Angry Black Cat
Thoughts of a Black Woman in a IR Marriage
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Opposites attract if youre a magnet.
When reading about IR relationships I often find people preaching about how our differences are what bring us together, or being different makes us special! This is rarely the case and often flat out wrong. Our differences do not bring us together and to think so is just delusional. Differences are ...
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IRRs - IF You Have a Problem With Some,You Have A Problem With Them All
Recently I have been scouring forums on the net for IR discussion and I have come across blatant hypocrisy. There are people who will not hassle an AW/WM couple, but will give grief to BW/WM couple. For them there is no contradiction. They honestly believe that if they dont have a problem with one k ...
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More thoughts on a pleasant experience and subjective reality
Recently my wife and I were discussing the pleasant experience we had when we were out shopping last week. She noted that aside from the cashiers being very polite, the trip wasnt really different from any other. People were still staring, as always, but I guess we just didnt notice it as much. I th ...
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Love Made Me a Classic R&B Fan!
As I write this post Im listening to Love Jones by Brighter Side of Darkness. My husband and I have adopted it as our song. It came to me that it I didnt always like classic R&B, specifically love songs. Keith Sweat, Boys II Men, New Edition, Christopher Williams, its what I listened to when I w ...
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Talk About Mixed Parentage
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Interracial Dating In America Uncovered - video
I thought this was an interesting video: This looks to be a trailer for a documentary by NuSoul Film Works. The description on their site follows: Interracial Dating Undercover provides an innovative, in-depth look at how America views interracial relationships. Featuring candid, uncensored ...
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By Your Own Boot Straps: IR Survival Tips - Maintaining Your Identity
A sense of self is necessary for mental health. When you feel as if you have to be social chameleon it puts wear and tear on your psyche. As a woman I have slipped into the trap of trying to change myself to appease my partner in previous relationships. In these instances it never worked for long a ...
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By Your Own Boot Straps: IR Survival Guide - Maintaining Your Identity
A sense of self is necessary for mental health. When you feel as if you have to be social chameleon it puts wear and tear on your psyche. As a woman I have slipped into the trap of trying to change myself to appease my partner in previous relationships. In these instances it never worked for long a ...
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Marrying the family
When you start a serious relationship, relatives and friends, and later in-laws become a factor. They will attempt to exude influence in your relationship. They do this for many reasons: Theyve known you longer than your significant other They think they know whats best for you In some cases, the ...
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Note Worthy Comments - We Honor pioneervalleywoman
Commenter: pioneervalleywoman Post: The IKEA Conflict pioneervalleywoman gives her opinion on why some black men have a problem with seeing a BW with a WM. Thanks for shedding some light on this. pioneervalleywoman said: This story is very interesting. Talk about sexism and hypocrisy! The man had to ...
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When It Is Ok To Date Interracially? - Video
Video From lilmzthunda If youre good to me Im good to you! Share This
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A Pleasant Experience
This Saturday the wife and I went grocery shopping and picked up a few odds and ends. Normally we make this as quick as possible to avoid the unrelenting and disapproving glare of the public. Well, not this weekend. This weekend I was pleasantly surprised. First, I took a wrong turn on the way an ...
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Could You Please Be More Vague?
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The tasteless joke
My mom has never shown outward displays of prejudice, at least not ones that were obvious to me. Then one day I stopped by her home and she told me the worst joke Id ever heard out of her mouth. Shed recently picked up one of those little vacuum robots that vacuum the floor by themselves. She though ...
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You can now leave voice comments!
Weve set up a voice comment option for our posts through SnapVine. The old voice comment tab was pretty and integrated into the site well (at least when wasnt breaking the sidebar) but it didnt provide enough functionality and was more difficult to use. Plus, SnapVine is free, which is always nice ...
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Thanks for Visting Our Blog!
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By Your Own Boot Straps: IR Survival Tips - IR Dating Resources
IR dating sites are on the rise to profit on an ever growing number of people who wish to date interracially. You may ask why do these sites exist? Surely people can use the thousands of dating sites on the web to find someone special even if they prefer to be with someone of another race. Unfortuna ...
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Thank You
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How I was exposed to my own color-blindness - part two
You can read part one here. As I said, the behavior of the people around me was only the beginning. Whenever we went out in public we were glared at, particularly by black men. There were even times when these men would go as far as to try and flirt with my girlfriend right in front of me like I w ...
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NoteWorthy Comments - We Honor sprite
Commenter : sprite Post: Experiences with White Women Or Why Assumptions Are a Bad Thing I found this comment very interesting. It appears that some white women take their assumptions with them while traveling abroad. Thanks for the comment sprite sprite said: OMG something similar happened to me ...
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