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November 15, 2019
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The Dating Chronicles

The Insult

Mel stood quietly listening at the door. There was no sound coming from the other side. He knocked again for the last time and turned away angry. He was also insulted. Angie had done it to him again. She had promised to wait for him, but she had not.

As he started down the stairs with his head bent in disgust. He fingered the ring box in his pocket and made a decision to return it. Suddenly he felt defeated. He was tired of the chase and the uncertainty in the relationship with Angie, and he wanted out.

 He had come that night to ask her to be his wife, in an effort to lay claim and to tame her. His intent was to capture her and to ensure at last that she would belong to him. But now he wanted no parts of her. He was no longer fascinated with trying to conquer her wild spirit.

 As he walked sullenly through the lobby and passed the smiling doorman, he recalled all the bills he had slipped him over the last year to usher him in unannounced, and how angry Angie would be when she would open the door and see him standing there. He could have any woman he wanted, but Angie was the one he dreamed about. MORE
Living Your Best Life? Here Are 14 Ways To Tell.
by Constance Borglow

Here’s a short quiz to help you take a close look at the current quality in your life, and whether or not you’re living it as well as you could. Pick one answer only. 1. How do you express your anger, frustration, hurt, or disappointment: You: a. tell your friends about it.
b. tell the perpetrator. c. suffer in silence.
2. Do you compare yourselves to others? Yes      No                
3. Do you believe in your ability? Yes    No                
4 . Do you often accept less than you feel you deserve? 
Yes No                 
5. Which do you feel? tolerated…overlooked…loved…respected…admired…liked…alone…accepted. (circle all that apply).
6. Do you enjoy being alone?
a. Sometimes b. Never c. Yes
7. Are you usually treated poorly by the opposite sex? 
Yes      No          MORE
Cute Up Your Body From The Inside
by M.K. Allison

It has always been important to me to look cute, but I took my health for granted. Though I knew better, I always ate whatever I wanted. Because of my busy lifestyle, I rarely ate a good home-cooked meal, and I’m convinced that I was personally responsible for the increase in sales at all the junk food counters in my neighborhood, and I never ever exercised.

Then all of a sudden, two years ago, I lost my energy level and in a matter of days I couldn’t walk from my bedroom to my bathroom without being out of breath. Two days later, I was admitted to the hospital and discovered that my body had just given out because I wasn’t taking good care of it. My blood was so low that I needed two transfusions. The doctor called it “Nutritional Failure.”

However, I have since learned that we can all be healthy if we apply ourselves and the formula is simple. Daily exercise, good eating practices and “junk food” indulgences in moderation only, will give your body everything it needs to be healthier and keep everything working well on the inside. The funny thing is that I was always super concerned with my outside appearance, but I never gave any thought to what was going on inside my body. Here’s what my experience taught me. MORE
Dating Data:
This Year Thus Far...The Poll

The Women

34% did not go on a romantic date this year.
27% dated younger men this year for the first time. 37% went on at least two unsuccessful blind dates this year. 29% asked a guy out, but only 3% had good results. 11% had success meeting men on the Internet. 54%  dated ex-boyfriends at least once this year. 16% cheated outside of their relationship. 17% ended a relationship with no explanation.
38% had unprotected sex on a regular basis. The Men:
12%   went out on a date with a woman who initiated the date.
52%   went out at least once with a woman they met at a party
23%   dated older women. 28%   had at least one successful blind date. 9% enjoyed online dating this year. MORE

Interracial Marriage Is On The Increase...Today, studies show that 1 in 5 black men are in interracial marriages.
What the report doesn’t say is if the number of black women marrying men of other races is increasing. According to the most recent U.S. census, approximately 15 percent of all newlywed couples are interracial. More interracial relationships are also appearing in the media – on television, in film and in advertising. These trends suggest that great strides have been made in the roughly 50 years since the Supreme Court struck down anti-miscegenation laws.
Bored With Your Job? Try Something Different.
by Sierra Silverspoon

If you’re single, unattached and feel stuck in a dead end job…consider this. 

After a friend’s fiancé skipped town with his ex-wife the night before their wedding, she, who was an accomplished music teacher decided to make a drastic change in her life. She made the decision to dedicate her life to helping others. 

She joined The World Vision Organization, which is known all over the world for its efforts in helping those less fortunate. Within nine months, the smile was back in her voice, as she excitedly made plans to travel to West Africa for her new assignment.
When she arrived there, she found unbelievable poverty and deplorable living conditions that burdened her soul. As she became more involved, she began to write letters to her friends and family about how she had discovered her life’s work, and how fulfilling it was to be making a difference in the lives of others

For more information on jobs with the World Vision Organization, which has branches all over the world, visit WorldVision.org, and click on employment under the heading About Us.him." MORE
Story Of
The Week
The Conversation
by Kayla Ratcliffe

As I sat waiting in a quaint restaurant for my blind date to appear, I was so nervous.  I wondered if he was my type, or if in fact, I was his. However
when he walked in the door a few moments later, I practically fainted. 

His face was one I could never forget. It was quite a handsome face with thick black eye- brows, high cheekbones and gorgeous eyes. It was also a face I had hoped to never see again.

I had first seen it five years before at a birthday party, which had been given in my honor. He had come as the guest of a mutual friend, and I noticed him when he walked in the door. He had an air of distinction, which separated him from every other guy in the room.

However, the attraction turned out not to be a mutual. I learned this after I mentioned to the mutual friend that he was someone I’d like to know. Ten minutes later, after we were introduced, I accidentally overheard the conversation between them, as I stood undetected on the other side of a kitchen door.

He told my friend bluntly that I wasn’t his type. (I weighed almost 300 pounds at the time) When my friend pointed out that I had a beautiful face, he stated emphatically that he found it difficult to even notice the face of a woman who was fat. MORE

Do You Agree?
Addicted To Shopping?
"Many who shop in excess, shop to fill a void, or to feel better about depressing issues in their life. And what they soon discover is that adding debt to an already dismal horizon only makes them feel worse." -Jennifer Brown Banks
You! Tainted Or Not?

by Bonita Bennett

My friend’s looks and charisma are so striking that whenever he walks into a room, both men and women turned to stare.  I’ve witnessed women of all shapes and sizes hang off the rafters with baited breath for their moment to be chosen, and he tried his best to accommodate as many who fit his criteria.
But as I watched him from afar, I always held the thought that he was searching for that something, and he knew what he was looking for.

In the ten years I’ve known him, I’ve never seen him with a woman who could be described as anything other than gorgeous or beautiful. Therefore, I was shocked when he invited me to dinner to announce that he was getting married, (for the first time at the age of 43) and to meet his intended. To my surprise, she was not of the movie star genre he was usually seen with, though she was attractive. But she had a magnetic quality that drew you in to indulge the essence of her personality.   MORE
From The Locker Room

“I recently experienced the callousness of two men who separately spurned my love and devotion for the flailing arms of another woman. One ended our relationship by leaving a message on my voicemail, and the other sent me a text.”


“I just recently stopped seeing a married man, and my self-esteem has received a major boost. I understand now why he never left his wife for me. I was always there waiting for any crumbs that were left over from her table. But not anymore, from now on I want my own man."

“There are a lot of starved women out here searching for a hint of affection from a man, who are willing to compromise their dignity and self-esteem for a fleeting sense of belonging to someone…but I’m no longer one of them.  If a man can’t treat me with love, respect and affection, I will continue to go to the movies and everywhere else alone.”

True Or False?
  
"You might have to fight a battle more than once to win it."
-Margaret Thatcher


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