Uh, Somebody Lied to You: 8 Misconceptions About Single Black Women

Successful sistahs would rather make money than be a Mrs.

It might just be me, but sometimes I feel like folks like to make you feel bad for wanting to have more for your life and for working hard to get it. Hence all the side talk about “Miss Independent” and the issue with being “too” independent. Word on the street is, we don’t know how to let a man be a man, and low-key want to be the “man” in the relationship, and that’s why we’re alone. And if that’s not enough, we don’t want to cook or clean for anybody because we’d rather be out there working to collect six figures and wear the pants in the relationship. Psych! There are many hard-working successful women who want to excel in their fields but also want to settle down, be married and be mothers. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I’ve heard the saying that degrees don’t keep you warm at night, but who says a woman can’t have the degrees, the accolades and a family? We’re doing it, so stop all that talk.