{"id":1357,"date":"2019-04-24T20:56:35","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T20:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/littlemisslesbo.com\/?p=1357"},"modified":"2019-10-31T13:43:39","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T13:43:39","slug":"lets-be-clear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/littlemisslesbo.com\/?p=1357","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s be Clear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soooo I have this habit of asking women who are on my line &#8220;what is your intention?&#8221; It helps to clear any confusion. I mean I don&#8217;t ask EVERY person this but once things start to feel a little flirty or sweet it&#8217;s in my best interest to figure out whats tea. Theres been several times in my life where I didn&#8217;t get any clarification when in hindsight it would&#8217;ve been more than beneficial. In full alignment with the &#8220;a hard head makes a soft ass&#8221; doctrine and trying to avoid the personal atomic bomb of heart ache\/break I&#8217;m asking niggas &#8220;What do you want with me&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Of course I know people can lie and tell me what they think I want to hear&#8230; but I can hold them accountable for what they said. I&#8217;m in a space where I&#8217;m OPEN to love&#8230; I&#8217;m not looking for it- by any means. I&#8217;m not even sure how much longer I can stomach being in a place where the Black Woman isn&#8217;t valued&nbsp; or appreciated (the Bay Area). I&#8217;m just getting my bearings on this happiness thing&#8230; well not being in a prolonged state of depression at least. With that said I&#8217;m real enough to be honest with myself about my preparedness to try dating and that space would be a fragile one. Knowing the space is fragile I know I can&#8217;t just let any ol reckless spirit into my china shop&#8230; okay?!<\/p>\n<p>Me being me and having a magnetic personality (ughhh) people are drawn to me but not the work it may take. While I&#8217;ve freed myself from the baggage of my past, I&#8217;m NO dummy and &#8220;I ain&#8217;t tryna be the same fool twice&#8221;. I understand my attitude can be a lot for some people and I may be considered flirtatious to someone who doesn&#8217;t value eye contact and warmness while communicating. Knowing the aforementioned about myself I understand that this &#8220;aint for everybody&#8221; and try my best to operate in full transparency<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve done the work&#8230; alone. I am MY OWN PEACE! I am, however, not going to allow someone who isn&#8217;t aware of their own lack of peace and intention to disturb mine. Furthermore&#8230; just imagine how dope the world could be if people just committed to making sure they left places (be they people, times or literal spaces) making sure said space wasn&#8217;t ruined&nbsp; when they left. I think it&#8217;s incredibly selfish to expect other people to &#8220;fix&#8221; us but what if people just committed themselves to not making a shit show of things?<\/p>\n<p>My feelings aren&#8217;t <strong>best&nbsp;<\/strong>expressed through song&#8230;. however it works.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i8a-8lPBlOM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soooo I have this habit of asking women who are on my line &#8220;what is your intention?&#8221; It helps to clear any confusion. I mean I don&#8217;t ask EVERY person this but once things start to feel a little flirty or sweet it&#8217;s in my best interest to figure out whats tea. Theres been several times in my life where I didn&#8217;t get any clarification when in hindsight it would&#8217;ve been more than beneficial. In full alignment with the &#8220;a hard head makes a soft ass&#8221; doctrine and trying to avoid the personal atomic bomb of heart ache\/break I&#8217;m asking niggas &#8220;What do you want with me&#8221; Of course I know people can lie and tell me what they think I want to hear&#8230; but I can hold them accountable for what they said. I&#8217;m in a space where I&#8217;m OPEN to love&#8230; I&#8217;m not looking for it- by any means. I&#8217;m not even sure how much longer I can stomach being in a place where the Black Woman isn&#8217;t valued&nbsp; or appreciated (the Bay Area). I&#8217;m just getting my bearings on this happiness thing&#8230; well not being in a prolonged state of depression at least. With that said I&#8217;m real enough to be honest with myself about my preparedness to try dating and that space would be a fragile one. Knowing the space is fragile I know I can&#8217;t just let any ol reckless spirit into my china shop&#8230; okay?! Me being me and having a magnetic personality (ughhh) people are drawn to me but not the work it may take. While I&#8217;ve freed myself from the baggage of my past, I&#8217;m NO dummy and &#8220;I ain&#8217;t tryna be the same fool twice&#8221;. I understand my attitude can be a lot for some people and I may be considered flirtatious to someone who doesn&#8217;t value eye contact and warmness while communicating. Knowing the aforementioned about myself I understand that this &#8220;aint for everybody&#8221; and try my best to operate in full transparency I&#8217;ve done the work&#8230; alone. I am MY OWN PEACE! I am, however, not going to allow someone who isn&#8217;t aware of their own lack of peace and intention to disturb mine. Furthermore&#8230; just imagine how dope the world could be if people just committed to making sure they left places (be they people, times or literal spaces) making sure said space wasn&#8217;t ruined&nbsp; when they left. I think it&#8217;s incredibly selfish to expect other people to &#8220;fix&#8221; us but what if people just committed themselves to not making a shit show of things? 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