Event #1: I was at a restaurant supporting my friend Tiffani’s blog launch. There were a good number of single women there. So…Tiff shouts me out and shouts out my Relationship Bootcamp business I run.
“Hey Ladies, I’m going to go to Heath’s Relationship Bootcamp for Singles. We all should go together.” she says encouragingly. That’s when necks start rolling, teeth start sucking, and a chorus of mumbling rang out at the adjacent table.
Event #2: Later the same day, I hosted an afternoon meet-n-greet to welcome some new volunteers into the ministry were I serve. Somehow, I find myself hemmed up in a corner…facilitating an intense conversation between two single women and one poor unsuspecting single man about why black men won’t snatch-up all these available beautiful black women.
“What else can I do?” Zatia says frustratingly. ”I’ve done everything everyone says you supposed to do for some man to pick you. But you got all these men just sitting there…chillin’. They ain’t picking nobody! What’s that about?!”
At both events, I did my relationship-consulting-thing…and probed the groups to get a better understanding of what the problem was. And at both events, the intensity of their frustration was eerily the same:
‘I’m tired of waiting on these black men to finish ‘working on themselves’ and get their ‘ish together.
Look…I’ve done the research and know the valid reasons why black men…among every other sex & race…are hesitant to enter into committed relationships. But frankly, black women don’t care about the “why” anymore. They’re tired of hearing the ‘I didn’t have a father figure in my life’ sob-story — regardless how valid it is. They’re tired of hearing about the pressure society places on black men. Blah…blah…blah. They’ve had it just as hard too…if not harder.
And for-real…for-real, I couldn’t argue with them…or mount a defense. Because I’m flummoxed too. I don’t get why single black men in their 30’s or 40’s, who say they want a relationship, are just chillin’…and content. It’s not like there aren’t some real good single Christian black women out there waiting for a dude to step to her. I know dozens of women I’d feel comfortable recommending to a dude. But I only know 4 single men that I feel comfortable hooking them up with. And half of them are just chillin’.
My single brothers…here’s some free advice for you.
- If you’re not ready for a relationship, then don’t get into one. But I challenge you to define what ‘ready’ looks like. Is it financial, spiritual, emotional, and/or educational? Because if you don’t know what your destination looks like, then you won’t know when you’ve arrive…and when to stop looking.
- This ‘working on yourself’ thing you’re doing…you’re doing it all wrong if you’re doing it by yourself. You need accountability from a married man who’s successfully ‘worked’ on himself and got a wife. You need someone objective in your corner that can observe the work you’re doing…and can tell you when to piss and when to get off the pot.
- Stop thinking ‘I have to get my money right before I can commit to a relationship’. That’s an old-school standard that’s now obsolete in this new era where black women probably make more money than you anyway (as my wife does). She don’t need yo’ money. She don’t want yo’ money. She just wants you.
- Lastly, make a decision! Please brugh! Make a decision. Your in-decisiveness is so wack! Look…there will always be someone who looks better, talks better, dresses better…is better…than the woman you choose. But loving relationships are never about picking the best one. They’re about making your relationship the best with the one you picked.
Fellas…I know you think that all your ‘ish has to be in order before you settle down with a woman. But today’s women aren’t expecting you to have it all together. Just some of it. The rest, they just want you to know that you’re a work in progress, be committed to maturing and growing into your manhood, allow her to be your helper.
#WednesdayWisdom
GROWN MEN…STOP wasting time trying to get all your ‘ish together before getting into a relationship. Just be secure in your incompleteness. And be willing to evolve into the man you want to be by letting a good woman be your helper…instead of trying to create your ideal self alone. Because ultimately, you’ll have to slightly change anyway once you find the good woman you’ve prepared for.
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Most guys got their ish together, they’re just not into black women to share it with. They use black women because its expected by us for them to be inadequate, so they give inadequate actions and excuses. Black men are prejudice and sexist. They want 1950 & 60s traditional women…follow the man don’t question him, give him what he wants no hesitation, be behind him, not in front and beside him only in public. Let him go out and do what he wants even if its not you. Grin a d bear it. He’s the man your under him, the woman. You have no say or thoughts when it comes to the relationship, you are silent. That’s what attracts most men especially black men.
White women grab more men than black women. Black men are work harder for non black women and are lazy with black women intentionally. They use black women and worship white women and other races. Sad but I feel like men are hateful on purpose. They blame black women for their downfalls but not other races for their criminal background and loss of their kids…child support and low pay wage. Black women support black men too but our skin and strong character hinders us from catching a good man…especially a black man.