Dating

Father Figures Figure Into Who We Date And Marry

by Yvonne Chase

Sobering Thought What kind of father did you/do you have? Are you aware that who he is and your relationship with him figures heavily into the men you date and the one you eventually marry? It’s a sobering thought that many of us never address. They say every woman marries her father. Did you? Romantic […]

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Who Pays On A Date Is NOT A Complicated Question

by Yvonne Chase

It’s Not Complicated Sunday, while reading The Wall Street Journal, I ran across an article titled Who Pays On A Date? That’s Still A Complicated Question. The article opened with this scenario: Elliott Katz believes a man should treat on a date. But when he pulled out his wallet at the ticket counter of a […]

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Discipline And Dating With Kids Go Hand In Hand

by Yvonne Chase

Kids From A Previous Relationship “Do you have the right to discipline the kid/s of your significant other? Does your significant other have the right to discipline your kid/s?” If you’re dating in the 21st century, chances are you have a kid/s from a previous relationship or your significant other does. We Don’t Have The Same Values […]

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I’m Scared To Marry The Wrong Person And Live In Hell

by Yvonne Chase

Marry The Wrong Person “Be sincere, are you scared of getting married?” I saw that question asked on Twitter the other day.  The most popular answer was, “I’m scared to marry the wrong person.” One person said, “Afraid of Marriage no! I’m afraid of marrying the wrong person…Afraid of living in hell and call it […]

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Bad Mouthing An Ex Can Make It Difficult To Start Anew

by Yvonne Chase

Never Bad Mouth An Ex Be careful how you leave relationships. How you leave determines whether you can come back. Yvonne Chase.  One of my rules in life is to never bad mouth an ex and to leave relationships with grace and on as much of a good note as humanly possible.  I Chose Him Bad […]

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White Men, Black Love And Interracial Dating

by Yvonne Chase

Irony Of It All Over the weekend while watching season two of the docu-series Black Love with my Twitter peeps, a white man showed up in my DMs. The irony of it all. Strong Attraction To Black Women Here it is I’m watching a show about black couples; how they met and the nuances of their […]

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Toilet Paper, Dating And The Paradox Of Choice

by Yvonne Chase

Couldn’t Deal The other day, I went to CVS to buy toilet paper and almost left with nothing. There were so many options and so many different price points that I just couldn’t deal. Charmin, Cottonelle, Scott, Seventh Generation, Angel Soft, Quilted Northern and the CVS brand were all staring at me and that’s not the […]

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Missionary Dating Your Way To Marriage Is A Bad Idea

by Yvonne Chase

“You can’t force or mandate that someone else have the same relationship with Christ as you do. Each person’s walk is unique” was tweeted out while watching a recent episode of To Rome For Love; a show about five black women looking for love in Rome. The term missionary dating immediately came to mind. Rooted And Grounded […]

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Cheap Sex, Blow Up Dolls, And The Decline Of Marriage

by Yvonne Chase

Cheap Sex Last week, one of my male friends and I talked extensively about sex in marriage and what God intends. We also talked about all the cheap sex singles are having and all the sex married people aren’t having. I wrote a blog post about the latter that I will publish later this week. Hold on […]

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Waiting Until Marriage Does Not Guarantee A Great Sex Life

by Yvonne Chase

Zero Guarantee Are you a virgin? If yes, why? Are you one of those virgins who thinks waiting until marriage will guarantee a great sex life? If you are, it’s time to get a new thought. Waiting until marriage comes with a zero guarantee of sexual gratification in marriage. Motives Are Right The only guarantee that […]

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