The Best Piece of Relationship Advice I Have Ever Heard

You can’t fix love on an empty stomach.

Image by MasterTux from Pixabay

Let me set the scene.

I’m sitting in a café with my friend Okuye, the kind of friend who uses words like “emotional intelligence” and “boundaries” in everyday conversation and somehow makes you feel like you should be charging her by the hour. You know those kinds of friends, right?

She’s sipping her oat milk latte, looking at me like she’s about to drop a truth bomb that could alter the entire trajectory of my romantic future.

And then she says it.

“Never argue with someone you’re in love with while you’re hungry.”

Wait. What?

That’s it? That’s the golden advice? Not “communicate openly,” or “never go to bed angry,” or “always split the bill at IKEA”? Nope. According to Jasmine, it all comes down to one simple truth: hungry people should not be allowed near emotional landmines.

And the more I thought about it, the more I realized… she was absolutely right.

HANGER: THE RELATIONSHIP SERIAL KILLER

You know how toddlers lose their minds when they’re hungry? One minute, they’re watching Frozen, and the next, they’re melting down over a…