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		<title>By: Roslyn Holcomb</title>
		<link>http://karenknowsbest.com/2012/08/26/marriage-the-black-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-71436</link>
		<dc:creator>Roslyn Holcomb</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m 5&#039;9&quot;. Dudes had to at least be 6&#039;0&quot;. I don&#039;t recall any shorter guys approaching me, so it wasn&#039;t an issue. My husband is 6&#039;3&quot;. I never liked freakishly tall guys. As it is, our son is estimated to be 6&#039;7&quot; when he reaches his full height. If I&#039;d married someone any taller I&#039;d be dealing with a Shaq situation. Who wants tofeed all of that!?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m 5&#8217;9&#8243;. Dudes had to at least be 6&#8217;0&#8243;. I don&#8217;t recall any shorter guys approaching me, so it wasn&#8217;t an issue. My husband is 6&#8217;3&#8243;. I never liked freakishly tall guys. As it is, our son is estimated to be 6&#8217;7&#8243; when he reaches his full height. If I&#8217;d married someone any taller I&#8217;d be dealing with a Shaq situation. Who wants tofeed all of that!?</p>
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		<title>By: katieM</title>
		<link>http://karenknowsbest.com/2012/08/26/marriage-the-black-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-71435</link>
		<dc:creator>katieM</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@&lt;a href=&quot;http://karenknowsbest.com/2012/08/26/marriage-the-black-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-71433&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Karen Scott&lt;/a&gt;: At 4&#039;9&quot;, I really do want a man taller than me; someone who doesn&#039;t think I&#039;m weird or odd; someone who can have a conversation about any and everything.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@<a href="http://karenknowsbest.com/2012/08/26/marriage-the-black-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-71433" rel="nofollow">Karen Scott</a>: At 4&#8217;9&#8243;, I really do want a man taller than me; someone who doesn&#8217;t think I&#8217;m weird or odd; someone who can have a conversation about any and everything.</p>
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		<title>By: Toni</title>
		<link>http://karenknowsbest.com/2012/08/26/marriage-the-black-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-71434</link>
		<dc:creator>Toni</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 21:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@&lt;a href=&quot;http://karenknowsbest.com/2012/08/26/marriage-the-black-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-71433&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Karen Scott&lt;/a&gt;: I&#039;m not really talking about men shorter than you.  I was referring more to women who have a tall ideal height, or some other less than vital list item, as a requirement for a mate.  The woman in the clip said that her old requirement (requirement, not wish) was 6&#039;5&quot;.  To me, that&#039;s a signal that for many years she really wasn&#039;t being realistic about what marriage is about, what she wants from it, and what kind of man could really make a good husband for her to build a life with.  Now that she&#039;s 34, she&#039;s realizing that the requirement was not so important after all, and many of the men she turned down in her 20s for not fitting her list could have been good mates.  Of couse, those men have now moved on, and despite cutting down her list, the pickings are slimmer than ever.

At first glance, anyone would see a woman like her and think that being black is the only reason she is single.  After all, she is beautiful, successful, educated, etc., but when you dig deeper you see other factors that may be contributing to her still being single.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@<a href="http://karenknowsbest.com/2012/08/26/marriage-the-black-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-71433" rel="nofollow">Karen Scott</a>: I&#8217;m not really talking about men shorter than you.  I was referring more to women who have a tall ideal height, or some other less than vital list item, as a requirement for a mate.  The woman in the clip said that her old requirement (requirement, not wish) was 6&#8217;5&#8243;.  To me, that&#8217;s a signal that for many years she really wasn&#8217;t being realistic about what marriage is about, what she wants from it, and what kind of man could really make a good husband for her to build a life with.  Now that she&#8217;s 34, she&#8217;s realizing that the requirement was not so important after all, and many of the men she turned down in her 20s for not fitting her list could have been good mates.  Of couse, those men have now moved on, and despite cutting down her list, the pickings are slimmer than ever.</p>
<p>At first glance, anyone would see a woman like her and think that being black is the only reason she is single.  After all, she is beautiful, successful, educated, etc., but when you dig deeper you see other factors that may be contributing to her still being single.</p>
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		<title>By: Karen Scott</title>
		<link>http://karenknowsbest.com/2012/08/26/marriage-the-black-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-71433</link>
		<dc:creator>Karen Scott</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@&lt;a href=&quot;http://karenknowsbest.com/2012/08/26/marriage-the-black-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-71417&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Toni&lt;/a&gt;:  to be honest, height has always been a consideration for me personally. I think it&#039;s ok to not want a man shorter than you.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@<a href="http://karenknowsbest.com/2012/08/26/marriage-the-black-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-71417" rel="nofollow">Toni</a>:  to be honest, height has always been a consideration for me personally. I think it&#8217;s ok to not want a man shorter than you.</p>
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		<title>By: Toni</title>
		<link>http://karenknowsbest.com/2012/08/26/marriage-the-black-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-71432</link>
		<dc:creator>Toni</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@&lt;a href=&quot;http://karenknowsbest.com/2012/08/26/marriage-the-black-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-71428&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;foosrock!&lt;/a&gt;: I would never quote that.

You may not find it ridiculous, but I do.  Marriage is about so much more than ticking off a list of arbitrary physical requirements.  No one is saying that a husband and wife shouldn&#039;t have intense chemistry, but there are so many women who immediately shut down men without finding anything about them, then lament that there are no good men to marry.  No doubt there are women who will get everything on a 30 plus-item list of things they require in a husband, but most won&#039;t.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@<a href="http://karenknowsbest.com/2012/08/26/marriage-the-black-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-71428" rel="nofollow">foosrock!</a>: I would never quote that.</p>
<p>You may not find it ridiculous, but I do.  Marriage is about so much more than ticking off a list of arbitrary physical requirements.  No one is saying that a husband and wife shouldn&#8217;t have intense chemistry, but there are so many women who immediately shut down men without finding anything about them, then lament that there are no good men to marry.  No doubt there are women who will get everything on a 30 plus-item list of things they require in a husband, but most won&#8217;t.</p>
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		<title>By: foosrock!</title>
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		<dc:creator>foosrock!</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@&lt;a href=&quot;http://karenknowsbest.com/2012/08/26/marriage-the-black-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-71417&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Toni&lt;/a&gt;: 

I hardly find height requirement ridiculous and please don&#039;t quote the &quot;when lying down&quot; Spiel. LOL!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@<a href="http://karenknowsbest.com/2012/08/26/marriage-the-black-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-71417" rel="nofollow">Toni</a>: </p>
<p>I hardly find height requirement ridiculous and please don&#8217;t quote the &#8220;when lying down&#8221; Spiel. LOL!</p>
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		<title>By: Toni</title>
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		<dc:creator>Toni</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2012 20:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a real issue in the black community.  However, the second a single woman who is looking for marriage mentions a height requirement (or something equally ridiculous), I roll my eyes and move on because it&#039;s very likely they&#039;ve been looking for the wrong thing for many years.  And there&#039;s no telling how many wonderful, interesting men they haven&#039;t given the time of day to in search of some ridiculous ideal.  Really, it&#039;s like a man requiring a certain cup size before finding a woman marriageable. #GetAClue.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a real issue in the black community.  However, the second a single woman who is looking for marriage mentions a height requirement (or something equally ridiculous), I roll my eyes and move on because it&#8217;s very likely they&#8217;ve been looking for the wrong thing for many years.  And there&#8217;s no telling how many wonderful, interesting men they haven&#8217;t given the time of day to in search of some ridiculous ideal.  Really, it&#8217;s like a man requiring a certain cup size before finding a woman marriageable. #GetAClue.</p>
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		<title>By: Roslyn Holcomb</title>
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		<dc:creator>Roslyn Holcomb</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2012 20:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[iCan&#039;t with black women who spout this nonsense. I wonder if they&#039;ve had some Scientologist level brainwashing because for the life of me I can&#039;t see what it is about black men that has them so dick whupped. I&#039;ve had dick in so many varieties I should have a United Nations flag hanging over my bed. For me, black men have always been fairly low on my list of preferences. So many of them are so full of themselves that I&#039;m like bleh. It got so bad at one point that they literally became invisible to me. I&#039;m not mad at the black women who feel this way though, more international dick for me!

The only problem I&#039;ve ever had with interracial dating was meeting enough dudes who were open to dating black women. Here in the states, especially when I was young and living in the Deep South, white dudes were strictly about the blondes. We didn&#039;t really have Hispanics or Asians. Once I found open minded guys I was off and never looked back. These chicks who have plenty of other guys to choose from and stick with black guys are just stupid. I can&#039;t imagine being in a place where guys are open and staying at home picking lint out of my navel instead. All that international dick? I would live up to my reputation for sure! Bottom line is, black men are out fucking the rainbow, with no intention of stopping anytime soon. Black women should have bought a clue a long time ago and got their own. Instead, they&#039;re wasting their prime man catching years on bullshit.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>iCan&#8217;t with black women who spout this nonsense. I wonder if they&#8217;ve had some Scientologist level brainwashing because for the life of me I can&#8217;t see what it is about black men that has them so dick whupped. I&#8217;ve had dick in so many varieties I should have a United Nations flag hanging over my bed. For me, black men have always been fairly low on my list of preferences. So many of them are so full of themselves that I&#8217;m like bleh. It got so bad at one point that they literally became invisible to me. I&#8217;m not mad at the black women who feel this way though, more international dick for me!</p>
<p>The only problem I&#8217;ve ever had with interracial dating was meeting enough dudes who were open to dating black women. Here in the states, especially when I was young and living in the Deep South, white dudes were strictly about the blondes. We didn&#8217;t really have Hispanics or Asians. Once I found open minded guys I was off and never looked back. These chicks who have plenty of other guys to choose from and stick with black guys are just stupid. I can&#8217;t imagine being in a place where guys are open and staying at home picking lint out of my navel instead. All that international dick? I would live up to my reputation for sure! Bottom line is, black men are out fucking the rainbow, with no intention of stopping anytime soon. Black women should have bought a clue a long time ago and got their own. Instead, they&#8217;re wasting their prime man catching years on bullshit.</p>
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		<title>By: willaful</title>
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		<dc:creator>willaful</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps the people who are more likely to follow their heart are more ready to commit. Or maybe having to break through some kind of barrier to be with someone creates a feeling of investment that makes you more likely to commit.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Perhaps the people who are more likely to follow their heart are more ready to commit. Or maybe having to break through some kind of barrier to be with someone creates a feeling of investment that makes you more likely to commit.</p>
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