Posts Tagged ‘Family Conflict’
Her catting around is just tutu humuliating
I TOLD HER not to go outside dressed like that. If she did, she was not only inviting ridicule. She was asking to be verbally abused or, worse, attacked by some maniac on the street. Of course she didn’t listen, not even when I tried to deliver the message through her fellow females. In fact,…
Read More Adrian Peterson, Ray Rice, and us
IF WE’RE REALLY SERIOUS about fixing the problem of domestic violence, we must first address the problem of child abuse. When former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice and Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson made news for hitting someone other than opposing linebackers, it made me think about a discussion I had with one of my…
Read More With a little luck, the family will take Solomon to Aycee this fathers day
LAST WEEK, LaVeta asked me what I want for Father’s Day. I told her I want a day out with the family in Atlantic City. I know that Atlantic City might seem like a lame Father’s Day gift, but as seedy as Atlantic City is, it’s mine. It was mine before the casinos were a…
Read More She doesn’t want to share her sister friends
Dear Housewife: My sister HATES for me to become friends with her friends. She wants separation between family/friends. I feel like friendships between adults don’t have to involve each other. I don’t care if she speaks with or hangs out with folks I whom I knew first. It makes her very angry. What is the…
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