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MY NEIGHBORHOOD CAFE GHOSTED ME

"I'm about to go get a coffee from downstairs. You want something?" Now, I’ve gone ghost and been ghosted before. The guy I really liked will link back up with his ex. Another guy will figure out that I’m never going to sleep with him and he’ll disappear. One might leave because I live too far and he got warrants in my neighborhood. The possibilities are endless. But y’all, you reach a whole new level when you get ghosted by your cafe. I ain’t THAT ugly. I wanna tell y'all a quick little story about how I got my feelings hurt. It was late September, 2016. I had just moved back to Chicago. I was so excited about my cute little neighborhood where everything from trains, to buses to local eateries were accessible by foot. One of the first things I noticed upon moving in was the quaint little cafe just steps away from my building. Every morning when I'd walk to the train, there would be people sitting outside having coffee on the patio. Parents taking th

HAVE YOU BEEN CONSISTENT OR ON BS?

"I'm trying to build something with you." "Let's work on this project together." "I'm tired. I'll post on Aintbritfunny next week. " Hey ya'll! Happy April! It's the 4th month of 2018 and I know that many of us set goals for ourselves in all areas of our lives. Maybe it was a gym goal, career goal, or even a relationship goal. Shoot, maybe it was all of them. It doesn't matter. What matters is your consistency and persistence to reach them. And I'm gonna go even further and say... even if it's not something you call a "goal", if you say you're going to do something, do it. Nobody likes a wishy washy, hot and cold, "uhhh let me get back to you" all the damn time, person. If y'all thought this was going to be a "hope all is well with you" post, then y'all don't know me very well. Come on in and have a seat. I won't keep you very long today, I'm hungry and gotta