SingleScenes by Sarah Smart Q.  I recently went out to dinner with a guy who turned out to be really cheap.  After we were seated, he informed me immediately that he would pay for the dinner and I should pay for the drinks.  I was so offended I couldn’t talk.  His comment succeeded in ruining […]

The Dating Chronicles Forgiveness It was over.  But Dave had known for a while and had kept silent.  Now, his best friend Carl sat across from him with his head down.  He was confessing that he had been seeing Dave’s girl for the last four months.  His voice quivered as he begged for forgiveness.  He […]

Viewpoint: The Trouble With Online Dating by Don Hayes Recently, after a night of partying, going from club to club, and not being able to meet one woman who impressed me, I decided to join an online dating service.  This, for me, was the last resort after several dud date experiences where one woman had […]

10 Surefire Steps To Social Stardom by Bonita Bennett  Always keep in mind that you are revered or avoided for what comes out of your mouth.  Therefore, choose what you say carefully.  Make sure your words are quality, sensitive, intelligent, tasteful, respectful, and honorable…and let your words be manifested or realized in your deeds 2.  […]

Single Snapshots Thoughts & Things Out Loud Paul:  “A beautiful woman has to know she’s beautiful, be grateful for it, and feel gratified with it in order to be truly beautiful.  I know a number of women with beautiful hair, skin, eyes, and body.  But their heads are on so crooked that their beauty disappears […]

From The Male Room… What Makes A Woman Captivating… by BS Staff. TOM – “A woman, who doesn’t try to impress me. She is what she is and she makes no apologies for it. I also appreciate a woman who likes her body and it’s evident, whether she’s large or small.” GEORGE – “A woman […]

  Single Sketches “Incidentally…” Cara: “My cousin is announcing her engagement to my ex-boyfriend tomorrow and my mother expects me to attend the party for the sake of family unity, but I’m not going.”  Isaac:  “When my girlfriend got pregnant by an ex-boyfriend, who turned his back on her, I decided to marry her because […]

“Ghost” Grooms Tell Why… by Cheryl Lakes Last year, after a cousin failed to show up at an elaborately planned garden wedding that his bride’s parents had spent a fortune on, and a friend had a similar experience where her groom showed up at the church and left before the ceremony began, I decided to […]

SingleScenes by Sarah Smart Q.  I have been seeing this guy for over four months and he’s been pressing me to let him move in with me.  He promises we’ll be married within a year, but somehow I don’t trust he means it.  He says he doesn’t feel my love because I won’t let him […]

The Dating Chronicles Appearances Jim was a successful real estate developer, who made it a point to attend all the important parties.  As he entered the posh cocktail party up in The Hills, he scanned the crowd for the usual VIPS.  He shook his head in disgust when he saw his friend Greg, a prominent […]