The Year of Yes...What is it? How does it work? Why do it?

Inspired by Maria Dahvana Headly (check out her website http://www.theyearofyes.com/), a group of friends decided to embrace the Year of Yes (YOY). What does this mean? Well, for the next year we would have to date anyone who asks them. Like Headley's YOY, there was some exceptions. We said no to the drugged, drunken, perverted, and the cheaters. We wanted to open their minds (and possibly their hearts) to the short, fat, balding, skinny men that they always claimed that we were not into.
Being young, college educated, and Black twenty-something year old women in Washington, DC was difficult for these women. While the city is filled with Black men who flock to the city to pursue law degrees or work on The Hill, these men are also focused on their careers or busy attracting no good women who are solely interested in what kind of car they drove or what law firm they work at.In other words, the pickings are slim. So, instead of trying to snag the next big lawyer or doctor, we decided to open our eyes to the guys (who never were their "type") and go out on dates. We also vowed to introduce themselves to a new guy once a week. This gave us the opportunity to date guys who we were physically attracted to.
This is the blog of a group of friends dating, loving, and living in Washington, DC. Although the women just started their YOY in May 2007, there have been some exciting moments in just one short month! Some vocab you might need to know: YOY is year of the yes but it can also stand for a date with a guy, Yes is a guy that the women approach, and, my favorite, YOHN is the Year of Hell Nawll this is the guy you hate to go out with but have to. SO, enjoy the Blog...laugh and be inspired!!!!! Its all about finding love in unlikely people!!!!