Living Single

Singles Deserve Respect Not Smug

by Yvonne Chase

No Need To Brag About It Are you one of those married people who are smug towards single people? I ask because I’ve come across a few, specifically women who seem to take pleasure in trying to make singles feel less than.  They’re extremely smug and boost themselves by disparaging the status of singles.  They come [...]

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Can You Resist Temptation and Wait?

by Yvonne Chase

​Delay Gratification Last night at Bible study, the topic was all about waiting.  To make his point clear, the pastor introduced the Marshmallow Test.  Have you ever heard of it? I hadn’t until last night.  Here’s a bit of back story about it from Wikipedia; the original “marshmallow test” was conducted by Stanford psychology professor [...]

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In Defense of Susan Patton

by Yvonne Chase

Up In Arms Last Saturday a friend of mine sent me an op-ed piece written by Susan Patton; an alumna of Princeton University.  I read the piece, understood her points and never thought about it again until this week when I participated in a Twitter chat about it.  I had no intentions of writing about [...]

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Sex Toys are Nothing To Play With

by Yvonne Chase

Bedroom Kandi Last night I finally got a chance to catch up on the latest episode of The Real Housewives of Atlanta. In the episode, Kandi Burruss was honored at a dinner for Bedroom Kandi; her extremely lucrative line of sex toys.  The room was filled with consultants from the north, south, east and west [...]

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Are You Barking Up the Wrong Tree to Find Love?

by Yvonne Chase

True Love? “Love, everybody wants it but not everybody finds it.”  The Millionaire Matchmaker Patti Stanger says those words at the beginning of each episode and it looks like she might be right.  Today while flipping through a neighborhood newspaper, an ad caught my eye.  It read: “Its never been easier to find true love [...]

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What’s Wrong with Shame?

by Yvonne Chase

Shame On Planned Parenthood A girlfriend called me early this morning begging me to check my inbox immediately.  She sent me the photo to the left along with an article from the Daily News about teen pregnancy.   The article said, Planned Parenthood blasted an edgy new city-sponsored ad campaign against teen pregnancy, saying it shames [...]

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Are You Set Apart?

by Yvonne Chase

Losing Game Earlier today I had a conversation with a single black male that I met on Super Bowl Sunday.  We connected on the strength of both us are from Brooklyn and Brooklyn people are just cool like that.  We’ve had a lot of friendly banter back and forth since our meeting. L.A. Virgin Today’s [...]

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Meet Me In The Waiting Room

by Yvonne Chase

Time of Preparation Today during my quiet time, the message was all about waiting; waiting is not passive. Waiting is a time of preparation, a time of rest and healing.  As I read this, I thought about the many singles waiting for a mate.  My brother and I had a conversation about that and he [...]

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Stairway to Heaven

by Yvonne Chase

Set the Tone Every New Years Eve you can find me in church.   This year was different.  I decided to do something else.  My year ended peacefully and began peacefully.  Today I woke up with my mind set on climbing the 282 stairs at the Baldwin Hills Culver City Scenic Overlook.  I wanted to accomplish [...]

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I Have Decided To…

by Yvonne Chase

Resolution Time Today is the last day of the year.   Its “resolution time” all over the world.  People are creating vision boards and making resolutions around how they want their lives to look in 2013.  According to Wikipedia, a New Year’s resolution is a commitment that an individual makes to a project or the reforming [...]

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