(ThyBlackMan.com) When you’re choosing what to wear on your first date, thinking of an escape plan sounds like an excitement killer. Why would someone choose to run away from a date? But sometimes, all you need is an escape plan when you are dating a weirdo. Dating apps, WhatsApp chats, Instagram ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Through the tension, unspoken feelings, and presumptions of another person’s emotions, relationships can get pretty tricky. Everyone goes through the ebbs and flows of being with someone. Relationship problems are hard. But, there’s ways to help. You came to this blog to read about driving, but now you’re getting a ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Do we really know what the past was, what actually happened, or is history “a fable” not quite “agreed upon”? Our knowledge of any past event is always incomplete, probably inaccurate, beclouded by ambivalent evidence and biased historians, and perhaps distorted by our own patriotic or religious partisanship. “Most history ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) According to statistics provided by Oprah, second marriages fail 61% of the time and third marriages 72% of the time – a much higher rate than first marriages. And the same kind of syndrome tends to apply to boyfriend-girlfriend relationships as well. This problem is even more acute when it’s ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Being a parent in this day, and age, is rewarding, exciting, constant learning, and the hardest job you will ever embark upon. Though the job is difficult it is most rewarding. There is no manual on how to be a parent as every child is different, and ever parent comes ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Our doubts are traitors that make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt. –Shakespeare What does it mean to be a powerful dad? Quite simply, it means to be in possession of one’s mental and spiritual faculties; to know what you want and to understand ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Chatter is the rapid and incessant talk about trivial matters – most of it of the negative variety. Many relationships, companies, churches, and indeed personal lives have all been destroyed by the insidious and often bitter reality of chatter. Negative chatter tends to have a bad effect on the way ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) We all know that expectations hurt and we should not expect from people we love. Some people go to an extent where they don’t refrain from declaring that they don’t expect anything from anyone. It’s true that expectations hurt but there is a fine line between realistic expectations and the ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Trust is a foundation pillar in any relationship. It is necessary for every other aspect of the relationship to flourish. Cultivating trust is more than simply not lying to your partner. How one handles themselves, and situations is also a factor in the discussion of trust. For many trust is ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Intimacy seems to be a misunderstood concept. Often times when thought of sex immediately comes to mind. Granted, sex can be a wonderful part of intimacy, but it is not intimacy. To have deep emotional closeness that can impact, and transcend, physical interaction is the core of intimacy. There can ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The moment you become a parent, you speak about positive parenting and its milestones. You wait for your child’s first words, first steps, and first laughter. You even imagine yourself with the baby in different places. But what about the milestones that reflect positive parenting? It is like measuring your ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Communication is something we can always afford to do better. It is necessary for any relationship to grow, yet often lacking. We live in a world that moves at 100 miles per hour, and the art of communication is lost on many of us. Though there is more technology that ...