Relationship Advice from someone Single? Nah...

I mean honestly, how the hell can someone who doesn't have a boyfriend/girlfriend possibly give any relevant advice to be taken seriously? I mean if you're not in the situation you can't provide intelligent input right? That's why only sick Doctors can help patients, that's why they only allow female Plastic Surgeons to give Breast Implants, that's why rich folk never listen to their financial advisers or accountants because how could they possible give them good advisement if they themselves aren't as rich as their employers, right? 

If you haven't noticed by now I'm implying you are stupid by using sarcasm. The validity of someone's advice should have all to do with the content of their advice, not the assumed position you think they are in. Good Advice is good advice no matter who gives it so don't ignore something just because your ego is too inflated to evaluate without bias, that's a mental handicap on your part. There are many people are single because they are strong enough maintain their standards instead of settling for someone beneath their requirements for the simple sake of saying "I got me a Him/Her." And furthermore, the people who made mistakes, that they learned from, will probably be able to give far better input to those in general situations then someone who has never done so. I mean how smart and quick on your feet do you have to be if you've never had anything go wrong or you've been in a long standing arranged marriage, Hmm? Keep in mind... On the road to success in whatever endeavor, Finances, Relationships, Parenting etc, its best not only to listen to those who made it with no issues, but seek those who hit potholes so that you can make attempts to avoid them or learn to bounce back. Make Sense? 

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Top 5 Things My Parents Taught Me To Teach My Kids

5) Game Night

At least once a month gather the family together for an enjoyable, tech free day/evening of board/card/team games to direct and indirectly teach EVERYONE, not just the kids, how important family should be. This also teaches how to be a respectful winner, gracious loser and even get better at witty retorts because you gotta talk trash but not cross the line and get popped. Hone those trash talkin skills early.

4) Dinner Time

We will eat together, Not only literally but metaphorically. Breaking bread with your people is something your kids should know and understand in every sense that it is used. The time invested in putting in the work necessary to be able to eat a hot meal should be honored, respected and appreciated. Eating whole meals daily is not a luxury i had growing up, so being able to ensure my kids don't take that for granted is highly important.

3) Allowance is to be Earned, Not Expected

I never got a traditional allowance every week or month, and to be honest never even asked for it. When my parents gave us money it was a business proposition really. What's funny is both parents did it independently of each other, they weren't together at the time.

DAD:

While getting bored with how easy school was grades started slipping because i me and my older bro spent time being class clowns and town miscreants, so he made a deal. At the end of semester when we got progress reports in elementary thru high school, he created a monetary scale in lieu of allowance. If we got A - $20, B - $10. A C we got nothing, BUT... A D resulting in us owing $10 and an F $20. At 6-8 classes each, i looked forward to that $140 4 times a year. Never got the max every time, but made me work harder in school the entire time. I learned that sometimes doing good doesn't matter to folks. You have to motivate them with what THEY WANT, and make the means to an end thru what they should be doing. Eventually, hopefully, they will learn valuable lessons along the journey you've embarked them on. Clearly i did and gained tons of knowledge on the way

MOM:

I wanted to play in a soccer league in my town, it cost $30 and there were exactly 31days left to register and i asked her to enroll me. She said lets make a deal, you clean your room, do your chores without me having to ask you, i will give you $1 a day and you can pay for it yourself.

I of course made it like 2 weeks, got lazy, stopped and the end of the month only got $14 and couldn't join. Lesson learned, if you not ready to put in the work, you not worthy of the reward.

(Sidenote: i also started and organized my own soccer league after school with friends that i didn't tell her about which ended up in me getting the ass whooping of my life for lying to her about why i wasn't home on time everyday when she called from work. A Jamaican woman had to stop her from beating me because it was so bad... A JAMAICAN. You may not understand the significance unless you got island family, But i digress...)

2) Expose your kids to religion, don't enforce it

I think what many people do is try to make their kids follow their practices instead of allowing them to. Everything i learned about every religion in existence involved free will. Why take away from your child what your God gave everyone? Even if you don't believe in religion, just spirituality or hell nothing at all, why make them follow you? The very fact you have to force them to instead of explaining why it works for you and why they should try it should open your eyes to the fact that you need to get yourself right mentally. Because clearly you don't have faith in your own ways. Be tolerant and open minded so your kids wont choose their faith or lack thereof ignorantly.

1) Make fear of disappointment worse than physical pain

No matter the amount or severity of whoopings i caught from Pops, Moms, Uncle Mike, Aunt Dollie, Aunt Linda, yeah I'm naming names, eff that (don't beat me tho, for real that's not cool, I'm grown), nothing compared to the immense amount of terror i had/have in letting them down by not being the best i could be. I'm not allowed to be a failure because of them. Regardless of any personal flaws they had they instilled great ones in me that will last GENERATIONS beyond me. I don't want my kid to be afraid of the beating they will receive for getting caught doing something dumb, i want them to not feel its worth risking having me look at them with anything but Pride & Joy for a dumb act in the first place.

But best believe they will still be getting that behind whooped...

What you thought this was? Just cause I'm droppin knowledge don't mean you aint getting popped future kids. Act stupid if you wanna, i been practicing hitting other peoples kids on the sly for years. Try me.

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Photo Poetry: Excerpt from W.M.D's

Full Poem Available Here

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The Complement vs. Supplement Guide to Dating

The opposite of being Happy is not Sad, its Apathy. Many people don't understand why they remain unhappy in pending/current relationships because they don't take the time to evaluate this fact. To do this I have plotted out a simple way to see what type of Qualities you should be looking for in another; so you can not be sad, or numb… but be Happy with someone. 

 

Complement: to enhance a quality to make complete.

Supplement: to fill a deficiency to make whole, or Perfect.

 

The deficient part of the white is Supplemented by the black and vice versa while the red Complements the same areas enhancing the abundant portion.

 

Now while these two sound very similar there is definitely a fine line that makes all the difference in the world between you feeling fulfilled, and you feeling bitter and empty. The first mistake you may have made is not knowing yourself enough to know what you want vs. need in a relationship, Most people only selfishly pay attention to the former. You should not be diving blindly into and relinquishing control of your heart to different people on a whim, Make sure they are even worth your time. To do this you must know your Good and Bad qualities to determine first what you NEED from another person, for them to Complement, or increase the potency of that quality; or Supplement, fill the remaining void you are deficient in that instance.

 

If you know you are typically frantic in situations, would you want someone like you who complements that, joining in your excitedness making you more frantic? Or someone on the opposite spectrum who Supplements the clear-headedness and Patience you are missing to be able to Calm you down?

 

If you know you are personally strong willed, hard working and determined for success, do you want someone who will complement that by challenging you, positively, to be better than you are? Or someone who Supplements by being lackluster and uninspired so that you feel more important as caretaker?

 

Believe it or not these may sound like obvious answers but they aren't. Some people like when everyone is as overly excited as themselves because it registers as engaging and there are PLENTY of people that date people they feel are "safe" out of fear of being left or because it makes sense Logically. The important part is to know who you are so that you can make the right choice BEFORE you get in too far with someone emotionally. If you take a little time every week and be real with yourself, write down a quality you've noticed you have and decide whether its Good or Bad for you, then you can determine the Qualities the Yin to your Yang will need to have to make your union complete. Keep in mind, It’s much easier to find what you seek if you know what you're actually looking for.

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Perfect Imperfection by Johnny Magnum

I have not yet found you, But I know you’re there,

The woman who I will Love, and only for her I will care.

I will do everything for her I can, and her for me,

Two sides to a perfect circle that create unity.

We will have problems only each other can solve,

And us being together can make the world revolve.

When she is weak, I will be her spine,

She is the Yin to my Yang, and the 6 to my 9.

Together we will only get better with Time,

She is the Perfect Imperfection, and she will be Mine.

                                           

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You Are by Johnny Magnum

When You Are not here,

My heart breaks down in tears.

You Are the reason for my pride,

And the reason of my fear.

When things get out-of-control,

You Are the reason that I steer.

And when I’m on the Grind

You Are the Oil on my Gears.

When my life is full of stress,

You Are the reason I Relieve.

And when my life is a mess,

You Are the Reason that I Clean.

You Are always there when I Beckon, It’s kinda weird,

You make years feel like mere seconds when You’re near.

I Love the thought of Loving You,

I Dread the thought of Missing You,

When it gets quiet in the room, You are the Music that I listen to.

You are the Reason I am here, The Kleenex to my Tears,

There’s nothing left to Fear, When I Feel that You are near.

You are the reason I’m Dumbfounded,

You are the reason I am Smart,

You are the reason I am Bounded to you with my Heart.

And Every time I see Your face it’s like New Art,

So No Girl Can Ever Compare to the Woman that You Are

        
                                                                                 

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"Speechless" by Johnny Magnum

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You emit Beauty
From your hair, eyes, lips to your teeth and cuticles,
Down to the lips you hide in between your thighs
That makes my nature rise.
Everything about you says, “I am Beautiful”
Your Smile can brighten nights,
Your Frown can darken days,
Your Love can deepen meaning,
Your Passion can heighten waves,
Your Voice is my favorite song
When you speak, I hear it play
Your Grace is amazing
And I know it sounds cliché
“But does it hurt when an Angel falls from Heaven?”
'Cause you set my heart ablaze
Rays of sun shine whenever I see your face
Insane pain wanes the anger has been replaced
It’s the start of part of my heart becoming unbroken
And the way I feel is still so verbally unspoken
Merely because of one Simple…… Harmonic…… Notion……
You Leave Me……Speechless

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Possibilities by Johnny Magnum

 
Essentially,


I’m knowing you were meant for me


Mentally, Sexually, and even Hypothetically.


And Phonetically, U – N – I were meant to be together for eternity.


You deserving me and learning me, internal and externally,


Heart burglary smart certainly,


Stealing my heart don’t break it apart, your body’s like artwork to me.


Perfection at least,


A masterpiece to me is what I see when you are standing here next to me.


And when it comes to hugs and the love that we make


It gets me higher than any drug could ever duplicate


Need help viewing? Let me tune the fate.


Me and you wed together forever, a bond I’m not soon to break.


But who’s to say it’s possible, it’s not logical


With the distance between us, I see this as no obstacle.


Just come back to me and see that we can be an object too


What’s Stopping You?


                                            My Love’s Unstoppable.

                                                                                            It’s Possible.

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You by Johnny Magnum

You are Amazing... Truly... Completely...

If I was at War with Love...

You would Defeat me... because you Complete me...

You make me Whole

I was S.O.L. before, but now with U, I have a SOUL

You are my Goal... my Vision... my Success…

You are my Deity... my Queen... my Empress…

For You I Impress... for You are Pure...

I was Lovesick... Addicted to Pain... You are my Cure

For You I Endure...

When Concentrating on the Bad...

You are my Dilution... my Solution... my Mold...

With Issues Winter Cold, Summer too hot to Handle

You are my Spring... You are my Fall

It would seem that I have it all,

but actually I have to Cope,

Because the truth is,

All I have is Hope…

Because I don't even know

Who "You"... is...

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Searching for Mr/Mrs Perfect

 

 

Awww How sweet. But with all due respect, are you effin Stupid? Now I'm all for wanting the best but most people I see claiming they waiting for the perfect person tend to sound lazy as a mofo and their exact opposite. Tell me if you've heard something similar:

 

“I want someone who will do this that and the third for me, have his/her life together and accept me for who I am.

1) That's Bull, you got a list of stuff you want a Lover to do for you but want them to just accept you for what you are? Incorrect Sir/Madame... You want a Gigapet.

 

2) You want someone with their Life together? And what does that entail exactly? Job, Place of their Own, Bills Paid on Time, decent Wardrobe... while you collect unemployment, Live with Parents and/or are completely dependent on Gov't Assistance to make ends meet?

How does that make sense in your mind?

The answer...Selfishness. Too often I see people wanting in a Lover everything they aren't and then they get confused as to way they find the lower caliber of people they do. But it seems pretty simple to me, if you want the perfect catch, you gotta use the right bait. Flaunting your Sexual Skills/Body Parts (women) and Cash (dudes) may get you A Lover, but not THE Lover you've been craving. Now I'm not saying you aren't deserving of your counterpart... but if you are Black and White TV quality, don't stand in line to Pre-Order the newest Playstation. You're wasting time and effort for something that can do much better without you.

 

Think About It: Would the "Perfect" Man or Woman of your dreams settle for a Person like You?

 

Step Yo Game Up... ASAP!!!

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