Archive for the 'Dating' Category



Breaking up 80 Comments

Thursday nights. Same time, same place. I have deserted friends, re-arranged schedules, worked around deadlines, cancelled plans, missed open bar and $3 a pitcher beer nights (this is huge man! everyone who knows me knows my life is all about cheap drinks). Skipped a very close friend’s happy hour engagement party, lied to a childhood [...]

Toxic Love 751 Comments

Her face glowed with momentary delight and her eyes had a twinkle. Her smile and excitement were so contagious that one could hardly refrain from sharing her glee. She was at that moment where it seemed she always wanted to be. That moment was special and worthy of savoring for it was one that did [...]

Online Karma 101 Comments

I very well know there is no formula to dating, but we all have some expectation out of what we want, anyways I do, I don’t know about y’ all. I live in an area where Ethio’s are ‘berKeye ensesa,’ even though they might be bountiful within a couple of hours of driving. However long [...]

Stuck in the F zone! 107 Comments

I met her about two years ago, when she joined some of my friends for drinks while I was on vacation. There was some chemistry or so I thought. I left but couldn’t get her out of my mind, I contacted her from distant land casually and we talked every so often. The subject was [...]

VOA on Valentine 92 Comments

I get a call this morning from the Voice of America, the radio program for the US Federal Government in which they broadcast to the world in different languages. So basically they found me through emails regarding Bernos and EthioMeetup and wanted to ask me, how a young Ethiopian American feel and celebrate Valentines Day. I was [...]