Wow. I don't see this. Speaking from my personal life,the black men that i know in the north side are married to either black American or African women. Of the five men I know that are married, one is married to a woman of Asian descent. The dating scene is out there for you. I would choose not to focus on what these black men are doing and keep doing what you know is right for you as a woman to attract the best of the men available. Really, dating is very hard if you are beyond the 'having fun" stages and looking for someone to share your life with. And being a Dallas native (I live in Richardson but my stomping grounds are in N. Dallas), I can tell you in my experience, there are people out there in the places you enjoy but you have to frequent those spots more often because the times that I have been the only black man at an event are too often to count.

Hello. I am from Oak Cliff originally.  You may or may not know, but Dallas is segmented as such.  Oak Clif, DeSoto, Lancaster, Duncanville, have a high population of black men and women.  I have found that my friends from my personal life before I became a professional tend to live in Duncanvllle or DeSoto or Lancaster where more well to do or affluent people of our race live.  The problem is the drive to get to the jobs which for me, are all on the North side or in the Northern area of Richardson, N. Dallas, Plano and such. 

If you hit the Pappadeux' off of I67 you will see a number of us having a great time. 

My sister in law is a wonderful young lady that has a whole lot going for her and she reaches out to many events such as cycling.  There are not too many brothers doing that in our area but across town there are.

I lucked up after many years of trying and met my wife at the job - yeah, I really did.  She worked in another building and we would just have lunch together once a week and after a few months we began dating and eventually got married but it was years later because I was so afreid to commit.  One of my best friends just announced his engagement after many years of knowing the bride to be but was too unsure if it would work to commit and finally put the pieces together to move forward.

The final decision with both of us was this. The women we decided to marry really had nothing but our best interest at heart and stuck with us even when we chose to seek love elsewhere.  Don't get me wrong!  They tried to find love in other places as well.  We were both just fortunate that we got our heads on straight before these great women decided that enough was enough.

I am going to Chicago for a trade show in late Feb. 2009.  I will be there for two weeks and plan to have my wife come up for a bit of the time for a vacation. Be really thankful if you knew of a listing of 3-5 palces that we could go to get a feel for the city.

Your reply was filled with a person who recognizes leadership. Looks like Chicago lost a good woman and a good person.  If you have not been officailly welcomed, WELCOME TO DALLAS!

You are not crazy or loosing your mind.  In Dallas a lot of the Black men under 40 do date white, Latino or women of other races.  I have noticed that Black women are starting to date outside their race too.  Here I find it hard to meet men of any race because I am no longer into the party scene and I don't seem to be at the same places or events that have single men of any race.  This is not only on the north side either.  I am so used to seeing mixed couples in the DeSoto, Lancaster, Cedar Hill and Duncanville area that I stare when I see a Black male and female couple together.

Hey well I'm glad it's not just me that notices it. I'm with you LeobabeATL, I think it's wrap for me in Dallas....I use to like Dallas when I first moved here but now I hate it. There's no sense of culture or black pride here.....it's nothing like Chicago or Detroit or New York or ATL. Like when Obama won my family from Chicago and friends from Detroit called me and where like "What are you guys doing down there to celebrate? They where like people where just celebrating the entire week, having block parties, get togethers, here in Dallas...NOTHING. I'm all for embracing and intergrating with every nationality and race because that's the way it should be, but in Dallas the black folks here (to me) seem so caught up in it that they loose their own identity and they feel that they have to confirm to other races to be accepted.  There's just no sense