Sunday, April 28, 2013

As excited as T-mobile about the iPhone 5

The topic has nothing to do with the post.  Or maybe it does.  Anyway, the subject of my story/rant today is girls who are over excited about their relationships and boyfriends.  I couldn't write about this earlier because I was single and I would have been labeled a hater.  So I'm no longer single, boyfriend wise, and I feel equipped to say this shit now so here I am.

Dear women......and men, I appreciate that you're very happy with this spouse you've found but till yall are married...chill with the love proclamations and soul mate declaration speeches.  I've always had a problem with ish like that. Obviously relationships would end. Even marriages end. You can't live your whole life being defensive....granted.  However in this day and age with the over sharers, just chill and enjoy your relationship. If you think your lover for today is the best man in the world and your soul mate after six weeks, that's fine. Just tell that to him.  Don't force it onto all of us. Did God really reveal him to you in a vision? Then how do you know he's your soul mate? And don't tell me to do my own. I used to. I grew up. The only thing you can guarantee in life is yourself and your children because that won't change.  You will forever be you and your kids would forever be your kids.  However, boyfriend, husband, lover....those are relatively temporary titles in today's world.  I'm just saying.

For those of us who are single...aka not married to our soul mates, I have one thing to say. Every happy marriage is one piece of paper away from divorce so no need to be jealous of someone else's situation.  People who spend more time sharing their relationships with all of us than actually enjoying the relationships are not as happy as they are pretending to be. No one ever said happiness loves company. Its misery that does. I saw a quote somewhere that said: may your life be as happy as you portray it on Facebook. My response to that: amen.

Have a good week peeps.
Xoxo
Leeza.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

The Love Languages

It seems that all our blogging efforts even if they are meant to be sort of a life chronicle, they are relationship centered. and sometimes when I think of what my writing contributions should be I focus on relationships. Granted I focus on male-female relationships and the eros.  I am interested in how to be in great male-female relationships because it seems to be the one I'm most clueless about. Eros aside, great relationship formulas are the same. As anyone will say they have problems with their same sex friends but are just able to deal with it easier or let go of it more.

I inadvertently also read self help books that are relationship centered. I read "The five love languages for singles" about a year ago and it seemed academic. I was coming out of a relationship and there was no one to practice my new knowledge on. About a week ago, I was watching Oprah's Life class (insert judgement goggles) and there goes Dr. Gary Chapman the author of ".The 5 Love Languages   and I start getting many "Ah Ah!!!" moments. 



The concept of the love language is that there are ways that we interact with people that increase our fulfillment when we are with people we are in relationship with. We all have a language or a couple that we speak and understand.

The 5 love Languages 
  1. Words of Affirmation e.g telling your partner: you are beautiful, you are brilliant
  2. Gifts. any gift, the grander the better 
  3. Acts of Service. taking out the trash, opening doors....
  4. Quality Time.  ME ME ME ME . Spending time with each other. 
  5. Physical Touch. ME ME ME ME. This is the non sexual touch. massages, backrubs, holding hands.  
I think my primary love language is quality time, my idea of a good time is being with loved ones and doing anything from sitting quietly to adventures. love a good food date, having drinks and talking. So I say "Time is money, spend it on me." Not so much gifts, I am a bad gift receiver. I am usually ungrateful.

I know Ese's primary love language is Gifts (why does it have to hurt the bank). To be an effective friend, I know that giving her gifts would make her think more highly of me.

knowing what my love language is helps me know exactly what i need out of my relationships and improve those relationships 


Find your love language. 
http://www.oprah.com/oprahs-lifeclass/The-5-Love-Languages-Love-Language-Profile-for-Singles