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Written By: The Lioness on October 27, 2009 11 Comments
Pre-Nups: A Gold Digger’s Insurance Policy

For all of you who haven’t heard, Lamar Odom of the L.A. Lakers and Khloe Kardashian have apparently come to terms and are ready to file for a marriage license. What was the hold up you may ask? Coming to an agreement on the conditions of their pre-nup. According to NY Daily News, the terms [...]

Written By: The Lioness on October 21, 2009 10 Comments
The Black Draft

For those of you who haven’t heard yet, Louisiana Judge Keith Bardwell has come under fire recently for refusing to marry interracial couples. No, I am not surprised that there is a justice of the peace in the United States that refuses to marry interracial couples. What I AM baffled about is his reasoning for [...]

Written By: The Sphinx on September 4, 2009 21 Comments
Venus vs. Mars : Love & Commitment – Part 2 (“The Assignment”)

I start out making a table with two columns – “He” and “Me”. I proceed to list the issues, and how we each responded to and/or perceived them. Main issue being He’s not ready for marriage but wants to live together (and open a restaurant together) while working toward marriage. I want us [...]

Written By: The Sphinx on August 28, 2009 22 Comments
Venus vs. Mars: Love & Commitment – Part 1

I just got off the phone with my long distance, long term, new, old boyfriend. We had this talk about love vs. commitment, and what they mean.

Well the issue is this:

We are recently back together after a 7 month separation. We separated because we both needed time [...]

Written By: The Sphinx on July 27, 2009 6 Comments
Black Marriage: An Urban Myth?

I just got through reading the “Saving Black Marriages” article on CNN, from the Black in America series and I’m annoyed. For those who haven’t read, it’s an attempt (a very poor one at that) to shed some light on why Black Marriages are typically unsuccessful, and offer some sort of [...]

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