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If Your Bestie Wants to Be Close Friends With Your Husband, You Might Have a Problem
My best friend and I grew up with my now-husband of five years. Their relationship, as far as I know, has never been substantial. It’s the hi-and-bye type. The first two years of our marriage, she lived with us. An incident occurred during that first year when he was showering and she went in for…
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Janay Rice and Her Mom Are Living in Denial
On the heels of a tell-all interview with ESPN published Friday, in which Janay Rice spoke for the first time about the night her then-fiance, Ray Rice, knocked her unconscious in an elevator, Janay and her mother, Candy Palmer, sat for a two-part interview with the Today show’s Matt Lauer yesterday morning and today. (Ray…
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7 Revelations From Janay Rice’s ESPN Interview
“What the hell is Janay Palmer thinking?” It was the question asked by nearly everyone who saw “that video,” the one that clearly showed Palmer’s then-fiance, former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice, knocking her unconscious on an elevator, then dragging her limp body off it. She’d stayed with Rice after that—married him, even. And…
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My Cheating Husband Wants Us to Keep Up Appearances for the Holidays
I am beyond blown. My husband decides to let me know last night that he has been having a two-year affair with a co-worker. I am in a daze right now. He is also begging me to still go to Thanksgiving dinner with his family because his mom has been dealing with major health issues…
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Picking on the Obama Girls Isn’t Smart, Especially if You Work for a GOP Congressman
Editor’s note: Elizabeth Lauten resigned on Monday. Blame the alcohol in the eggnog, delirium from too much stuffing or simply bad judgment for causing Elizabeth Lauten, the communications director for Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-Tenn.), to flip out on Facebook over the first daughters, Sasha and Malia Obama. After reading an article linked on Facebook from…
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I’m a Married Mom and I Feel Like I Missed My Sexual Prime: What Should I Do?
Dear Demetria: I am against cheating. I won’t do it, but it feels like I haven’t truly lived. I went to school, got married, had a baby. I feel like my husband’s had a full life. He’s traveled all over the world, done two deployments and is settled. I haven’t even started. I feel like…
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5 Reasons We Lost Our Minds Over Solange Knowles’ Wedding
Last week was hard for black women. Kim Kardashian’s bare ass—and all the white privilege it represents—was everywhere you scrolled, an unintentional attempt to fulfill the directive on the cover of Paper magazine: Break the Internet. Whether you thought her flaunting her big bottom was exceptionally vulgar or artistic homage, you knew that whatever it…
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My Friend Introduced Me to a ‘Friend’ She Slept With but Didn’t Tell Me
I’m dating a guy I met through a friend. She introduced him as a friend only but admitted that she used to find him attractive. When he approached me about spending time, I asked her if it was cool and she said, “Of course. Why wouldn’t it be?!” He later tells me they had sex…
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The Other Thing the Lincoln University President Got Wrong About Women Who Have Sex
Lincoln University President Robert R. Jennings stirred up a lot of trouble for himself when remarks he made in September to female students insinuating that women lied about rape went viral this week. After much public outrage, he apologized on Tuesday. “My message was intended to emphasize personal responsibility and mutual respect,” Jennings wrote. “I…
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I Love Her, but She Doesn’t Measure Up to My Friends. Should I Move On?
My girlfriend is 29, working at a call center, in school for her bachelor’s degree and living with her parents. Sadly, she’s a late bloomer. While I wish she was more established, I’m OK. My mother, though, thinks I’m settling. I love my girl, but my circle includes doctors, attorneys, public relations executives, MBAs, etc.…
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