I was watching the news the other day, and I saw this guy on there with a jerri curl, some curlers thrown in his dew, with a gold tooth, FRONT AND CENTER, as well as a dress shirt, some tight ass jeans, and some tennis shoes. He sounded like this,

"I don’t be knowin’ what be goin’ on ‘round hurre. I be just thankin’ ‘bout we all us want get outda hood."

…..What the fuck was that? I thought to myself, why doesn’t America ever get a chance to see the African American universities. Tell me why America doesn’t get a chance to see the African American leaders within the business world. God knows I love me some Oprah, but we need more than that. When that woman retires, or if she died, what other women are put in the spotlight as much as her?

This got me to thinking about appearances. When you go out on that first date, you must make sure that the appearance you want to have for the REMAINDER OF YOUR DATING RELATIONHIP is there.

The thing about individuals is they’ll stop trusting you if you meet them for the first time, and say something like, “I can’t stand to see people riding dolphins. It just makes me so sorry for those mammals.” Then turn your ass around, and say, “You know what? I’d love to ride a dolphin. I’ve always wanted to, but I was just nervous I’d drown.” That person you’ve been dating is going to look at you, and think you LIE LIKE A PERSIAN RUG!

So that brings me back to the jerri curl wearing, gold tooth having, fucked up speech guy I mentioned in the beginning of this post. If our first glance of him was ghettofied hoodster, and then he walks in front of a television screen two days later, hair in a nice fade, no gold teeth, an Armani suit, and Salvatore Ferragamo shoes saying, “I’d like to apologize for my ignorance the other day. I didn’t see the crime unfold,” people would probably be like, “Um-huh. Whateva. He hasn’t changed overnight. He’s still a ghetto N-word.”

People hate to admit this, but first impressions are key to making or breaking a date, or a relationship. When I first started dating my girlfriend, she was so nice, polite, and everything nice. She did whatever she could to please me. Soon, she wanted to have her own mind, and thoughts, but I was used to her conforming to my every wish. This caused problems, because she completely remodeled herself, and her thought-process to mine, in order to impress me.

Make sure you remain you. First impressions are a BIG THING! Whether you like them or not.