SingleScenes by Sarah Smart Q.   I recently discovered that my live-in boyfriend of five years had slept with a visiting cousin at my home.  I’m more upset with my cousin than I am with my boyfriend because I believe she seduced him, and he was just being a man.  I put her out and allowed […]

SingleScenes by Sarah Smart Q.   My boyfriend proposed four months ago and we set the wedding date for October.  We were so happy until two weeks ago when I ran into him in a club dancing with an ex-girlfriend.  After an angry confrontation, he confessed that he still loved her and he called our wedding […]

SingleScenes by Sarah Smart Q.  I have never felt so betrayed! For two years, I was involved with a guy I cared a lot for.  During that period, my best friend despised him and did quite a bit to discourage me from the relationship.  She always accused him of cheating and suspected him of trying […]

Viewpoint: My 7 “Romance” Rules For The New Year… by M.K. Allison I Will Not Ignore That Inner Voice.   Last year, I could have saved myself a lot of grief and heartache, if I heeded that small inner voice, which is always pure and practical.  I was constantly in and out of trouble because […]

SingleScenes by Sarah Smart Q.  I’m engaged to a guy who is still very friendly with his ex-wife, because they have kids together, and I’ve been pretending that it doesn’t bother me, but it does.  I also don’t like the way she coos at him or acts at family gatherings.  She is still close to […]

SingleScenes by Sarah Smart Q.  My best friend stopped speaking to me and ended our relationship because I asked her boyfriend to dance when we were all out at a party.  She says I was rude and inappropriate and I disrespected her.  I tried to explain that it was only a dance.  I apologized, but […]

SingleScenes by Sarah Smart Q.  My boyfriend gave me an engagement ring after proposing to me on a double date with my best friend. However, a week later, he called and asked for it back after we had a very heated argument.  I refused, and he’s threatening to sue me to get his ring.  I […]

Love For The Holidays It Can Happen To You! by Cheryl Lakes I usually begin to get nervous about the holidays on Halloween night after I give out the last piece of candy to the last batch of kids and realize that the real holidays are coming and I have no one to cozy up […]

The Holiday Date Dilemma Who’s Coming To Dinner? by Jake Leland I had been dating this woman for four weeks when my friend Ed asked if I were taking her to my mother’s house for the traditional family Christmas dinner. Suddenly, my head was in turmoil.  We had been dating pretty heavy since we’d met […]

An 8-Step Guide To Holiday Romance An  Investigative Report by Coco Diong Several months ago, I read a magazine article on “The Fun Guide To Finding The One, and it listed the following places or activities for all those bold enough to venture out in search of the “dream connection.”  Since I had yet to […]