Off My Chest

From a friend...

Thanksgiving is tomorrow. I can already smell the turkey, yams, mac and cheese, pies, and sweet tea....with all that food, you'd think I'd be so full. But no, I'm empty. I'm starving and slowly wasting away. I've been relying on your words and your follow through to sustain me. I've been eating off your love and devotion. But all that is so empty. I'm starving because I've eaten all the lies you've fed me. You've lied about it all--the money, the cars, the credentials, the commitment. But you know what, dont blame yourself---I should have broken up with you a long time ago.

Upcoming Events For You and Yours

Make it a post-Thanksgiving Shopping Date...Head on Up to the North Georgia Premium Outlets at Midnight on Thanksgiving for some great deals and some holiday cheer...besides, you'll need to burn some calories by then anyway!

http://www.premiumoutlets.com/outlets/sales.asp?id=16

Then go see the premier of the Holiday movie, "This Christmas" With an up and coming cast its sure to entertain and get you in the holiday spirit.

http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thischristmas/

Featured Articles: A Little Too Much Love In this Family

It would suck to find out that your uncle is your father...for some reason, when I saw "Atlanta Megachurch" I hoped it wasn't Eddie Long they were talking about!

http://www.ajc.com/dekalb/content/metro/dekalb/stories/2007/11/20/church_1120.html?cxntlid=homepage_tab_newstab

ATL Celebrilove: Shoulder Leanin' When I See You

`Well I'll be! The blogosphere is confirming that Yung Dro and Fantasia are indeed a couple and that she may even be pregnant. I'll admit that they are an interesting pair together--I think I kinda like it. Both seem about as real as you can get. Looks like Dro dropped his petite little light skinned girlfriend...or maybe he still keeps her on the side...who knows...

It'll be interesting to see how this plays out.

Featured Articles: "I Dont Do Teenagers"

This morning on the Frank and Wanda morning show, Frank told of a caller--a single mom who was raising her son alone. When she got to her wits end because of his behavior she called his father and said that she thought the son should live with him. The father said he'd talk it over with his new wife. Well, the new wife said, sorry boo, i dont do teenagers!

Things brings up a whole host of issues:

1) Should you get into a relationship with a man that has preexisting children if you cannot handle the thought of one day raising them.
2) Can you truly love a man if you cant accept his children?
3) That father was a father to that son before he was a husband to the new wife, should he have asked her if the kid could come and stay, or should he have merely informed her he was coming?
4) Will that son truly be happy in a home in which he's not wanted
5) Since when do moms get mad at their sons and drop them off at someone else's house to live permanently?

I can see all three sides to this story...BUT they need to have a good old cosby style family meeting to get over the mom's weakness, the dad's cowardly approach, and the step mom's selfishness.

Notable and Quotable

Love simply cannot spring up without that self-surrender to each other. If either withholds the self, love cannot exist. --Dr. E. Stanley Jones

Featured Articles: Pucker Up

Want some tricks to becoming a better kisser? Check out this read:

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ATL Celebrilove: Fiddy and CiCi

Below is what the Mirror is reporting about 50 Cent and how he helped Ciara celebrate her recent birthday.

"50 Cent is plane smitten..
VIP THE WORLD MUSIC AWARDS in Monte Carlo

You can't accuse 50 Cent of not being a romantic at heart. The rapper chartered a jet full of presents for his singer girlfriend Ciara's 22nd birthday.
Fiddy filled the plane with thousands of pounds worth of goodies, including fresh rose petals, teddy bears, candles and chocolates from a Dublin cake shop, and had it flown to the World Music Awards in Monte Carlo.
He also told 3am that he would treat her to 22 birthday parties at various exotic locations around the world.
Talk about keen."

Featured Articles: What We Argue About

The top five things couples argue about:

• Money: It is linked to power and often times big spenders fall in love with big savers...a recipe for trouble.
• Sex: How often to have it is the issue. Did you know the average person has sex 61 times per year. Thats around 5 times per month....
• Work: How much time are you taking from your signif other to give to your career?
• Kids: When to have them, and how to raise them?
• Chores: Seems like nothing, but often times its about respect.

http://www.sixwise.com/newsletters/06/02/22/the_top_5_things_couples_argue_about.htm

ATL Celebrilove: DISSmissed

If you need a primer on some of the latest relationship gossip....

• Bobby Brown dissed his former J.O. (Jump Off) Superhead on Ryan Cameron's show yesterday...see Sandrarose.com for audio
• Bow Wow is supposedly planning to lace an upcoming track w/ some subtle disses on ex-Ciara...see mediatakeout.com