You should never have to utter the phrase of this title to your significant other. If you do, then you should highly consider getting…no f**k that …GET another romantic partner. While marriage may have originally stemmed from origins of ownership—the wedding ring was once a symbol for a woman actually being her husband’s property—that time […]
Tag: respect
Never Take Love For Granted
“I’m not saying this to shake you up/I’m just saying this to wake you up/It’s all good when we’re making love/All I ask is don’t take our love for granted…”—Lil Wayne On more than one occasion, I’ve been in relationships where I felt like I was being taken for granted. I was 100% committed to […]
Proposition Season: Is Three Really A Crowd?
Let me be the first to admit that I’m naïve when it comes to being pursued. Yes, every week I write about love and relationships. Yes, I can help you figure out if someone’s into you or not. Yes, I am hella intuitive. But when it comes to my own love life, if you do […]
Ask Shan Tellem: I’m in Love With My Boyfriend’s Cousin
Dear Shan Tell’em, Okay so here goes nothing. I’ve been with my boyfriend on and off for two years and we have our ups and downs but love each other. Before we got together, I dated his cousin for not even a month but that eventually fell off because he didn’t want anything serious. It […]
YOU Always Win
It’s very appealing to fit in. To be what someone wants you to be just so you can get what you want. But we have to remember that being YOU always trumps any other person that you’re pretending to be.