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All about dating. First dates, three years into a relationship, Tinder, and more.
Worst Date Ever!
As a child, I thought that when I grew up, I would meet the man of my dreams. Fall madly in love, get married, and settle down. With the white picket fence nonsense. However, I think we all know that fairy tales do not exist or so I quickly discovered after turning 18. Now I’m 28 and still trying to find mister right. Guess it’s safe to say that my taste in men has room for improvement.
By Alyssa Horn8 years ago in Humans
10 Myths About Dating an Asian Guy: Debunked
I should probably start this by prefacing that there are many stereotypes about Asian guys and girls as a whole that are both viable and outlandish, all at the same time. There are also loads of other articles out there about how the cultural upbringing of Asian men might make them less attractive to women in general—even Asian women. Sure, Asian men are generally stereotyped as less masculine, portrayed to show more emotions, and be a bit gentler than the men of other cultures, while Asian women are generally stereotyped to be quiet, exotic, and cute. But Asians are by far not a "weak" culture...so what's the real deal with these stereotypes?!
By Delilah Jayde8 years ago in Humans
It's Tough Being a Black Movie Star
Today, I read an article on realcoolnation.com about Black Panther star Winston Duke, or M'Baku, and his choice of a dating partner. First, in case you didn't know, I have not seen the movie as yet while I am on vacation in my native island of Trinidad and Tobago. I was elated to know that Winston hails from the sister isle of Tobago. My people are doing big things abroad. I'm also part of the diaspora in Canada where I work as a Supervisor for Nestle. Seeing the sacrifice Winston made to move abroad and his success now resonated with me and continues to motivate me to achieve my dreams. In the newspaper on the island and Facebook, lots of locals were praising him for his success, representing the islands and of course his looks (for the ladies). But as they say, with great success come great hate. The black online folks started dragging Winston about his choice in a dating partner. His girlfriend is Meesh, who is half white and half Asian. For some reason, a Black actor that represented the pride of an African culture in a movie for some reason can only date a black girl. This is not only isolated to him. Other black stars like J Cole and the actor from Marvel's Luke Cage, to name a few, have been dragged for dating lighter skin girls or—let's call a spade a spade—not dating a black girl. This infuriates me because to me it's society's way of telling me who I can date and who I can't. Not sure if you can see my profile picture, but I am of African decent as well (not all Islanders are black FYI :)).
By Jelani Baptiste8 years ago in Humans
How Do You Know Someone Is 'The One'?
I really want to answer this question because, like others who may have asked the same thing, I struggled with it myself for years, especially when I started to seriously date and have relationships. I started having desires to get married when I was young, and it became my almost every thought: boys, dating, relationships, marriage, having kids. I actually thought something was wrong with me because of how often I had these thoughts and desires, especially with how young I was. I remember praying to God and going into scripture hoping to find something about me, almost directly, that I could apply to my life to answer the questions I had about who do I look for when it comes to my future husband, how do I know if he’s the right one for me, etc. And I’d end up becoming depressed because I felt God wasn’t helping me because I wasn’t getting the answers I was seeking as well as I was reading the Bible almost like a fortune cookie to help with my specific life when it’s really a narrative about Jesus and how he redeemed humanity. As I’ve grown up and my walk with Jesus has grown, my perspective on that question changed as well as what it really meant.
By Sophia Rosado8 years ago in Humans
He's 57, I Am 23
Naughty or Nice? It's so twisted and so wrong, and I am so into it. I'm a 23-year-old female with quite the sexual experience, and I've had a few partners in this lifetime. Kinks and taboos change over time. One day you're all into monogamous sex, the next you're into being abused, then you're into group sex, then I thought I was a lesbian, and then comes the older guys.
By virtual Spec8 years ago in Humans
Mindset and Relationships
Hello All, My name is Jelani Baptiste and today I felt compelled to write about mindset with respect to relationships. Mindset is important in all facets of life family life, business, friendships and work life. The list goes on. I am going to focus on relationships in this post with respect to having a significant other.
By Jelani Baptiste8 years ago in Humans
You, Me, and the Roommate
Let's get this out in the open first. I have always been a hopeless romantic that falls hard and fast. I've dreamed of finding that perfect someone and starting a little hipster family in a perfect little city with hipster friends and disgruntled extended family who clutch onto their traditional ways of life. Openly longing for a family isn't necessarily common for a young millennial male specimen as myself. I am a man, I am proud, I am not ashamed of wearing my heart on my sleeve. I wanted love and I wanted it so badly, but I also have a horrible tendency—I have a track record of dating extremely unstable people.
By Mike Olsen8 years ago in Humans
Worst. Date. Ever.
The worst date I have ever been on was when a kid I had known for quite a long time who constantly bugged me to hangout and then I would not hear from him or I would blow him off because of it, asked me to go to a hockey game with him. Being a huge Pittsburgh Penguins fan (and not to mention the seats were awesome), I thought that I would give this kid one last shot. What was the worst that could go wrong?
By Corrin Regginello8 years ago in Humans
