It’s been a minute since your resident dating guinea pig has checked in so I had to bless you with the final installment of my summer long journey.

After having a steady male companion in my life for almost two years, I’m back on the dating scene and the picture doesn’t look pretty.

What do Black people have to say about Black love? We facilitated a discussion between eight people, between the ages of 23 and 32, on the topic. Find out what they had to say about cheating, interracial dating, marriage and more.

“It was her and I against the world, and in the world. It was her and I. If we made it, it was because she and I did it.”

Valentine’s Day doesn’t always have to be about dinner and a movie. For those of you who think flowers are cliché, and would rather have a pack of skittles than a heart-shaped box of chocolate, here are a few date ideas that are sure to mix things up.

The interesting thing about this dating site is that you can set up the date on short notice, and it only has to last 30 minutes.

The secret to winning an all season boo.

If you’re a female — and you’re breathing — chances are you’ve been the victim of a holla. (By holla we mean a frivolous, and often failed, attempt of a guy to “get at” a girl with annoying one-liners like “Hey little mama you look good,” “What yo’ name is?” or “Can I get in them jeans?”) A lady can’t even walk down the street without someone from the male gender bombarding her with this nonsense.

“What are you bringing to the table?”

What have you done for me lately? This is the 1986 single from Janet Jackson’s third album, Control. This is a funny paradigm in that, 20 years later, it would be the song sung by many modern 20 or 30-something males to single females trying to gain just that – control.