Ten Black women open up about all the love lessons they learned in their twenties.

Something about being young really makes a person want to prove she is wise and ready to make “adult” decisions, which is why so many young couples will buy a car, house, or business together with a person they’ve only been with for a few years. And that’s a big financial mess when they inevitably break up. Do not get financially entangled with a man who is not your husband or serious, long-term domestic partner.

Thirty-somethings and 20-somethings often mingle in the same places; they have similar ranks at their jobs, have some overlap in their friends’ groups, love the same bars, and even date each other. And while these two age groups are only a decade apart, they are light years apart when it comes to their values, their […]