Simply Cheris. . .

If you're reading this alone and you're supposed to be in a relationship -- you just might be a side chick. Harsh, I know. If your man is working late tonight--chances are, you're the side chick. If your woman is comforting a heartbroken girlfriend tonight --chances are you're the side chick with a penis. If you didn't get flowers today because the ProFlowers Website was down --chances are you're the side chick. If your gift came from a street corner --chances are you're the side chick. If he plans to see you this weekend -- chances are you're the side chick. Unless you enjoy this role, you deserve better, not just on Valentine's Day, but every day. Just because it works for a fictional character named Olivia Pope, it doesn't mean it translate into real life. Well, at least there are side chick tales on Discovery ID tonight. Scorned is now playing. At nine, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover premieres.

Author and blogger, Michele Grant isn't just one of my favorite writers (have you read Sweet Little Lies and Heard It All Before ), but she's an Investigation Discovery addict just like me. So on Wednesday she watched the newly launched "Love Gone Wrong Wednesdays." The new show, titled Dates From Hell , prompted Grant to ask--on her BougieLand blog -- "Do Black Folks have trust issues?" These are her words: I was watching Dates from Hell on @DiscoveryID the other night. Wednesday nights are their "Love Gone Wrong" episodes with Who the Bleep Did I Marry followed by this new Dates from Hell. These are stories where a woman goes out on a date and ends up fighting/running for her life. Grim. Puts my BougieTales of Dating Woe in proper perspective. But anywho...  The premiere episode Wednesday night was about (in a nutshell) a woman who was vacationing in Rome. On her last night there, she and her friend were at a cafe....