Within the African American community there is a definite and noticeable lack of strong, faithful, happy, long-term relationships that has left an incredulous impact on our community. Whether married or not, thriving couplings of black men with black women over a span of five or more years have become all too rare to be ignored. What has been lost over the last 30 to 40 years to the creation and lifespan of successful ebony relationships post-slavery to present? Have we forgotten how to make commitment work, or have black men and women ceased to care enough to put forth a conscious effort to search for, secure, and love one another?