This One’s for the Ladies and the Fellas. If You’re Single, You Need This Book on Your Nightstand!
All Good Just A Week Ago: Funny Dating Stories to Help You Keep Your Head in the Game is full of funny, outrageous, relatable dating stories and teachable moments shared by a cross section of interviewed men and women. This anonymous tell-all covers just about every dating scenario you could imagine (and even some you can’t). If you’re single or if you know a single man or woman struggling to keep their head in the game, you need your copy of All Good Just A Week Ago.
During COVID lockdown, co-authors and best friends Erika McCall and Niesha Forbes, wanted to put their quarantine time to good use and set about interviewing 30 women and 20 men, gathering candid dating and relationship misadventures for this book. You’ll laugh, roll your eyes and shake your head as you thumb through these pages. You’ll learn a lot, and, most importantly, you’ll know you’re not alone. We’ve all been there!
According to recent statistics, as of 2019, 124 Million Americans (that’s 50% of Americans) are currently without a committed romantic partner. This state of singledom has been on a sharp incline since 1950 when a paltry 22% of Americans found themselves without a romantic partner. Yes, we know, times have changed and there aren’t too many June Cleavers running around these days. But one thing hasn’t changed… most people still want love, and these days too many of us (male and female) have let the train go off the rails.
Co-Authors Erika McCall and Niesha Forbes Want You to Learn After You Laugh
“It’s the year of 20/20 vision, and it’s time for a dating and love revolution,” states All Good Just A Week Ago co-author, Erika McCall. Both women insist that starts with the release of Erika’s and Niesha’s (both pictured left) new book, All Good Just A Week Ago. In addition to being entertaining, the two women set out to discover why romantic communication and expectation rift are widening between men and women, and how the stories in this book can help heal the relationship between men and women to foster close, loving, committed relationships, despite this new generation’s so-called “hook up culture.”
Erika and Niesha put skin in the game by revealing some of their own past heartbreaks and romantic near-misses within the book’s pages. Erika who now describes herself as 100% single and “clearing the energy for her future husband to enter her life,” and Niesha who just celebrated her third wedding anniversary, hope that their book will start a widespread conversation about returning to a social norm of mutual respect, kindness and traditional courtship between the sexes.
According to Erika, “My story is the every-woman story. Prior to writing this book, I had gone from situationship to situationship… and that stops here!
Niesha, who is now happily married, states, “It is critical to know that once you get to a certain age, things you did in your early twenties, all those toxic behavior patterns where you’re not putting your worth above your desire to be with someone, if you don’t do the work on yourself, you will find yourself in your thirties, forties and even fifties, having not learned the important lessons or found true love.”
In speaking about many of the dating and relationship books currently being marketed to women, Erika states, “A lot of books out there are written by men and are geared towards vulnerable, single women. They talk about how to get a man, like he is the prize. We wanted to talk to women and not at them. We also made sure to include the men’s stories in our book because we want the conversation to shift towards inclusiveness. We want to include men and validate their point of view and experiences as well.”
Niesha adds, “We try to bring it all back to a spiritual center. So many women will say, ‘I’m preparing for my husband.’ We believe we are in a season where men are going to wake up and be who they are called to be and realize they do need a good woman in their life.”
After people have a good laugh and feel the relatability of the stories throughout this book, later chapters inspire a call-to-action for both men and women to think about what we can do collectively to move forward with a healthier dating and relationship dynamic. The women also discuss what they call a “Kingdom Marriage” where both the man and woman are in the right season to receive and value each other.
The must-read stories in this book are categorized into “Women’s Edition” and “Men’s Edition” and take our word for it, perspective is a hell of a thing! With Chapters like: Red Flags & Situationships, Heartaches & Disappointments, Married Men, Dodging Bullets, Love Made A Fool of Me, He/She Tried It, How I Met My Husband, How I Met My Wife, Strictly For Laughs, and, of course, Keep Your Head In The Game; your eyes will be glued to the pages.
About the Authors
Erika McCall is the former Executive Director of actor and author, Hill Harper’s, Manifest Your Destiny Foundation. She is currently the Founder of the Go For Yours Foundation, dedicated to providing the next generation with the valuable resources they need to succeed. Erika earned her Master’s Degree in Adult & Higher Education at Northern Illinois University. She is also the author of Go For Yours: A Compilation of Young African Americans Who Were Brave Enough to Reach For the Stars. All Good Just A Week Ago is her second book.
Niesha Forbes earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Communications from Chicago State University where she was closely mentored by the late Dr. Donda West who urged her to “think outside the box, focus on one ambition at a time and become a master, as opposed to being a jack of all trades.” In fact, the title of her and Erika’s book is a nod to Dr. West’s son, Kanye West’s song H.A.M., featuring the lyrics “It was all good just a week ago.” Niesha is a 20 year fashion industry veteran and Founder of Compass Vintage. All Good Just A Week Ago is her first book.