Tonight I was out for a friend’s birthday and at the end of the night, it ended up being myself and five wonderful ladies (lucky me). They began talking about and sharing different experiences they had with men approaching them and trying to build relationships (or some pathetic excuse for a relationship). I, honestly, was […]

Woman are always in a rush to declare someone their “man” or “boyfriend”. After a few dates, we quickly determine that the guy has everything we are looking for, and immediately go on a mission to make things official. Why are we in a rush? Could it be that once we meet a guy and […]

I received three emails from three different women from three different places around the country on one day last week. All of the emails were concerning the same relationship topic: “Dear Steven, can I be celibate and still be in a relationship?” I have been avoiding this celibacy question for a couple of years now […]

 You’ve got questions? He’s got answers! Need advice? Send your questions to Terrance: girlworkonyou@aol.com Dear Gay Best Friend, This is what I’m going thru and what should I do? My question is that of 2 parts. One is that after being in an 11 year relationship, and 10 years engaged, is it time to […]

A few days ago, I was browsing through my friends’ Match.com account and ended up stumbling upon the pages of women I attended high school and college with. These women, who I’ve known for years and had never had trouble hooking up and finding a boyfriend in college, seemed to have issues doing so after […]

While browsing YouTube the other day, I noticed an interesting ad, placed below a video entitled, “Single black women find the search for love is especially difficult.” The ad pictured a Black woman with a shirtless White man next to the text, “AfroRomance — Where love is more than skin deep.” I didn’t want to […]

A few recent conversations combined with intense web surfing had me thinking for days on the topic of courting. After reading an article on how courting was virtually non-existent in the new millennium I had to figure this thing out for myself. Is courting a thing of the past, an important yet overlooked element of […]

A recent survey of 5,000 single Americans revealed that the majority will not have sex on the first date despite them knowing within the first 15 minutes if there’s chemistry. READ ON! Bailout Plan 31% of both men and women agree that 15 minutes into the date is long enough to tell if there is […]

Last weekend, a group of girlfriends and I hit the town. It was going to be a girls only night, and all was going exceptionally well until a group of  guys joined our table. Suddenly one of the girls lost the ability to speak normally. She adopted the Paris Hilton child-like talk, suddenly got really […]

In this latest installment of “The Bitter & The Sweet”, Kandi is hanging with soul-singer Angie Stone rehearsing for a surprise performance.  The two ladies answer questions submitted by a lucky HelloBeautiful reader who wants to know “when do you let a man you’re dating meet your child?” Check out what the ladies had to […]

In my circle of friends growing up, more than half of our parents were divorced or separated. By the time I reached my senior year, my parents were in the minority, as they were still together. Recently I discovered that an estimated 43-50% of marriages in this country will end up in divorce. As a […]

It saddens me to report this to you but it has come to my attention that there are many women who are under a man induced daze. Therefore I have determined that there needs to be an announcement.  Let me explain, there are women, some who are in my company, some even in my family, […]