Marriage

Redefine Marriage And Add An Expiration Date

by Yvonne Chase

Redefine Marriage To What? Does marriage need to be redefined? Does a marriage license need to have an expiration date? Those were the questions on a radio program where the host discussed the current state of marriage. My immediate answers were, redefine it to what and absolutely not! Here’s what needs an expiration date: Pressuring […]

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Marriage Is Like A Box Of Chocolates

by Yvonne Chase

Not In A Million Years Last November, I wrote a post titled, Sexless Marriages Are Not Pleasing To God. I never shared why I wrote that post. Every post in this space is inspired by God and written out of my experience. I once dated a guy who was in a sexless marriage. Not in a […]

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Sexless Marriages Are Not Pleasing To God

by Yvonne Chase

Why Are Sexless Marriages A Thing? I’m lost. Sex has been a hot topic on the blog lately with posts like Waiting Until Marriage Does Not Guarantee A Great Sex Life and 4 Ways To Overcome Sexual Temptation Once And For All. For whatever reason, it’s a hot topic many don’t discuss yet somehow it […]

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Freddy Wants A Baby, Jeannie Doesn’t And What To Do About It

by Yvonne Chase

Don’t Want Kids What do you do when both of you agree you don’t want kids before marriage and now one of you wants kids after you’ve been married a while? That’s the dilemma Jeannie Mai and her husband Freddy have been dealing with for the past three years. Watch the video below and we’ll […]

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Married People Should Not Take Advice From Unmarried People

by Yvonne Chase

That Doesn’t Make Sense “Don’t take marriage advice from people who ain’t married. That doesn’t make any sense.” What say you? Have you taken advice from an unmarried person? Would you? Why? Why not? Those words came from Warryn Campbell. He and his wife Erica Campbell are participants in the Black Love docu-series on the Oprah […]

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Nothing Stops A Man When He Meets The Woman He Wants To Marry

by Yvonne Chase

Nothing Stops A Man Tonight I tuned into OWN to watch the docu-series #BlackLove and it confirmed everything I already knew. If I had to sum it up in one sentence it would be this; nothing stops a man when he meets the woman he wants to marry. Viola Davis was afraid to tell her now […]

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#BlackLove Is All I’ve Ever Seen And Known

by Yvonne Chase

#BlackLove Is Not The Norm When the hashtag #BlackLove came on the scene, I was disturbed by it. I wondered why it was a big deal. Why were we making a spectacle out of something that’s the norm? I soon came to learn that #BlackLove is not the norm for many and that is why it […]

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Hardness Of Heart, Decision Day, And Married At First Sight

by Yvonne Chase

Dial It Back Last night was the season finale of Married At First Sight. What a long, drawn out season. I’m glad it’s over. I don’t know whose idea it was to drag it out to eight weeks but if you’re reading this, please dial it back to six weeks. Thanks.  Three Out Of Three The […]

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Differences Are A Gift To Our Relationship If We Handle Them With Care

by Yvonne Chase

Enhance Our Relationships People who get into relationships then get upset at their person for being different make me wonder about their relationship readiness. What did you expect? People make the world go round. It is our uniqueness that makes life interesting. It is our individual ways of being and our differences that enhance our relationships.  […]

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He’s Your Son Not Your Surrogate Husband

by Yvonne Chase

The Stroke Of Midnight It was New Year’s Eve and I was sitting in the pew waiting for service to start. Down my row to the right was a handsome man and a gorgeous woman locked arm in arm. There was a level of intimacy between them that was very sweet. I thought for sure […]

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