By Ericka Beckwith & Robin Hunt Sometimes one straight cocktail filled with the highest premium liquor just isn’t enough and for this version of Cocktails for Grown Folks so the Divas are going to pour a double shot for this one. Here’s the cocktail we desired this week, you make it a double if you […]
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By Mona Lisa Macalino As an engaged woman, I was both surprised and appalled when I read an article on The Stir stating that 50% of Americans believe it should be legally required for a woman to take her husband’s last name. My first thought was: Who took this survey anyway, a bunch of people from Middle-of-Nowhere […]
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By Margaret, Paul Ph.D. Just as physical health is on a continuum, emotional health and relationship health are also on a continuum. And, like physical health, each person may have different criteria regarding what constitutes health. For example, some people say they are very healthy if they get a cold or flu a few times […]
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By Sole’ Do you feel all awkward when you think about romance? Do your palms get sweaty…do you start to get a nervous twitch on the most conspicuous part of your body when you think about going outside the norm and romancing your partner? Are you afraid of the intimacy that’s attached to romance? Do […]
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By Ilex Bien-Aime This message is for the fellas out there, we need to be careful when we speak to our non married friends about marriage. I was talking to a friend the other day about marriage when one of his friends over heard us. He said something that really made me think about the […]
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“My wife appears confident and assured to the outside world but is insecure within our relationship” writes this husband. What does one partner do when you know that your spouse has issues around how they truly see themselves and feel about themselves AND it’s taking a toll on the relationship? What if that spouse is unable to see […]
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19 Years Together….12 Years Married….4 beautiful children. We did it and we continue to do it all day every day. Happy Anniversary Boo. I continue to fall more in love with you each and every single day. I love you baby. I love the life that we’ve created. Looking at you makes my heart smile…. […]
By James Walsh Novelty and gift stores still keep crystal decorations with ‘25’ embossed on them – and there are people whose marriages last even longer. They are not the results of forced marriages in early youth within strong cultural and religious barriers, nor are they the result of devoted worshippers who believe suffering a […]
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This MSNBC clip examines black women and where we stand in the African American community. It is a well known and documented yet rarely spoken about fact that a disproportionate number of African American women tend to have higher education, income, and job status than African American men. This is not ok. Why is this […]
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By Neysa Ellery Taylor This isn’t real fancy today. There won’t be a lot of alliteration or word play. Today I am just going to throw it out there. So if you are putting me, my marriage, or my testimony on a pedestal and don’t want that vision to be cracked, then don’t read any […]
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Cocktails For Grown Folks: Make It A Double!
/in Love & Marriage/byBy Ericka Beckwith & Robin Hunt Sometimes one straight cocktail filled with the highest premium liquor just isn’t enough and for this version of Cocktails for Grown Folks so the Divas are going to pour a double shot for this one. Here’s the cocktail we desired this week, you make it a double if you […]
Should You Be Required By Law To Take Your Husband’s Last Name?
/in Love & Marriage, Singles & Dating/byBy Mona Lisa Macalino As an engaged woman, I was both surprised and appalled when I read an article on The Stir stating that 50% of Americans believe it should be legally required for a woman to take her husband’s last name. My first thought was: Who took this survey anyway, a bunch of people from Middle-of-Nowhere […]
Am I In A Healthy Relationship?
/in Love & Marriage/byBy Margaret, Paul Ph.D. Just as physical health is on a continuum, emotional health and relationship health are also on a continuum. And, like physical health, each person may have different criteria regarding what constitutes health. For example, some people say they are very healthy if they get a cold or flu a few times […]
Love… And Allow Yourself To Be Loved
/in Love & Marriage/byBy Sole’ Do you feel all awkward when you think about romance? Do your palms get sweaty…do you start to get a nervous twitch on the most conspicuous part of your body when you think about going outside the norm and romancing your partner? Are you afraid of the intimacy that’s attached to romance? Do […]
The Positives Of Marriage Outweigh The Negatives
/in A Man's Point Of View, Love & Marriage/byBy Ilex Bien-Aime This message is for the fellas out there, we need to be careful when we speak to our non married friends about marriage. I was talking to a friend the other day about marriage when one of his friends over heard us. He said something that really made me think about the […]
Dealing With An Insecure Wife
/in Ask The Maat's Real Questions...Real Answers, Communication, Love & Marriage/by“My wife appears confident and assured to the outside world but is insecure within our relationship” writes this husband. What does one partner do when you know that your spouse has issues around how they truly see themselves and feel about themselves AND it’s taking a toll on the relationship? What if that spouse is unable to see […]
Happy Anniversary Baby
/in Ask The Maat's Real Questions...Real Answers, Love & Marriage, Love Songs/by19 Years Together….12 Years Married….4 beautiful children. We did it and we continue to do it all day every day. Happy Anniversary Boo. I continue to fall more in love with you each and every single day. I love you baby. I love the life that we’ve created. Looking at you makes my heart smile…. […]
5 Ways To Make Your Marriage Click
/in Love & Marriage/byBy James Walsh Novelty and gift stores still keep crystal decorations with ‘25’ embossed on them – and there are people whose marriages last even longer. They are not the results of forced marriages in early youth within strong cultural and religious barriers, nor are they the result of devoted worshippers who believe suffering a […]
Black Women-Where We Stand
/in From Across The Web, Love & Marriage/byThis MSNBC clip examines black women and where we stand in the African American community. It is a well known and documented yet rarely spoken about fact that a disproportionate number of African American women tend to have higher education, income, and job status than African American men. This is not ok. Why is this […]
My Marriage Ain’t Perfect…And That’s Ok.
/in Love & Marriage/byBy Neysa Ellery Taylor This isn’t real fancy today. There won’t be a lot of alliteration or word play. Today I am just going to throw it out there. So if you are putting me, my marriage, or my testimony on a pedestal and don’t want that vision to be cracked, then don’t read any […]