College Dating: The Gig

A popular dating columnist once said that saying ''I love you'' is like keeping an "ace in the pocket." Keep it in your pocket until your back is against the wall. Saying ''I love you'' loses impact the more you say it. Some people use it like a "goodbye." What do you do then when you have to say "I am sorry?"

Communication Breakdown

Your mate does not read minds. If something is bothering you, speak up. If you want something, specify it. Emotional matters are never easy to decipher, so do yourselves a favor and be open and upfront.

Sacrifice

Relationships will gauge your generosity and test your priorities. If you find that it is 75-25, then it will not last. If in the long term it is 50-50 (or even 60-40), then the relationship may stand the test of time.

Once A Cheater, Always A...

At some point, temptation will start to test your will. When it comes to relationships, nothing tastes as sweet as forbidden fruit. Some of you have cheated in the past while others are thinking about it as we speak. Few swear they will never do it. Fewer still mean it. This is a personal matter. What you need to know is that the saying ''once a cheater, always a cheater'' is true. You may even end up mortgaging some great relationships in the future as a result of past indiscretions.

Whatever you do, clean your slate and start fresh. Do not overlap relationships as this will make for a messy disaster down the road.

Speaking of cheating, none other than Jack Welch himself got caught in a "surprising" turn of events. In 2002, the press found out that Welch had an affair with Harvard Business Review editor Suzy Wetlaufer. What was Welch thinking about when cheating with someone after his 10-year clause on his prenuptial agreement expired remains to be seen. But for the sake of this piece, this was not the first time that Welch has let his "other" head do the thinking. After all, in Straight From The Gut, he proudly refers to a youthful indiscretion he was caught for in his car that almost cost him dearly early in his career (although this time, it will probably cost him far more). Nonetheless, this - or any other personal indiscretion - will not hurt Jack's legacy. Did he actually think that this would be kept under wraps? Of course not. But that is classic Jack: bold, risk-taking and a man first and foremost. Like it or not, it was this specific belief that he could get away with whatever he wished to do that explains his stratospheric rise to the top of General Electric and the business community as a whole. This was not the first time that powerful, successful and charismatic men have not used their brains. John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Welch... the list does go on indeed, and it will not be the last time either. Men like to conquer - be it in business, with women or in life in general. Who knows, perhaps this was his way to generate some extra press for his book, seems like it worked at the time. When you get voted as the Manager of the Century, then you can get away with everything that you do, until then, keep in mind that once a cheater, always a cheater. Sadly, everyone has the capacity to cheat, the goal is to find those that can avoid the temptation.