Let’s be real: relationships are not always easy. It takes work and dedication to make a relationship work no matter how long you’ve been together. When a new challenge arises, how you handle the situation can have lasting impacts on your relationship.
These stories from our Black Love community show overcoming relationship obstacles and challenges can be difficult, but if you weather the storm you come out the other side as a stronger couple.
Last year, we celebrated 29 years of marriage, and I shared my thoughts about what marriage meant to me. Last month, we officially celebrated 30 years of marriage! That’s right...three decades. And here’s a little bit more about what I know.
One of our favorite couples from Season 3 of Black Love recently celebrated their 17th wedding anniversary! For 17 days, Mrs. KevOnStage shared 17 days of love lessons on IG to commemorate each year since the day they said "I do." Here’s what Melissa shared that we resonated with most.
Spirituality is often the foundation for any partnership, but it may also cause some to rethink marriage if the two aren’t “evenly yoked."
One of the greatest sacrifices is giving up the normal routine and accepting that certain changes will require more of one person than the other.
Hitting the reset button requires us to be vulnerable and acknowledge some of the ways we failed each other in the past.
Our unspoken discomfort and cautious conversation was inevitably tested with our first big quarantine quarrel
After 29 years, “for better or worse” has been tested time and time again, but she still chooses marriage, and this is why.
As you continue to strengthen your relationship, let's take a deep dive into the five love languages and their meanings.
Marriage is hard work, but this couple found the best way to navigate challenges was by building emotional intimacy in their relationship. The fear of it all once overshadowed their love, but breaking down those walls, proved to be the secret ingredient of sustaining an unbreakable bond.
After our wedding weekend, that’s when the reality of it all set in. We both realized it was just the two of us, and we had to figure out how to do life together as a team.
After two years of marriage, I am currently going through a divorce. Regardless of the outcome, there is something on the other side. What that is, only God and time know the answer to that question.
After meeting on the campus of Morgan State University, their love blossomed, and the rest is history! Sixteen years and two kids later, this couple offers marital advice on building a family legacy and the keys to sustaining a thriving relationship.
Featuring 16 new couples, "Black Love" Season 4 is back, and much-needed now more than ever. Here's why.
The fourth season of the two-time NAACP Image Award-nominated docuseries celebrates Black love stories and what it takes to make a marriage last the long haul.
As a part of our healing journey, we committed to 30 days of love letters. He wrote me a letter a day, and I responded.
The age-old mentality of “Happy Wife, Happy Life” almost ruined this couple’s marriage, but they found their breakthrough.
As a young mom, she did not know what to expect, but she never saw postpartum depression coming.
Sex can change in marriages for a number of reasons. Egypt Sherrod and Mike Jackson open up about how they got their love life back on track.
Are you a flight risk in your marriage or relationship? Find out how this wife abandoned her marriage contingency plan and chose love instead.
Black Love contributor Shellie Renee explores monogamy, what it means in relationships, and how it takes on a different level of importance once you say “I Do.”
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