Food For Thought

Sometimes she has short hair.

Sometimes she has long hair. Her facial features are nothing like you’ve ever seen before. When she walks into a room, all eyes are on her. Whether she’s wearing high waisted jeans which accentuate her figure or a tight dress when she’s out on the town, she’s always looking good.

She’s independent – she’s got her own money, her apartment or probably her house and she’s careful with her expenditures, so you’ll never hear stories about her going broke. You might find her with some of the best designer items in her closet – some colour coordinated, some not.

Her make-up bag is ready on hand: it’s got the best of everything, really. Concealers, powders, eyeliners, you wouldn’t understand just glancing at it, but she knows exactly how to work it when she needs to. Because a cat eye is a skill, and she mastered it way before you figured out what a ‘face beat’ is.

Her confidence is on 100 so there’s no way you can make her feel insecure about herself. Because you know she’s pretty but she knows she’s beautiful. So whatever you say to her can’t break her. Not any more, anyway. She’s the friend everyone wants to know, she’s just got it like that.

She’s fun, but don’t even think of entertaining her at the club, she’s not that kind of woman. When she wants you, she’ll give her heart to you and you better not misuse it, otherwise you’re going to be the one on her doorstep, begging her to come back. She won’t listen, though. Not for a third time. She’s way past the stage where guys play around with her heart like it was a toy. I mean, she’s been listening to too much ‘Lemonade’ to have any time for you, really.

Even her skills in the bedroom are on point. Sometimes she’ll get freaky, sometimes she’s romantic. But all she wants is love, because at the end of the day, she just wants to be loved.

She may have set a certain standard for herself, because life just taught her that it’s rough out there and she only wants the best for herself. She may even have a limited number of people she calls friends since the rest have let her down. And you better believe she’s a master cook too.

She knows all the right flavours to get your taste buds soaring with excitement. Taking her to your village isn’t even a chore: She fits right in with whoever she meets, and treats everyone with respect. And she earns just as much. Not through fear, but out of pure admiration. Even her family brags about her and cannot wait until the day she gets married. Everyone calls her the success story of the family – even distant cousins will want to claim her and be associated with everything she does.

People will say all kinds of things to make her appear spiteful. Stories about men, jealousy and all other scandals come out of the blue to tarnish her name, but only those who truly know her understand the truth behind the silly rumours. She’s living her life the best way she can and occasionally displays it on social media, not because she loves the attention, but because she wants to share her happiness with people. She lives, she learns. She’s probably overqualified in whatever she does. Men throw gifts her way, and she smiles as she receives them, but at the end of the day, nothing can buy her love.

You want this type of woman, but the question is… Would you be able to handle her?

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