. If your team is the favorite, you’re worried, borderline frantic, and your nails have been reduced to nubs. You’re wondering to yourself: “How did this happen?”…. “What the f*ck is going on here?” Well, lets dissect some of the more crushing game 7 losses in sports history. LA…
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Your Questions, Our Answers – Ask The Men
What’s up bro hams and bro hamlets. Ahhhhh. OM Family stand up! Some of ya’ll have already heard (and by heard I mean read), and some of ya’ll haven’t. Either way we’re making the official announcement now. So yeah, The Opinionated Male has a new installment called, **You’ve Got Male! (Renamed “Ask The Men”) Get it? You’ve Got Male? Mail? -_- Yeah, yeah, whatever. Anyway,**Ask The Men! is our advice segment. Apparently quite a few of you out there crave personalized words of wisdom, the Opinionated Male way – no filter. And who are we to deny you? Exactly! So simply send in your questions or dilemmas here or to [email protected] with ‘Ask The…
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10 Movie Titles You Don’t Want Synonymous With Your Relationship
” I now pronounce you man and wife” “Will you marry me?” “What do you say we take this further” Nice words to hear aren’t they. Now during the course of our relationships we all go through a lot and do copious amounts of thinking. Can we improve this? Should we fix that? Did we spend too much on this? I wonder what he would think if I did that? Would she like this for her birthday? You can go all day. However, during the course of your deep reveling in thought have you thought about what you wouldn’t want in your relationship? Seriously, and if you’re a movie buff…
