My Ideal Mate is a creative piece that explains some of the wants and wishes as well as the trials and tribulations of a young woman seeking out companionship.

My Ideal Mate Momma always told me to be careful of whom I loved. My daddy always told me to make sure he's right. I learned through the method of life that I have to set my own standard of rules for relationships, but since I am my parents' child, my rules have a little splash of them in them. Sixteen. Finally, I'm going on my first date. I had wanted so long and hard …

…the toilet water is in the middle of the night when you fall in because someone didn't put the toilet seat down. You learn to live by your rules. As a matter of fact you live to learn by your rules. All I know is that as the years go by the list just keeps getting longer. Maybe I'll have it down by age fifty or so, hey, maybe I'll never get it. We'll see.