Relationships

Kelli and Jim: He Found Her in the Paper, Part 1

Kelli and Jim are our newest couple feature on the blog. When you speak to them, it is like you have known them forever. I hope you enjoy reading abou...
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Better To Be Alone than Date a Bum!

Written by Nicole Now more than ever it is important to do what needs to be done to secure the very best life for yourself. The pandemic rages on, and...
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Dating Trend: FICO Before F^&Kbois Challenge

Written by Nicole We all know dating is hard, the dating pool is kind of…contaminated, and character over color is the name of the game. As the ...
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Black Love: Lessons in Marrying Down

Written by Nicole 2020 continues to be one hell of a year. There has been tragedy and triumph, natural disasters at every corner, and of course, Miss ...
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Beware the Struggle Hypothetical

Written by Nicole Ladies, would you date an unemployed high school drop-out whose current address is the couch of whichever friend is letting him cras...
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QUIZ: Do you deserve black male protection?

WRITTEN BY NICOLE Do You Deserve Black Male Protection? Take this quiz to find out! There has been a lot of talk online about the concept of protectio...
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Let’s Talk About The P-Word

Written by Nicole Preference. Society at large has gotten away with believing that black women should accept any morsel of attention thrown her way. I...
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Lessons to Learn from Nicki Minaj’s Latest R...

WRITTEN BY NICOLE When Nicki Minaj first hit the scene, I was a fan. I liked her lyrics and I have always found her punchlines funny (and I still do)....
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Western-prescribed nuclear family

Critically Examining What BLM Believes –> Di...

Edited by Eubie Drew -- We [Black Lives Matter]... (a)  disrupt the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure requirement (b)  by supporting...
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Shaynah and Dennis, Precious in His Sight, Part 2

Shaynah was one of the ladies who responded to a request I made for couples to share their stories. I really loved this interview. I hope you enjoy he...
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Shaynah and Dennis: Eleven Years and Counting, Par...

Shaynah was one of the ladies who responded to a request I made for couples to share their stories. I really loved this interview. I hope you enjoy he...
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Not so fast!

Counterpoint to “White Privilege, My Family&...

by Married Black Expat -- I appreciate these examples of White privilege. But unfortunately many crimes committed in the Black community do not result...
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To Heat or not to Heat: That is the Question, Part...

Note: Tweets in this post were used without permission, in order to offer contextual. We are back at it again with this Twitter thread. In case you ne...
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To Heat or Not To Heat: That is the Question, Part...

When Ayanna decides to turn up the heat to 72 degrees, Brianna turns up the heat in her own way....
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