BWIIM&R SLICE: Many New Couples as BW-WM Marriage Rate Continues to Increase

According to Black Women and Non Black Man Magazine By Evia


According to a recent TV report that highlighted a bw-wm couple, the marriage rate of bw-wm has increased 40% since 2005. Of course, most of that increase has not trickled into the Census figures yet. As Felicia points out, many of the pics she's finding now depict recent bw-wm marriages and engagements--or those that took place in the last 1 to 2 years. As we know, many other bw-wm couples are in exclusive relationships but are not engaged or married yet.
Anyway, here is a tiny number of the faces denoting this rapid change.
Thanks, CJ for this NYT Marriage Announcement of Damali and William
 Of course, most couples don't post their pics on the internet or in newspapers at all. I suppose there is no sure way to track the actual number of these marriages on a monthly basis except by looking into the records of marriage license offices in all 50 states. I know that when Darren and I went to get our marriage license, we had to cite our "race," but I'm not sure if this is mandatory any more.

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Thanks, Lorraine for these pics!  Hollie and Caleb




















     Brittany and Jon  SITE about them.Thanks, Felicia! And thanks for this blurb about them. It goes to show that these couples have multi-dimensional lives. They're not just couples who sit around looking beautiful in wedding attire or posing for camera shots. LOL!
"Congratulations to Jon and Brittany who are getting married this May and are the winners of the Free Wedding Photography giveaway from PhotoDreamz Photography.  This beautiful couple decided they wanted to take the free engagement portraits and get images of their baby girl instead.  The results were amazing!"
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Twanna and Josh  SITE This array of pics goes to show that these couples come in a wide variety.
 Here's something else: I can recall that when I was dating prior to my 2nd marriage, I met a man who had an 8-year old daughter. He was seeking a woman who would not only be his wife but a mother to his daughter.
There was nothing wrong with that and we were compatible otherwise, however I broke off the relationship very early because I didn't want to be a mother to his young daughter. So, that was the deal-crusher. I was definitely not looking for a husband who would be a father to my sons because my sons already had an emotionally, practically, and financially involved father. So, I knew it would NOT be a good deal for me because his daughter would have consumed a lot of my time and energy since I would have tried my best to be a loving, quality mother to her.
[I love this look of serenity on Twanna's face. At last, she too can EXHALE! LOL!]
Anyway, this is exactly WHY many men do NOT want custody of their children, though they may pretend otherwise. LOL! They know it can easily hinder them in future relationships. 
When a woman is vetting a man, she should not only vet the qualities and traits of the man, she should also vet a situation to determine whether it's a good fit for her. This would not have been a good fit for me.
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 Frenchie and Dan  SITE - Thanks, Felicia for the dozens of pics you've sent me in the last week of recent couples of ALL ages. I will surely post them all!

I'm so happy to see that these bw have decided that they will experience satisfaction and fulfillment in life with a mate.
As I've tried to get it across to bw, they first  have to CHOOSE that they ARE going to reach into the ocean of abundant QLL men and find or be found by their ONE.

Once they make that decision, their actions will follow and before long, they will find or be found by him. Many bw actually "think" they've made that decision and they wonder why they haven't met their ONE. It's because they actually haven't made that decision.

If they had, they wouldn't be constantly looking over their shoulder to figure out whether others are okay with their decision. I know this because over the years, I've constantly gotten notes from bw who worry about what their mother, their father, other relatives, their girlfriends, and this and that one will think. Those women have NOT made a decision to reach into the ocean of abundant QLL men.

So bw--don't get mad or be jealous about the fact that I and other bw are reaching or have reached in there. LOL!  SMARTER bw are never going to starve while there are plenty of good fish in the ocean. 
Bw, remember that if you are willing, enough heterosexual men will know it and they will appear. Men are always looking for willing women. LOL! This is pure male wiring and nothing is going to change that.
You then have to steer your interactions with certain ones of these men into a relationship with just ONE of them--that slowly but surely heads toward where YOU want it to go--and seal the deal.
Here's a pic of how a bw looks when she and her man have sealed the deal--exhaling in the divine sun. LOL!
Just looking at them, I can just feel that sun! Life doesn't get much better than that. Umph!