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My New Husband Constantly Invites Family to Stay Overnight Without Asking Me and I Hate It
I’m a newlywed. I hate having family stay over at our house. I love entertaining, but I want folks to leave at the end of the night. My husband likes overnight company and will often invite his family to stay a week at a time and won’t tell me until they are already en route.…
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Why You’re Wrong to Be Mad About Spike Lee’s Chi-raq Trailer
Quite typically, there’s a lot of controversy over the trailer for Spike Lee’s latest film, Chi-raq. This happens every time Lee releases a new film. Every. Single. Time. This time, folks are upset with Lee for the name of the film, a slang term merging the city of Chicago with the war-torn Middle Eastern country…
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My Boyfriend Doesn’t Call While on Vacation. Am I Expecting Too Much?
My boyfriend goes on a mini-trip for two days, and I don’t hear from him unless I reach out. Meanwhile, he’s posting pictures of his grand old times on social media. I don’t expect long conversations, but a brief, “Hey, you’re alive! Me too!” doesn’t sound like too much to ask, does it? Or is…
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6 Theories on Why People Are in Their Feelings About Halle Berry’s Divorce
Earlier this week, Halle Berry and her husband, French boxer-turned-actor Olivier Martinez, announced that they were splitting after two years of marriage. “We move forward with love and respect for one another and the shared focus of what is best for our son,” the pair said in a joint statement. The breakup is Martinez’s first…
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Great 1st Date, but He Might Still Be Stuck on His Ex
I went on a first date with a guy and had an amazing time. We talked until the restaurant was literally closing on us. The next day, he says he wants to be up front with me, so it doesn’t seem like we are starting with a lie. When he and his ex-fiancee were together,…
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Zendaya Deserves a Hand for Calling Out Magazine That Altered Photos to Make Her Look Thinner
Confession: I’d never heard of actress and singer Zendaya Coleman until last year, at which time she was already a Disney phenomenon. Forgive me, I don’t watch a lot of kid TV. Anyway, she popped on my radar when she signed on to do the ultimately highly watched and highly criticized Aaliyah biopic, then signed…
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My Married Friends Aways Invite Their Husbands When We Hang Out
Dear Demetria: I’m single. A lot of my friends are married. I’ll suggest getting together, and they’ll say yes, only to hit me at the last minute with, “Hubby will be with me; is that all right?” Is it unrealistic of me to expect to still see my girls without their men tagging along? —Anonymous…
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Where’s the Media Sympathy for Lamar Odom?
Of course you’ve heard that two-time NBA champion Lamar Odom was found unresponsive in Las Vegas on Tuesday. He was taken to a local hospital, where he remains in critical condition. This has caused a major media frenzy, a circus. I guess it’s to be expected because Odom is a celebrity. He became a familiar…
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My Man Wants to Use Extra-Large Condoms, but He Doesn’t Really Measure Up
Me and my guy were out to have sex for the first time. He pulls out a Magnum condom. Not to sound “thotty,” but I’ve seen big ones before, and he’s not a gold member … at all. I asked if he had a regular-sized one and he seemed upset. My reasoning was for safety.…
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From Crack House to Cocaine Apartment: The Privilege of Dying While White
With a bit of trepidation, I’m addressing the story of Kiersten Rickenbach Cerveny, the married doctor and mother of three who was left unconscious in the lobby of an apartment building she did not live in and was pronounced dead by medics shortly after she was found. While the cause of death hasn’t been determined,…
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