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When Is The Right Time To Exhibit "Marital Qualities" With A Partner

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Courtesy: Single Black Male Listening to podcasts is something I have grown to enjoy doing. I know that I'm not the only one. My tastes vary from dating and sex podcasts to  politics and sports. One of my favorite shows to check out sometimes is called Room For Relations . In the latest episode called "Are You Married or Just Dating?" the gang discusses when the right time is to begin handling duties that are associated with marriage. Among some of the tasks or behaviors mentioned were things like making a plate for your partner, cooking for your partner, washing the dishes, taking the garbage out and even taking their car for oil changes. The discussion was surprisingly eye opening for me, because these are tasks I haven't given much thought to in regards to when the right time was to carry them out. It pays to remember that you have to take yourself out of your own thought pattern to try and understand these things. So I did, and it's obvious that it's...

Why Ray Rice's Suspension Leaves More Questions Than Answers

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  Where do you begin after the events of today? I guess we can start here:   Disgusting would be an understatement to describe that clip. I initially thought the punishment a two game suspension was too light for a domestic violence case. Today the Baltimore Ravens terminated Ray Rice's contract. The NFL has suspended him indefinitely. This all happens as we jump and click our heels. Many people think justice has been done. They might feel like this is the proper punishment to levy against such an offense. There also might be truth to that. But there's so much more to this story. So much more we don't know, and so much more that just isn't being talked about Now I'm just as much Sway as any of you all; I don't have the answers. But I have a shitload of questions. Questions that more so challenge the consciousness of big corporations in the United States. For starters, not much in this world can warrant the left hook that rice hit his then fi...