Relationship GPS

Tracking everyday relationships from first dates, marriage, divorce and the “I don’t know what the heck we’re doing!” N.W.A. is letting it all hang out so you don’t get caught up.

Confessions of a Black Mother

In lieu of having two adult children, I've had time to go back and reconsider how I raised them. If I could do it over again, I would have been more emotionally available. My reason for not doing so was my previous belief that it would "weaken" them if they had gotten used to being treated a certain way and I knew this society would not treat them the same way. I wanted them to have "tough skin" so that they could survive. ... Read More...

It’s OK to be single….when you’ve had enough of ‘dead end dating’ and fuckery as a whole

So, what is dead-end dating? It is exactly what it sounds like. It's that brick wall you hit, it's that end of the road. It's that last call for alcohol on the Midnight Train to Fuckery. It's that -- let me walk away from this shit before I dig myself in deeper.  It's what single men and women realize when they decide that enough is enough -- and they may just have to do that "solo thang" for a while.... Read More...

For Better or For Worse? Yandy Smith says… not when it comes to her coins!

Once you recite those vows and commit yourself to your spouse, everything that they have is yours and vice versa. Along with commitment comes many sacrifices, and those sacrifices will prove the ultimate test to those who are willing to do it all in the name of love…or is it really? Yandy Smith-Harris’ revealed a jaw-dropping secret on Love and Hip Hop New York….her marriage isn’t exactly legal.... Read More...

Do millennials still date?

Dating. Do people still do that anymore? Do men still ask women out for dinner to a nice restaurant, have nice conversation and then pick up the tab? Or is that Generation X? Dating seems to have changed drastically as the years have gone by. Could the growth of technology and social media be the reason why? ... Read More...