No More Dating Advice!

My Valentine’s Week was a disaster. It was so bad it was funny.  Between the guy who wouldn’t let me get a word in during a conversation, the cute guy I met who I later found out was bisexual (he’s a very nice guy but I just can’t) and my aunt trying to hook me up with the guy at her local sushi spot, it was just all bad. She told the guy I was smart and successful. She also mentioned that we would make pretty babies and that although I didn’t inherit my family’s busty lineage, I had a lot of junk in my trunk. Well she didn’t say I had junk in my trunk, she did the hand-curving motion for a big booty. AWAKWARD.  Yes it was a bad week in love, but funny. My aunt is one of my favorite people in the world, but she couldn’t hook up two rabbits in heat. She means well, I think.

Valentine’s week fumbles were funny. But what I can’t stand sometimes is the crazy dating advice I get. Some people are concerned for me b/c I’m 30-ish and single.  I’m not worried because I know THE ONE will come one day. And I’m actually enjoying my singlehood at the moment. I’ve never felt more fun and flirty. But if I base my dating pool on the “advice” I’ve been given, my dating pool is about the size of a teacup.  You ready? Here we go: 

--A woman should have 3 men. One who is young because he has a lot of led in his pencil. The second should be middle aged. And she needs a rich old man to take care of her.

This just sounds like an STD fest or Big Love for women.

--If a man is in his 40’s and single something is wrong with him. If he’s in his 40’s and never married, something is definitely wrong with him.

I’m in my 30’s so should I date someone in their 20’s?

--Don’t date a man in his 20’s. They’re immature and not ready to settle down.

Okay so I shouldn’t date a man in his 20’s or 40’s. So that leaves me with men in their 30’s, jailbait and retirement home residents. But if he’s 39, never married that’s okay?

--Get new eyeglass frames. That should help you attract someone.

And because men will be blowing up my phone if I just get new glasses? Damn if I had only known this years ago.

And these are my favorite. I heard all of these tips from 1 single relative:

--Don’t date a white man because they’ll kill you.

I thought killers come in all races. But what if he looks like Fitz from Scandal?

--Don’t date a black man because he’ll treat you bad. All they want are white women anyway.

But I have black women friends married to great black men. And if Omari Hardwick want to holler, I’m not passing him up.

--Don’t date an Asian man because they’re small down there.

I mentioned this to another cousin who told me this myth about Asian men is not true and for me not to ask her how she knows this. Plus, I think the dude on Hawaii Five-0 is fine.

--Don’t date a Latino man because he’ll expect you to have a lot of babies.

I have Latino friends who only have one to three kids. But if Adam Rodriguez or Benjamin Bratt wanted to put a ring on it and pay for a 24-hour nanny, I may consider giving them as many children as they wanted. 

--Don’t date anyone from another country because if you have children they’ll want to take them from you and go back to their country.
I don’t believe every immigrant male is on that “Not Without My Daughter” mentality.

And there you go. Looks like there are no options for me in this world if I go with most of these tips. Or, I should just juggle men. Or, I should join a space program, go where no sista has gone before and get with a Vulcan.

I’m tired of people telling me their crazy dating advice. Like I said, when the one comes, I’ll know it. Although the idea of more dating advice makes me want to scream, I am excited about going to see matchmaker, author, OWN star, entrepreneur Paul C. Brunson on his It’s Complicated tour stop in San Francisco this Saturday Feb 23^rd at Bloomindales. Paul wrote the book It’s Complicated, But It Doesn’t Have to Be: A Modern Guide to Finding and Keeping Love. I trust he'll have dating advice for me that makes more sense.  If you want to go, just register. It’s free.

In the meantime, I’m just going to keep enjoying my life and live by the Frida Kahlo/Josephine Baker philosophy of pleasing me. But if anyone has ever given you dating advice that made you go, "What the..?" Please share so I know I'm not alone.