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On the night before Valentine’s Day, more than 50 women from the Nashville area came together to attend Ladies’ Night at The Lab on Jefferson Street, an event hosted by the Nashville Voice.

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On the evening before Valentines Day more than 50 single women joined to discuss dating, relationships, and love in Nashville. The event was hosted by Kimberly "Brownie" Vaughn and took place at Events @ 624.

In anticipation of the upcoming Ladies Night, which will bring together single women in Nashville for an evening of discussions over complimentary food and wine on February 13th, the Nashville Voice has begun a series of articles tackling the perils of contemporary dating head-on. As a follow-up to our article entitled For Black Women, Singleness is a Complicated Issue, The  Nashville Voice sat down with a group of four bachelors at Slim & Husky’s to talk about dating and relationships. We have included selected responses here. 

Though the City of Nashville offers a growing list of romantic date ideas for lovers, this year, many Nashvillians will spend this Valentine’s Day alone. While the institution of marriage is alive and well in Tennessee--a state that boasted the 5th highest rate of marriage in 2017-- Black women in particular are struggling to find love in the ‘Ville. Statistics have steadily shown that Black women are significantly less likely to marry than their White, Asian, and Hispanic counterparts.

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