Allow me to reintroduce myself. If you believe in things like birth certificates or the facts on a driver’s license, then my name is DeWayne Rogers—middle child of three, and product of a mother and father who have been “happily” married for 35 years. I put happily in quotation marks, because like any couple that has been together for that long, they’ve experienced their fair share of ups and downs.

It’s time to revisit last week’s scenario: You just woke up and found yourself in bed with someone other than your significant other. Having realized the gravity of your mistake, you now find yourself at a defining moral crossroad. Should you come clean and admit your indiscretion? Or should you keep it to yourself in hopes that the truth is never revealed.

Here’s the scenario: You woke up this morning lying next to someone other than your significant other. Now your first thoughts were probably somewhere along the lines of: “F@*K!!!! … What am I doing here??? And how did my underwear get stuck in the ceiling fan???” (Hey, it happens.)

As I sat here getting my daily fill of SportsCenter, the stream of last night’s highlights was interrupted by a breaking news alert: Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry has passed away at age 26. Damn…

Today’s piece focuses on a question consistently asked, but rarely answered in a meaningful way: “Do men know how to love?” I haven’t even started yet, but I can already hear a loud and very passionate chorus of women ready to express their sincere belief that no man is capable of loving someone in a meaningful way.

You can always tell when a wild animal has been held in captivity for too long. They possess this glazed over look in their eyes—it’s unmistakable. The same can be said for those who have been single for an unbearably long period of time. Now I’m not talking about a couple of months either. Let’s just say this person hasn’t had a real date since Bobby Brown could actually afford his child support payments.

A wise man once said, “Tell your girlfriend everything about your past to avoid any drama.” Of course, he said this shortly before she broke up with him … I didn’t get all of the details, but it had something to do with his strange “Frankie and Neffie” sex fetish. (Don’t ask.)

She told me that all men lie. And while her words initially caught me off guard, I’m sure there are countless women who share a similar mindset. But I’ve got news for them: women lie just as much as men do—especially during the course of a relationship.

Let me get straight to the point. Breaking up sucks—especially when you can’t get the other person out of your system. To add insult to injury, your ex isn’t giving you a second thought while you’re up having sleepless nights. It doesn’t always have to be this way though, and the following Three Ways To Get Over Someone can help.

“I can’t take it any more.” That’s usually the last thought that runs through someone’s mind right before they decide to officially end a relationship. But what ultimately drives a person to this point? While each situation is unique in its own right, there are common factors that can force us all to throw in the towel.