Not this but that…according to TonyaTko.

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Dating across cultural and color barriers can be challenging enough without other people getting in your way. When a loved one questions your judgment around your love life, it tends to sting.

I think this question all comes down to respect. Do your parents and friends love you enough to respect your decision?

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Dating can suck even when you’re rich and famous!

It’s being speculated that Kanye West may have paid his ex-girlfriend over a million dollars as hush money to keep her quite about their relationship.

How much would you pay to keep your ex quite?

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Editor’s Note: I’ve been lucky enough to get, Maryanne Comaroto, internationally know relationship expert and radio host, to guest blog once or twice a week for the next ten weeks! What follows is pure dating and relationship gold that’s been mined from the deep and fertile depths of Maryanne’s rich experience.

This post concludes takes off from Maryanne’s Tuesday post concerning men and the respect they have for the women in their lives. It could not have come at a better time given given Kanye West’s absolute disrespect of Taylor Swift at the VMAs. Maryanne challenges men in this post and I for one think this is a good thing. Enjoy!

Okay, men, it’s your turn to tell your version, your truth – in your life and in your relationships. And here are a few questions to help you get started (if you’re so inclined, feel free to email your answers – or your story, or both! – to info at maryannelive dot com. We read and respond personally to each email and I may feature you in upcoming work!)
1) Do you respect women?
2) How do you respect them?
3) At the end of the day, do you feel it’s ultimately a woman’s job to make sure she doesn’t get pregnant?
4) If someone you have sex with does get pregnant and decides to keep the baby, what responsibility do you have to this child and to the mother?
5) What do you think a father’s responsibilities are?
6) What qualities should a woman look for in a man they want to have children with?
7) Why do you feel we have such an epidemic of “absent“fathers in our culture?
What makes a great father?
9) What sacrifices are men generally unwilling to make to be a great father?
10) What will you never give up to be a great husband and father?
As you ponder these questions – and these are only a few of the ones I’ve been asking the men in MY life! – here’s a little feedback from men I’ve worked with who are asking the big questions about how they relate to the opposite sex.

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The President of The United States has spoken!

President Obama has declared that Kanye West made an ass of himself once again!

But I digress…

I know I was supposed to have the conclusion to yesterday’s awesome guest post from Maryanne Comaroto, but I couldn’t resist first talking about the President calling Kanye West out for his asinine behavior at the MTV VMAs.

My question to you is a simple one. Would you like it if an authority figure in your life called out someone you were dating for their terrible behavior? It could be your dad, a friend maybe the President of The United States!

Would your dating life be better? Would love and commitment come faster?

My mom’s brothers would sometimes warn a new guy that was dating my mom that if he screwed up, he would have to answer to them. (they actually threatened physical harm) I’m not really sure if my mom appreciated this or not!

In this day and age of helicopter parents, I think adults will more and more be scrutinizing the dating choices that their kids make no matter what their age.

This to me is unsettling.

Giving unfettered access to one’s personal life seems to be a bad idea that’s catching on everywhere with the advent of Facebook and Twitter. How this will affect dating, romance and committed relationships is anybodies guess.

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