Tell Your Business Tuesdays: What I Wish I Knew Before Having Sex
The final submission was a poem composed by an anonymous MadameNoire reader.
I WISH I KNEW WHAT I KNOW NOW
MINUTES OF PRESSURE TURNED INTO FOREVA
STARTED OUT WITH AN AGGRESSOR
TURNED promiscuous POOR DECISION
MOTHER, I WISH I WOULD HAVE JUST LISTENED & PAID ATTENTION
ALL THE MEN THAT PREYED ON ME WERE ON A MISSION
NOW I’M WISHING & PRAYING MY DAUGHTER DOESN’T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES
ONCE IT’S GONE, IT CAN NEVER BE REPLACED
NOW STUCK WITH 4 BABIES TO RAISE
WORD OF ADVICE: CHECK THE RESUME AND MAKE HIM SUBMIT AN APPLICATION, AND BACKGROUND CHECK, TOO
Make sure he is qualified to work for you
BE THE BOSS, MAKE SURE IT’S YOUR CHOICE
YOU DON’T WANT TO BE THE NEXT ONE WISHING WHAT YOU KNEW
TO ALL MY SINGLE MOTHERS, DREAMS STILL COME TRUE