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I’ve always been infatuated with non-verbal communication. I love to people watch. I can analyze the interactions between two or more individuals, and get pretty close to deciphering the story being told with little to no words. In college, I took an entire course dedicated to this topic, and my interest level skyrocketed. You can [...]
At times, women begin to fear that as they get older men will become less attracted to them and favor their younger counterparts. As a man who has dated younger and older, I’ve noticed some differences but I couldn’t conclusively tell you that one way or the other always holds to be better or easier. I do [...]
“Jim Crow laws also soon appeared, starting with the railroads. The Saluda newspaper felt they were an urgent necessity. “Give the negro justice, but for decency’s sake protect delicately constituted white ladies from contamination by being thrown in company with an inferior race,” it said. “Keep the air of our palace cars … from being [...]
I heard this theory about how parents are inherently flawed in the fact that they never encourage you to truly chase your dreams. Yes, they may encourage you to chase a dream, but if it’s outside the realm of an attainable and realistic goal they are likely to tell you to try something else. When [...]
My father taught me a lot as a child. One of the things that I learned from my father was how to judge character and someone’s ability to be honest. I’m going to share that secret with you all today. My father told me that the best way to judge a person’s character is to [...]
I’m learning to deal with my issues inside and outside of relationships. Most of my issues come from my cerebral nature and approach to dating that to some make very little sense, and others are almost the absolute gospel. I should remind you guys that outside of SBM, and blogging in general, the way [...]
Lisa Turtle. Zack Morris. They were two characters from the early ’90s sitcom Saved By The Bell. Most people 28 and older remember it. During the show’s run, I, and I’m sure many other boys, had a serious crush on Lark Voorhies, who played Lisa. She had some valley girl tendencies, but who cared? Lisa [...]
By Patia Braithwaite I have a secret: I’ve never believed in marriage. People find this odd because my parents appear to have this wonderful and successful marriage. I never feared them getting a divorce or anything like that. Yet, for a long time, I just didn’t believe in the institution. It seemed too permanent to [...]
A few weeks ago, I wrote an article for TheshopBlog regarding the increase of scorned men leaking nude pictures on social media, and why I thought it was corny. I wanted to share with the SBM fam for a cool read. Enjoy! I fear for the future of men in America. Not because of drugs, [...]
