| | Sage Advice on RelationshipsAll of you should treasure the advice of your elders. They have a lot of wisdom and experience to share with you. This includes your parents, your grandparents, and others at your church, your school, or your work place. There is one piece of advice that a co-worker gave me eight years ago that I still remember to this day. I was a summer college intern, and she was a middle-aged black woman who I believe was either widowed or divorced. She asked me if I had ever had a girlfriend, and I told her I hadn't. And she told me, "Don, the next time you're interested in a girl, you just walk right up to her and say, 'Hey there, I don't know if you've noticed me, but I've certainly noticed you, and I've had my eye on you for a quite a while now, and I know deep down in my heart that I would love to get to know you better." "Wow," I said. "That's good." Such wise, profound advice! Then I asked her, "So if a guy went up to you and said that, would it work on you?" "Pshhhhh. No." |
