The No-Boyfriend Zone

By Alysha P. ReidLast October, I got into a major argument with a friend because I didn’t want a boyfriend. “How is that normal?” she asked. “It’s just not what I’m focused on right now,” I said. “I’d rather be single than be in a relationship that I’m not ready for.” After questioning me like the police, the heated discussion eventually became a drawn-out screaming match in her boyfriend’s Lexus