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Chicago offers so many options. My friends and I love the wide range of choices we have in our city. Check your city events pages for the happenings in your area. Take your resident’s hat off and play tourists in your city.
Relationships are not easy Cocoa Drops! I for one, try to find any techniques to help me when I get involved in a relationship and of course what to do in a marriage.
I found this article Saturday evening and it was comical at first but made so much sense as I kept reading.
This article shows us a simple way to show our partner that they have said something offensive to us or when we have offended our partner they show us.
The 2 words are “ouch” and “oops”. I’m sure you can come up with your own lingo but the lesson is simple.
If you are offended, you say “ouch” and then your partner says “oops” and acknowledges their words and apologizes to you and vice versa.
In the article it says that we first have to learn what kind of conflict person we are. She explains that there are 3 types of conflict styles: avoiding, validating, and volatile.
When you’re an avoider, you run from conflict and probably just say you’re sorry and don’t know what for.
Validators are the compromisers and know they can be wrong and be wronged and handle either way.
Those of us with the volatile style get seriously emotional about issues and probably are those people that scare you to death and argue all loud and crazy at times.
I use to be an avoider, I know for a fact. Due to a volatile relationship, I became volatile as well with that person in particular because he drew it out of me.
Now, I’m in between. I know how to act and respect others feelings and acknowledge when I’ve wronged someone. The only thing I hate is when you don’t know and your partner doesn’t tell you. This method is easy to understand and grasp to make relationship communication even better.
Read and enjoy.
https://www.yahoo.com/health/the-two-simple-words-that-are-greatly-improving-my-114584318325.html
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Article and pic from Yahoo.com by Glamour.
Hi Cocoa Drops,
I happened upon this awesome article just browsing Yahoo for the latest news.
It is all that and a bag of chips when it comes to a modern couple in the face of submission and I truely believe it helps bring a face to what “being submissive” really can mean.
A lot of us struggle with that word “submission” because it seems like you give up a lot of yourself and yield only to the desires and wishes of your spouse.
Oh, that’s another point. You are submissive to your husband. I’m sure you can do a dress rehearsal of some sorts if you are working towards marriage with you partner or maybe the actual submissive part comes after you’re engaged or actually married. I have no idea.
Anywho, this article explains one woman, in this day in age, practicing traditional marriage with submission and she made me feel so much better personaly.
I want to be married one day and be blessed in my marriage. I was raised that the man is the head of the household but as time went on and women became more independent, the nuclear family kind of dissolved a lot and we see more single parent households. So, now, with me being an independent woman in a single parent household, in the past I felt it would be a struggle for me to relinquish a lot of me to a man. However, after being single so long, doing EVERYTHING on my own from car duties, to lawn, fixing pipes, dinner, children, bills and working, I’m ready for someone else to “punch in “. LOL
https://www.yahoo.com/style/im-a-submissive-christian-wife-and-my-marriage-114131609033.html
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Article and pic from Yahoo.com.
This is so sexy! These two are very talented and creative. I believe that dancing with your partner can be considered as foreplay. So, find some classes in your area tonight and get down and dirty with your boo.
💃 KT
Charles & Aline | It Won’t Stop – Sevyn Streeter ft. Chris Brown:
This meme was made by me on Imgflip.com. Feel free to share it.
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Ok, I have to be honest. This is sweet and very grandiose, but dag I got the gist after 5 minutes. I would’ve clicked the fast forward button because sheesh. 10 to 15 minutes is too long to see the same thing. Lol. With that being said, there were no tears. #cupidskippedme
💘 KT
Dean Smith has been prepping for his marriage proposal to his girlfriend Jennifer for 365 days.
Smith videotaped himself holding up a whiteboard asking her to marry him every single day for a whole year, starting with January 8, 2014.
He did this while he was doing everyday things, such as brushing his teeth, eating breakfast or folding laundry.
The big reveal was while they were vacationing in Aruba with her family.
The family, who were in on the creative proposal, escorted her to a beach using similar white boards and then sat her down in a chair and had her watch Smith’s video.
“I just wanted to let you know how much I love you, how incredibly smart, funny, caring and stunningly beautiful you are,” Smith said in the video. “To me, you are perfect.”
He revealed that he made the video the day he decided he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her.
“Jennifer, I love you more than anything in the world,” he said. “I know that you’re the person I want to spend the rest of my life with, but I want the timing to be perfect and make this moment special. For the next year, I’ll show you how much I love you and that you’re in my thoughts every day. I want to marry you.”
Smith then walked up behind her on the beach and got down on one knee.
It was an emotional gathering for all. One stranger who had gathered nearby even yelled out, “We all want invitations to the wedding!”
The beautiful gesture was complete with a big group hug and lots of happy tears.
This story is courtesy of http://www.people.com/article/365-day-marriage-proposal-video-white-board
Who would choose 2 eggs from the middle of the carton? You start from the end and take one from each row. Lmbo
😦 KT
I don’t know why guys don’t understand the importance of a proposal.
Now if you’re proposing to sleep with me or for a piece of my sandwich, it doesn’t have to be special. If you’re proposing for me to spend the rest of my life with you, and only you, it needs to be a memorable occasion.
I’m from the old school and believe in getting a woman’s family blessing. It’s not required but it would be adorable to know you went behind my back (in a good way) and spoke to people that birthed me about wanting my hand in marriage.
Ok, so if that’s not possible (since my momma nem don’t like nobody I date) make the proposal something I’ll never forget and can talk about out of excitement instead of humiliation. Girl, he proposed to me at Popeye’s over a 2 piece and a pepper. Lmao!
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mean you t has to be extravagant but I wanna remember and have it be a surprise.
Look at some of these sweet engagements and the one that inspired my post with the photographer and his girlfriend in the article below.
http://www.pixable.com/article/marvin-lewis-surprise-marriage-proposal-photo-shoot-video-98084
Posted by TrollingStation TV.
She had no idea what was happening when all the other dancers stopped. She was like, let me go somewhere and sit down cause obviously I missed practice. LMAO! Adorable surprise though.
Posted by Bob Bauer on YouTube
Posted by POPSUGAR Girls’ Guide.
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Article from pixable.com.
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