Most people, when asked why they're still single, say “I have not met the right person yet.”
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Why I wrote this book
A few years ago, I visited a close friend — a medical graduate from University College London. He had gone home to marry and brought his wife to the UK.
When I walked into his apartment, what I found changed the direction of my life.
He was living in a studio with his wife and infant daughter. Clothes everywhere. Dishes piled high. Their child was not yet speaking. His wife had begged him to move somewhere larger. He refused — he was sending every spare pound home to build a house.
He was not a bad person. She was not a bad person. They were both unprepared. Nobody had ever taught them how to be partners.
Our community has the highest divorce rate in this country. The highest singlehood rate. The highest single-parent rate.
The reason is not “the times” or “the culture.”
It is that nobody taught us the skills that make relationships work.
I wrote this book to name what I saw, explain where it came from, and offer something different.
If you have ever told yourself “I just haven’t met the right person” — and wondered, quietly, if there was more to it — this book was written for you.
What’s inside
A short, direct book you can read in a weekend. It covers:
• Why our community has the highest singlehood rate — the context nobody explained
• The “right person” myth — and what to ask instead
• The five skills that make relationships work
• The real cost of staying single
• Why dating apps are failing Black professionals
• The four questions to ask before you date again
• What relationship readiness actually looks like
Why I’m giving it away
You deserve the honest answer.
I run a matchmaking agency for Black professionals. It costs thousands of pounds to work with us directly.
Most people are not ready for that step. Most do not need it yet.
What most people need first is a different way of thinking. That is what this book gives you.
If you read it and decide that is all you needed, good.
£4.95 is what it costs me to print and post a copy to you.
No catch beyond that.
About the author
Romeo Richards is the founder of the African Caribbean Matchmaking Agency, serving Black professionals across the UK, US, and Canada.
She started the agency after watching a close friend’s marriage fall apart — and realising neither of them had ever been taught the skills that make a relationship last.
Researching further, she discovered the patterns were not isolated. They were systemic, going back generations.
She now works with singles and couples across the diaspora, combining relationship readiness training with matchmaking.
The Singlehood Crisis is her first book. She lives in Manchester, England.
Who is this book for?
Black singles and couples with relationship issues — though readers from other communities have found it valuable too.
If any of this resonates, I would like to put a copy in your hands.
The “read it and hate it” guarantee
If you read the book and do not find it valuable, reply to any of my emails with “refund” in the subject line.
I will return your £4.95 in full. No questions.
Keep the book as my gift.
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