My Polar Opposite » love

Dating While Bipolar: I AM READY

mypolaropposite — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:16:15 +0000

OK, so my dreams of love don't usually involve a Corona, but still...

The other night, I had a bizarre dream. I should elucidate: I had a series of dreams stringing together bizarre circumstances with seemingly real interactions and people that I know. My dreams are usually similar, featuring my coworkers, friends and family at places [...]

Black Love is outdated

mypolaropposite — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:19:07 +0000

There, I said it, but I probably don’t mean what you think I mean.

I never want to see another talk show cover the “single woman epidemic”… EVER!

During the “Black women ain’t got no man” public lamentation tour earlier this spring, I refrained from writing a blog on the so-called man shortage, or on my alleged inability [...]

When it’s not a Happy Mother’s Day: the psychology of motherlessness

mypolaropposite — Sat, 08 May 2010 20:51:35 +0000

I never thought I’d want to get married until I lost my mother. Be patient, readers, because I’m taking the long way around on this one.

My Mom was Better Than Your Mom

As the saying goes, you don’t know what you’ve got ’til its gone, but I definitely knew what I had with my mother. Her name [...]

Public Service Announcement: Never take love advice. Ever.

mypolaropposite — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:18:51 +0000

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know of the Adventures of Friend Boy. If you’ve never read this blog before, let me sum it up for you so you don’t get confused. There’s a guy that I like and, as though I’m in seventh grade instead of a 38-year-old woman who should know [...]

Waiting in the foxhole of love

mypolaropposite — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:55:34 +0000

I’ve lost the use of my heart, but I’m still alive

Y’all know Sade ain’t never lied about a broken heart, and she really nailed it with “Soldier of Love”. All the sisters and some brothers too, understand what she’s talking about. Love rolled over your ass like like a wooden pin over Granny’s biscuit dough [...]

Nothing says I love you like legal services

mypolaropposite — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:04:49 +0000

. . .some guy whipping out his corporate seal doesn't get me hot or give me the warm fuzzies, no matter how much of a geek I am. [...]