I recently bumped into a friend that I hadn’t seen in a while. As we sat and talked, there was something noticeably different about her … she was smiling. The last time I saw her that wasn’t the case, as she was involved in one of the most toxic relationships I had ever witnessed.

Ok, let me lay out the scenario for you. The love of your life has just been presented the career opportunity of a lifetime. The only problem is that it’s in another city … on the other side of the globe. Now ordinarily, you’d support their dreams and ambitions, but this is a tough pill to swallow.

Can we all agree that communication is the key to any successful relationship? (I can hear the murmurs in the back of the room, and I hear you … you think great sex is the key … I get it.) But those closet freaks aside, I’m sure the rest of you will agree that in order to have a great relationship, there has to be an open line of communication between you and your significant other.

So I’m on the road traveling again, and my current stop finds me in Detroit. With the temperature teetering between “freezing” and “you’ve got to be kidding me,” you can imagine that I didn’t leave my hotel room last night. The time cooped up gave me ample opportunity to check out some other websites to gain valuable insight into how others view love and relationships.

Dear Fly Guy, I’m sure you’ve heard this same question a million times before, but I need you to answer it for me. I’m a single, successful woman and I just don’t understand why it’s so hard to find a man. I don’t want to put anyone else down, but it seems like women who are less deserving always end up with the good man. Is there something wrong with me?

The true beauty of love is found in the infinite amount of ways it can be expressed. That’s why I always find joy in sharing Love Quotables, my ongoing search for the most poignant expressions of love. Here’s a fresh sampling of unique, heartfelt sayings from both everyday people and prominent figures in history.

Heartbreak comes in many forms. And while they’re all painful, the most tragic of them all is the type that’s self-inflicted. To have found true love, only to lose it due to your own foolish actions is a tough pill to swallow. Your existence then becomes consumed with your desire to find answers and to reconcile the matter both internally and with the one that got away.

This is perhaps the easiest piece that I’ve ever had to write. It’s easy in the sense that expressing my love for you has never been difficult. You’re ingrained in my DNA, and are now officially a part of my being. So it’s only right that I share with the rest of the world my eternal gratitude for one of God’s greatest gifts.

I didn’t want to be the person to make this announcement, but it needs to be addressed … today. By now, I’m sure you’ve either seen or read about the recent “Dateline” special which detailed the alarming number of black women that have never been married.

It’s freezing outside, which mean it’s the perfect time to master the stay-at-home date. So make this a Friday night to remember by using this step-by-step guide to a romantic dinner for two. Enjoy, and stay warm … well I guess that’s what your date is for, right?