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We asked you, our Black Love community, “How did your partner propose?” and “How did you propose to the love of your life?” Here are just a few of our favorite marriage proposal stories. Try not to tear up. “Will you marry me?” These four words have the power to change your life. Naturally, there’s no one way to pop the question. Whether at dinner with friends or on hot air balloons, while wearing ice skates or flip flops, half the fun is in the surprise when being asked what do to with the rest of your life! Courtesy of @ess_lovaa and @moesullie
A mother and wife shares lessons in love, communication, and parenting that she learned from nine years of marriage.
Faune: I said I do because Derek had all of the characteristics I wanted in a life partner and when I prayed for myself I found myself praying for him as well. He was always there for every pivotal transitional moment in my life since I was 16 years old. I felt God's joy when I was around him, I could never stay mad at him. I knew I loved him and he made it clear that he loved me. I wanted children that would have him as their father. I really loved his family and being around them. He wanted to grow as a man and we kept growing together. We got better as individuals together. We shared the same vision for life, passion, goals, interests, and faith in God. Life felt more full when I was with him. Derek: When I imagined my life I couldn't imagine it without her. The key to 'I do' is to have the revelation that it's not just at the altar. 'I do' is a decision everyday of your life. Many believe Love is a feeling. And it is...but that alone won't be the foundation for a successful relationship. Love is a decision. And to decide is to kill off all other options. When you say I do what you're really saying is you trust what God has purposed in your life. Faune always pushed me to be great, she has always been my favorite person to create with, she's the funniest person I know, I love her and her family, she is my rib that protects vital organs, and I knew she would be the best mother to our children. I prayed that God would bring us together and allow me the privilege of being her husband.
We really had no idea what to expect when we first got married because everyone’s journey is unique. But, we weren’t expecting God to shake up our lives a few months after “I do.” The news that my husband lost his job was hard. But, a couple months later learning we were pregnant left us torn between excited and scared. Months passed as my belly grew and so did the financial challenges. We watched our financial reserve deplete and eventually run dry. Bills piled up and eviction threats were close to becoming a reality. We never gave up but some days we were so weary and could barely muster the strength to communicate. Other days we lashed out in frustration without considering love and respect.⠀ We were working tirelessly to keep our union from crumbling under the intense pressure. We had no other choice but to lean on God. We prayed together daily, stayed close to our loving community and did our best to move forward. In return, God never failed us. Every month, just enough resources would somehow show up to keep the lights on, food on the table or gas in the car. Then about a month before the baby was due my husband landed a job that was more than we could have expected or asked. ⠀ Looking back, I can now see that God was shaking us up to move us along. The restoration and blessings that have come out of those dark times have intimately bonded us unlike anything we’ve ever experienced in our relationship. God was testing us so that we would be prepared to receive the blessings that were on the other side! Reflections by Sharrelle Guyton
I've learned that saying, "Well, this is just who I am," is no longer acceptable justification for anything. We have very different love languages.
Through dealing with infertility, death, caring for family members, etc we've learned just how ride-or-die we really are.
Black Love Doc is back in full swing, and I am here for ALL of it. As my friends and I approach our 30’s, we’re continually thinking about marriage and being with the “right” partner, whether we admit it or not. Our clock is ticking. However, not all of that pressure is self-inflicted. Some of that pressure, especially for my friends who grew up in the South, comes from our families. Family has an important influence on the relationships we seek. In fact, sometimes that influence can be destructive. On episode two of Black Love, actors Sterling K. Brown and Ryan Michelle Bathe discussed the influence Ryan’s family had early on in their relationship: “I would say for the first, that whole year, the biggest part was how much my family, my mother and my grandmother, in particular, hated him, and they just kept [saying] It’s going to go bad’,” she continued, “It’s almost like that self-fulfilling prophecy. You can poison something and then be like ‘See, I told you it was poison’ –– yea, because you just poisoned it.” Ryan revealed that a lot of the challenges they faced were because of her family: “I will say that created the first, and sort of deep, fissure in our relationships, and had that not happened, a lot of the things that happened in our relationship, probably wouldn’t have happened.” The couple has been married for 11 years. However, Sterling and Ryan admitted for the first time on Black Love that her family impacted the effort, or lack thereof, Ryan put into their union. “I always had a wall somewhere…and one foot in and one foot out for a very long time. It was not a healthy dynamic,” she shared.
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