Things to know when dating a black girl

Listen, I get it. My curves are a bit more exaggerated. My lips are naturally more full. My voice is unabashedly louder.

A kind, smart man who moves me, might be able to rock with me, regardless of race or ethnicity. The vast majority of my Black girlfriends exclusively and purposely date Black men, so I get a lot of questions about my UN-friendly dating roster and most of those questions are about the white dudes. Seeing specific movies is not a dating requirement for me. You better know and love Stevie Wonder, though. Then there are two troubling statements that I often hear. I find this to be problematic because everything about it is wrong. You should never date someone of a certain race because you feel exhausted by the antics of men of another race.

Tinder ; the home of the young and bae-less. My relationship has kept me off the app, but from the constant string of complaints my mates make about life as a black woman in the Kingdom of Tinder, it doesn't sound like I've been missing out on much. Guys on Tinder will bang on virtual drums, declaring that their love black for women in the shittiest ode to anything ever, often to a load of black women who just want to get back to some regular raceless sexting. Saying you love black girls is as flattering as saying you love women with noses or earlobes. Obviously — that person did not get a response back.

Strong Black Women seem to find it extremely challenging to find a worthy mate, companion, or life partner. Even when they do meet a suitable person of interest many times because of his emotional or past challenges, we the men take ourselves out of the game. One of the things I hear the most from women is, "I'm not going to raise a grown man. Once she feels like she's starting to settle or lower her standards in the relationship or dating phase her guard goes up and the distance begins. Fellas, if you have found the woman of your dreams do everything in your power to work on yourself!