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DEL.ICIO.USChicken soup for the soul
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Hello everyone! I missed you muchly while I was in the midst of recovery from my tonsillectomy and sinus surgery! Thanks again to Wise Diva for holding down the fort and Bella for filling in again. I was checking in on y’all, even if it was too much effort to write.
I think the worst part of my recovery, once the immediate pain had passed of course, was how helpless I felt. For about two weeks, it was a lot of effort to move over enough in bed to find the remote or my medicine, let alone to get up and walk to the kitchen to get something to drink! And forget about being able to walk my dog, or run errands if I ran out of something, or cook anything more involved than hitting start on the microwave.
I’m a pretty independent woman, and I definitely am not the type to rely on a guy to take care of me during the normal course of things. But I couldn’t help but find myself thinking it would have been pretty nice to have a boyfriend to come pamper me and take care of me during my post-surgical convalescence.
What do you do — or have you done in the past — when your significant other is sick? Are you a hands-on nurse, or do you try to give them their space?
When you are sick, do you want your partner to take care of you? What things would you want them to do?
What level of “taking care of you” do you expect early in the relationship vs. later on down the road?
Have you ever had a situation where someone you were dating became ill with something more than just a cold or the chicken pox — cancer, or something else very serious and chronic? How did you react to that? Would you stick around while they recovered? I am reminded of a book I really like, The Dive From Clausen’s Pier by Ann Packer, wherein the main character’s boyfriend is paralyzed in a diving accident. She leaves him (which she was planning to do before the accident, not because of the accident) and incurs the scorn of a lot of people — but are you obligated to stay with a sick or injured partner just because they are sick?
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By QC - It's My Birthday!
May 14, 2007 8:52 AM | Link to this
Morning Bloggers, i’ve only taken care of 2 of my male friends when they had the flu….i hope you all have a great day!
By Biff
May 14, 2007 8:52 AM | Link to this
The quick answer for the rugulars on this board is to do what ever feels best for them right now.
Not all people are shallow, though, so you would have different answers from a better class of folks.
By Raqi
May 14, 2007 8:53 AM | Link to this
No one is obligated to do anything but it is those moments when you find out how much your S/O is really into you. If you are with someone that only wants to be around when you can be of service to them (i.e. having mega fun, hanging out and about, etc.) then that person is probably not the one you should be with. In the four serious relationships I have been in only two of the men folk experienced and episode of me being really ill. One was with The Nature Guy and there were two occasions with The Man. One of those times were as recent as this past February. They proved to be in it for the better and the worst.
There was this one guy that I tried to date once that proved to be totally not for me. We had planned an evening out, but earlier that day I began to feel a little ill. I called to tell him to let’s stay in and watch a movie at my place. Have dinner and a movie is what we were going to do any way. But he chose to not want to do that and said to call him when I was feeling better. Well I never called but he did eventually call to see why I hadn’t called. I told him if he had no interest in me when I couldn’t be sported on his arm, I had not interest in him at all.
One thing that did happen with The Nature Guy once when I told him that aunt flow was visiting so he wanted to change our plans to another day. I promptly told him that there will be no other plans if we can’t go out on the days when I am off limits below the waist. He never made that statement again.
Believe it or not there are actually married couples who do not want to deal with their spouse during a time of illness. Even when it is a minor infirmity. I work with one who tries to avoid his wife when she is ill by coming to work extra early and working extra late. In sickness and in health is just a “saying” to some these days.
By SlimOne
May 14, 2007 9:05 AM | Link to this
Good Morning Errrybody
If an SO is sick, I normally try to do whatever it is i can/know how to alleviate their discomfort. I’m no nurse but sometimes just being there willing to assist is healing in itsels. My ex-SO was always pretty good about taking care of me whenever I was sick. I had the flu and he had plans to go out with his friends but he chose to cancel that and remain by my side. He did everything from fixing me a hot cup of tea, to rubbing me down with vicks, to even giving me an alcohol bath to break my fever.
However, if its just a guy i’ve recently started dating, i’d probably at least offer to pickup anything like soup, oj, medicine etc. I don’t necessarily break my back to make a housecall running to their rescue.
By MusingLee
May 14, 2007 9:14 AM | Link to this
Morn’in All,
Hey QC…Happy Birthday.
By T-Mango
May 14, 2007 9:18 AM | Link to this
Good morning all-
If my SO is sick, I will try to make him comfortable. I may run errands for him and/or just be there to keep him company. It all depends on the person (Not everyone likes people around them when they are ill). So, I tend to ask what is needed, offer my support, and then take care of what he asks or needs me to do.
By Raqi
May 14, 2007 9:23 AM | Link to this
Happy Birthday QC.
By QC - It's My Birthday!
May 14, 2007 9:28 AM | Link to this
Thank you Musing
By QC - It's My Birthday!
May 14, 2007 9:28 AM | Link to this
Thank you Raqi
By Mo (now known as Moeisha)
May 14, 2007 9:37 AM | Link to this
Morning ALL!!
Happy Birthday QC!!
On topic When as SO is sick I do my best to do whatever I can for them. My first instinct is get them some meds, make sure they eat, run errands for them, disinfect everything (for colds etc), etc. I usually just ask outside of that b/c I’m not very good at the real hands on stuff. For me when I am sick I just want you to help me out. I dont want you too close for fear of making you sick. But if you bring me meds, call and check on me, maybe bring me some food, I’m good. I have a serious phobia of making someone else sick so I am not one for needing help bathing or anything.
By Sexione
May 14, 2007 9:37 AM | Link to this
Morning Everybody!!
Happy Birthday QC!! Six more days til mine!!
By BlatinoBrutha -
May 14, 2007 9:42 AM | Link to this
BlogFAM!!!! happy belated momma’s day. I say momma cuz any woman can be a mother, but it takes a special to be “momma”….
On topic, i love to baby and nurture, and would like the same in return, unless it’s not what my SO wants. It’s what “momma” did for me, and I’ve done even for just female friends.
Note to the MLB: does this endanger my man card?
By QC - It's My Birthday!
May 14, 2007 9:57 AM | Link to this
Thank youMo
Happy Early Birthday to Sexie1
By Sexione
May 14, 2007 9:58 AM | Link to this
Thanks Blatino! I, too, am a nurturer, and want the same in return. If a (future) SO didn’t want that, I could roll with that (but he probably wouldn’t be the one for me). I am very spoiled and I need someone that can give it and take it without a second thought.
By Raqi
May 14, 2007 10:07 AM | Link to this
We talked on Friday about remembering our mother and I read where a lot of mother’s have passed. I think about when my mother was very ill and my father was right there every minute of the hour until the day she died. That’s what I want in my relationship.
I use to wonder about those times when one knows an illness is probable for their S/O. My friend Marissa’s fiancé has a family history of degenerative arthritis and it has taken its toll on his father and his older brother who is only 46. His father can barely walk and he is only 69 and his brother suffers from frequent bouts of paralysis in one of his legs. Several individuals in his family in past generations have suffered severely from this. What do you when you know the time will come that you will have to care for a mate? Yeah no one knows what tomorrow holds but when you know that is could be just around the corner…? For her it could be as early as within the next ten years but she has no problem with it because she loves him. She didn’t find out about his family history of illness until after they had been together for a while so she says there is no way she could walk away now. Not for something like that.
By Atl Lady
May 14, 2007 10:07 AM | Link to this
Good morning I agree with everyone’s thought so far. You do what you can. I’m not good at every little nuance, but I just try and be supportive. Sometimes, it’s not that you run their errands it’s that you came by and talked about something other than their illness or made them laugh. Just willing to be in their presence is good enough for them.
Blatino Your man card is not in danger. You’re right about the difference between a mother and a momma. A freind of mine told me I was a momma even though I don’t have any kids.
By The Truth
May 14, 2007 10:13 AM | Link to this
Good morning bloggers. I hope ev1 had a great weekend. Laney, I would like to file a complaint with AJC. I hear someone used my log in name Friday and typed some type of sappy, emotional mumbo jumbo on my behalf. That ain’t right. LOL
Babying is where it at. Thats the best part. Bring your partner some ice cream, 7-up, meds, run a few errands for them. Pick up some food (if they can eat) and watch tv while you rub their head. This one chick I was seeing was heading out with a gf of hers. She came by to see how I was doing and ended up staying with me instead of going out. We had a ball (or at least as good a time as I could feeling the way I did). I don’t need you like that everyday but be there when I do. I’ll do the same.
By BlatinoBrutha -
May 14, 2007 10:15 AM | Link to this
@ Sexi n ATL lady: I feel ya’ll. I get very personal with it, cuz I was the only child of a single mom, so i actually used to cook for her n stuff. I actually enjoy that caregiver role, to a point.
By BlatinoBrutha -
May 14, 2007 10:19 AM | Link to this
Cosigning Truth 100%. Be careful bruh. They may start to think you have feelings n stuff. Not Good.
By Laney
May 14, 2007 10:25 AM | Link to this
Happy birthday QC!
Raqi, I think this is right on: No one is obligated to do anything but it is those moments when you find out how much your S/O is really into you. If you are with someone that only wants to be around when you can be of service to them (i.e. having mega fun, hanging out and about, etc.) then that person is probably not the one you should be with.
You are a lucky lady that you have guys who have come through in the pinch for you!!
By Raqi
May 14, 2007 10:25 AM | Link to this
Truthy and the other men the biggest impression my S/O made on me was before we married I was sick and he came over one Saturday and completed a Honey-do-list for me. I didn’t see him that much that day but just knowing that he was out taking care of some important stuff for me was really great. He even did a few loads of laundry with my asking. It is the small stuff that counts.
By Jake.
May 14, 2007 10:31 AM | Link to this
What up ya’ll:
Sick time is kinda of tricky for me, I very seldom get ill(Thanks God)so I am a little difficult to deal with when I am, I want you to show some concern, but I try not to be too big of a baby. As for taking care of a SO, of course I’ll take care of her if she my sweetie, but I am not a in-home nurse, don’t malinger and take advantage of my kindness!
Hey Sexione, I’ve been saving a few things for ya!
Blatino Let me see your ID sir,now checking expiration date on man card, it says here that it expired on May 14, 2007 at 9:24 AM, please go to MLB office for your renewal…LOL
By SeanJohnson
May 14, 2007 10:34 AM | Link to this
Sup Blog…did anyone go to the OSS this weekend?
By Raqi
May 14, 2007 10:39 AM | Link to this
That should have been without my asking.
By BlatinoBrutha -
May 14, 2007 10:44 AM | Link to this
Jake, mane, dats cold. But no worries. I’ve several forms of MLB ID. I’m international brutha. My LATINO mlb card is in full effect. Did i mention the payback for all that TLC?????
By Atl Lady
May 14, 2007 11:00 AM | Link to this
Truth Is that you? Are you sure? lol lol lol I’m starting to see some cracks in the armour. Do I need to get a blacksmith? Hello Jake
By The Truth
May 14, 2007 11:02 AM | Link to this
Blat let me know how the renewal pprocess goes. I may be there soon. LOL I guess thats the biggest misconception, about the feelings. I never said I didn’t have them, I just know when to put them aside to get something done.
Raqi please hun, for the second time the name is truth. Its hard to maintain a certain aura with you calling me truthy. Thank you in advance. LMAO
Fellas, we got it good on this one because most(ok, alot) women are nurturers by nature. They roll it out for you. Thats why I do it. My mother, sisters, ex-wife, ex gf’s freinds, even female friends have always come in and set me up. I figured it it makes me feel good its got to make her feel great.
By QC - It's My Birthday!
May 14, 2007 11:05 AM | Link to this
Thank you Laney
By Sexione
May 14, 2007 11:16 AM | Link to this
ROTFLMSAO @ Truthy
Heeeyyy Jake, I hope it’s big, wrapped and tied with a bow!!!! Cause my birthday’s in 6 more days…..and I feel the need for a gift or two or three! lol
By Mochalatte Peach with Extra Cream
May 14, 2007 11:28 AM | Link to this
Happy Birthday QC
Good Morning Blog
I’ll be in Lurkesville, GA for right now. Have a great morning!
By SmileyC
May 14, 2007 11:38 AM | Link to this
Good Morning Bloggers,
Dealing with someone while they’re sick…haven’t had too many relationships where someone was sick…other then me! I have had male friends whom have been sick…what I normally do for them is make sure they have food and anything that they need and if they have an errand I could do for them I would do…then I would stay with them for a little bit and before I leave I would let them know if they needed me for anything to call me!
My current SO got bitten by a spider a few months back and we weren’t back together at that point we were still seeing if we wanted to reunite with one another again. Anyhow, he wanted me to go with him to the doctors to get it check out…I went with him, then the Dr. open the wound to let it drain…they stuffed it with gauze and they put a big gauze on top and that big gauze had to be changed on a daily basis. Just like when I had my C-sect and it opened- a nurse came to my home for 3 weeks to clean and change the dressing…so disgusting and painful!!! Anyhow, I changed the outside gauze the one that I was allowed to change for him…I really didn’t want to do it because it reminded me of when I had my C-sect and all that pain…but I sucked it up and did it…he likes to be nurtured and I don’t mind nurturing him…
When I am sick, I personally don’t want to be bothered you can give me my medicine, soup, etc. Check up on me every hour or so…then just leave me alone! Hope I never get a broken bone!!! My worst situation when I was sick and I was in a relationship…was when I was in Las Vegas for my 21st birthday…I got really sick on my birthday it was from food that I ate from a restaurant (Chili’s-never will eat there ever again!!) That was the worst experience, feeling ever, my SO at the time, took very good care of me!! I was able to enjoy the rest of our week there…with our friends!!
By The Truth
May 14, 2007 11:43 AM | Link to this
Atl Lady I don’t know whats happening here. It’s a complete meltdown. (Secretly emails atlaldy address to send blacksmith, for major repairs)
Slim1 not you. I never thought you’d turn on me.
By Raqi
May 14, 2007 11:48 AM | Link to this
Sexione he is coming up in here acting all fluffy and soft. I have had my experience with a man that is hard in the public eye but all soft and fluffy on the inside behind closed doors. Yeah that’s how you come off Truth…y.
By SlimOne
May 14, 2007 11:50 AM | Link to this
Truth I think you meant to say Sexione.
By Ladylike
May 14, 2007 12:06 PM | Link to this
Good Afternoon all Happy Birthday QC!
I usually give space but I will become hands-on if ask, or if I think my assistance is needed. I like nursing. I do like to be pampered when I’m sick, it’s nothing better.
By Raqi
May 14, 2007 12:06 PM | Link to this
Laney one thing I believe if nothing is appreciation appreciates being appreciated. The same goes for accommodation. If you can’t be accommodating when it is most needed then I am not interested in accommodating you when it is not.
By For Real
May 14, 2007 12:21 PM | Link to this
Awww Dayummmmm… Truth and BlatinoBrutha are turning into Summer Bunnies lol…
On topic: I don’t like being sick. So, stay away until I call. *No I don’t need any soup, No I don’t need any meds, No I don’t need any company, No I don’t need any OJ, No I don’t need you rub anything, and No I don’t need you to call and wake me up and ask me how I am doing.
IM SLEEP GOT DAMMIT BECAUSE I AM SICK!!!!
By SexyLeggs
May 14, 2007 12:22 PM | Link to this
Happy Birthday QC.
If my SO was sick, I would definitely be a hands-on nurse making sure he was comfortable at all times. If I were sick, I would definitely want him to take care of me. I don’t care what ails me, give me some Campbell’s Chicken Noodle Soup and psychologically I’m on the road to recovery.
By For Real
May 14, 2007 12:23 PM | Link to this
HAPPY BIRTHDAY QC
By SexyLeggs
May 14, 2007 12:23 PM | Link to this
Hey Blantion thank you very much.
By Mochalatte Peach with Extra Cream
May 14, 2007 12:26 PM | Link to this
I actually like to be of help to my SO. But I am the total opposite, b/c I am too afraid to give someone a cold. But I don’t mind running errands, making dinner, getting prescriptions or anything. I do not do bodily fluids though!!! Ewww!! I can’t stand to deal with my own when I’m sick and would never want anyone to have to deal with mine. I don’t think I know anyone who would not mind their SO picking up their “snot rag”…
By SlimOne
May 14, 2007 12:32 PM | Link to this
For Real you aren’t sick now are you? You were a little too passionate about the topic. LOL!
By Demi
May 14, 2007 12:38 PM | Link to this
Oh, *Happy Birthday to our resident Queen, Ms. QC! *
QC, I believe Ms.Wise worded it best on Friday, LOL
Raqi buddy was wrong for that, late as hellz medical history discloser.
That’s like me selling you a new car with no a/c and not telling you…WTH!!??
By BlatinoBrutha -
May 14, 2007 12:40 PM | Link to this
Hey Leggs!! nuttin but luv 4 ya, Momma!
ForReal, dawg, we just bein honest about being some big old babies when we sik. And you are too, just the little temper tantrum kind….
By i'm swiss
May 14, 2007 12:51 PM | Link to this
I appreciate the thought when my S/O tries to pamper me when I’m sick — but I really hate feeling helpless. And in my personal experience, the more serious the problem, the less I want to be pampered (or pitied).
I had cancer several years ago, for example, and my S/O at the time got very frustrated with me b/c I would not allow her to pamper me. She just couldn’t seem to understand that the absolute last thing I wanted/needed at that time was to feel weak/helpless. I had my surgery, and then for 6 weeks I woke up at 6am every morning, drove 2 hrs to class (I was in grad school at the time), sat in class for 6 hours, and then drove another 2 hours back to the cancer treatment center for radiation treatments. Hell, 2 nights a week I would even play in league tennis matches right after if finished with the radiation treatment. My S/O thought I was nuts, but that was the best way for me to deal with it.
By Raqi
May 14, 2007 1:06 PM | Link to this
Demi I don’t think his actions are suspect, not that I matter, but obviously neither does she. It’s not like he tried to hide it from her. You just don’t walk up to someone and say “Hi my name is John Doe and I have a chance of suffering from XYZ sometime in the future.” Like I said by the time the subject came up she was already into him and it is not a big enough deal for her to not want to be with him.
Like my sister who has PMDD. While I always thought she was just mean and crazy she actually does have an illness. The actual illness was not diagnosed until after she was married. She always figured it to be a case of extreme PMS coupled with stress from a very high case load of work. Her husband deals with it better now that he knows she does have a condition.
By NCgirlfromATL
May 14, 2007 1:17 PM | Link to this
For Real Dang…I feel you on that one! I hate being sick, and I know I’m evil when I am. Call once, maybe twice a day, but otherwise, LEMME ‘LONE! (cough cough) I usually don’t stay down for long, so after a day or so, I’m back to my usual, sunny self!
But, I don’t mind taking care of the SO. Unless he’s like me…then, he gets the call and some sleep. There’s nothing like being yelled at by a sick person. Sounding like they just swallowed a gallon of gravel, coughing, sneezing a farting all over the place. YUCK! And then, they have an attitude too…Trust me, I know. I am that person when I’m sick. It ain’t pretty. Thank God, I haven’t been sick in a loooooong time.
Guess somebody else will get to take advantage of that Blatino TLC…(sniff sniff) LOLOL!
By jazzyone
May 14, 2007 1:19 PM | Link to this
You know I just logged in to read the AJC, and whenever I am here it seems Biff is here as well downgrading the people here and we seem to be in his eyes a lower class of folks according to him…so if you are here everyday what the Fyk does that say about you?!
By Deb
May 14, 2007 1:28 PM | Link to this
I had a SO that kindly offered to give me a vicks chest rub and an alcohol bath. But I wasn’t sick at the time. And the alcohol was vodka, as I recall.
By jazzyone
May 14, 2007 1:30 PM | Link to this
If my guy is sick I’ll take care of him cause i don’t want the clean up woman to do it…or his mother….
By The Truth
May 14, 2007 1:31 PM | Link to this
The Truth kicks in the door wearing a ski mask with loaded questions to hijack the blog for a sec. Sorry Laney.
Here it is. My buddy was asking me about a break up I had a few years ago and questioning me on the reasons I broke up/ kicked her out. What are some of the reasons you have left a so? What has to happen for you to end the whole thing? Guys, I especially need to hear from you.
By GA.man
May 14, 2007 1:35 PM | Link to this
Hey e’rr body… said while coming it latish again
but i was here this morning just couldn’t log on…check with Laney she can vouch for it this time
Happy B-day QC
By jazzyone
May 14, 2007 1:38 PM | Link to this
Happy B’day QC!!!!!!!!!!!!
By GA.man
May 14, 2007 1:43 PM | Link to this
Hey Slim,Justme,Laney,QC,Raqi,NCgirl,Sexione,Sexleggs,Mo,Mocha
Head nod to the all powerful MLB
By Raqi
May 14, 2007 1:50 PM | Link to this
Truth because he was too needy. It’s hard dealing with a needy man when you have kids.
By NCgirlfromATL
May 14, 2007 1:50 PM | Link to this
Happy Buuuuuuuurfday toos yooooooouse, happy buuuuuuuuuurftdaaaaaaaaaaay toooos yooooooooooooooouse, happy buuuuuuuuuuurfday dear QCzie! Haaaaaaaaaappy Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuurfdaaaaaaaaaaaay Toooooooooooooooooose Yooooooooooooooouse!
By T-Mango
May 14, 2007 1:53 PM | Link to this
Truth
What are some of the reasons you have left a SO?
1.) Discovered my SO in college was gay. (no just hearsay…confirmed)
2.) SO was seeing someone else while supposedly in a 1:1 relationship with me
3.) SO displayed anger/violent tendencies towards me
What has to happen for you to end the whole thing?
If you betray my trust, lie to me and/or compromise my safety/well-being…I’m out…
By NCgirlfromATL
May 14, 2007 1:54 PM | Link to this
Hey GA…Hey SJ/Jake/Slim/Demi & er’rybody else!
Truth Mayne, don’t let ‘em punk yo name like dat! Yo da Truth! Yeah…and stay out!
By For Real
May 14, 2007 1:55 PM | Link to this
Slim No I am not sick now but it just gets on my last nerve when I tell an adult that I don’t like to be to sick and I don’t need the TLC. When I am sick I will sleep until I feel better. Be 2 hours or 48 hours. So waking me up to see if I am still sick p** me off to highest of p**. I am like NC I am not down but a day at the most so just stay away for your own good.
By SlimOne
May 14, 2007 1:57 PM | Link to this
NC you haven’t snuck in the blog bar have you, cuz you sho iz krunk! lol
By Laney
May 14, 2007 2:02 PM | Link to this
haha, I can vouch for everyone — y’all are outstanding examples of men/women in Atlanta and articulate, eager participants on the blog!
i’m swiss, very interesting perspective — thanks for sharing.
By GA.man
May 14, 2007 2:04 PM | Link to this
NC that bottle you took cost 184.75 will that be blog Visa or Mastercard
By For Real
May 14, 2007 2:04 PM | Link to this
T-Mango: Imma go by and see my cat-bear. Oh it is such a beautiful day. Were are my keys to his room? Oh here they are. Door Opens WTF..
Cat-Bear: AGHHHH…. baby its not what you think.. see,see, I was choking and he was just giving me the Heimlich… that’s all
T-Mango: The Heimlich… MF As T-Mango beats Cat-Bear up side the head with a glass dildo
By SlimOne
May 14, 2007 2:05 PM | Link to this
For Real well that makes sense. I don’t necessarily like the unwarranted phone calls either. But what i hate the most when i’m sick, is not being able to breath out my nose. I simply Can’t Stand trying to sleep with my mouth open. I’ll stay up all night before i slob on myself. lol
Gaman what it do buddy?
By Sexione
May 14, 2007 2:08 PM | Link to this
Truth feeling like I was always by myself when he was “supposedly” my SO, lying, cheating, not being into me enough.
By GA.man
May 14, 2007 2:11 PM | Link to this
Ohhhhh ok Laney leaving me all hanging like that lololol i will remember that one..ouch!!!!!
By SexyLeggs
May 14, 2007 2:11 PM | Link to this
Truth you leave when you are being comoprimsed on a daily basis and your feelings are even considered to be part of the equation. You leave when you are carrying the weight of the relationship and the survival of the family exclusively on your shoulders. Point blank, you leave when your heart is so heavy you can’t seem to pick it up. You leave for your own mental survival.
By GA.man
May 14, 2007 2:11 PM | Link to this
It’s all you Slim It’s all you
By T-Mango
May 14, 2007 2:13 PM | Link to this
For Real…you are wrong for that…LMAO.
By SexyLeggs
May 14, 2007 2:14 PM | Link to this
Hello Ga.Man what’s popping? Hey Truth, liked the way you hijacked the blog…it tickled me.
By Mochalatte Peach with Extra Cream
May 14, 2007 2:15 PM | Link to this
Truth An SO will get the ax if I confirm that he’s sleeping with someone else, has those “open-flame” tendancies, or if he’s not “here” for New York!! J/K about the last one, but I really will put the ax to a guy that is not down for me. I need the total commitment thing. I can’t find out that you are sleeping with someone else and expect me to get over it! I just don’t live like that!
By Mo (now known as Moeisha)
May 14, 2007 2:15 PM | Link to this
Truth My reasons for leaving an SO or ending a relationship:
-put his hands on me
-verbally abusive
-downed my family b/c it wasnt as jacked up as his
-stressed me out about some ole BS (basically he needed to man-up!!) LOL
SlimOne I agree with your last post! Nothing worse than trying to sleep with a stuffy nose!! ARGH!!
Hey GAMan, NC, For Real, Sexione and T-Mango!!! NC is off da chain today!! LOL
By NCgirlfromATL
May 14, 2007 2:20 PM | Link to this
Hey! Mr. GaMan, you might wanna look in the cash box before you go accusing a fellow officer of the court of stealing! In there, you will find $10.00 for my 1 shot of Patron. You weren’t here, so you gets no tip, mayne! 184.75?!? Who in the h3ll pays that much for a drink?!? Wasn’t even a fresh bottle of Patron…and there was only 1 shot left b/c (in my best snitching voice) Slim had a cookout over the weekend and didn’t invite everyone else!
Sorry Slim but like Richard Pryor said, I’m not doing this time by myself! LOLOL!
By For Real
May 14, 2007 2:25 PM | Link to this
10 years later…
T-Mango: Oh that’s my jammmm. (As T-Mango turns up Prince - If I was your Girlfriend) I think I will pop by and see my Squirrel-Bunny since I am in the neighborhood. (As T-Mango turns into the driveway) That Prince is off the chain. Where are my keys to Squirrel-Bunny house. Here they are… (Door opens) WTF..
Squirrel-Bunny: AGHHHHHH
T-Mango: Cat-Bear???? As T-Mango passes out
By GA.man
May 14, 2007 2:28 PM | Link to this
Hahahahahahah Dang my bag NC Slim can you come in the office please…..have another shot on me..thanks for the info
By Lady J
May 14, 2007 2:28 PM | Link to this
Afternoon All
In this new dating thingy I have learned to just be there when needed and called on…Invading one’s space is a no-no in a man’s perspective. I think it is mutual on my end too…If I need you I will call…Other than that this is one of those times I ejoy my space to heal alone…
To Truth, when it becomes physical it is time to go!
By SlimOne
May 14, 2007 2:29 PM | Link to this
NC oooohh you know you wrong for that. Now that you mention it, it’s not too bad hanging out up under this bus.
Gaman like shaggy I wasn’t me. It must have been my evil twin Tiffani.
By Mochalatte Peach with Extra Cream
May 14, 2007 2:30 PM | Link to this
Channel 5 News Flash
This just in Flight # 515 leaving the ATL for Blogsville, GA was said to be hijacked by a masked man calling himself The Truth. More on this last breaking story at 5!
By T-Mango
May 14, 2007 2:31 PM | Link to this
Hey Mo
By cemeeli
May 14, 2007 2:39 PM | Link to this
This was a good blog. I needed to read/hear some funnies today. Happy Monday!!!
By NCgirlfromATL
May 14, 2007 2:49 PM | Link to this
Now that you mention it, it’s not too bad hanging out up under this bus.
LMAO!!!! Sorry girl, on the mean streets of Blogville, you gotta watch your back, front and side-to-side. Can’t have a brotha like Ga gankin’ me over a shot of tequila. Had to go C.I. on you…but it’s all love…just invite a sista to the festivities next time!
By Atl Lady
May 14, 2007 2:50 PM | Link to this
Truth Now that you have hi-jacked the blog. I have mainly dumped an SO for lying. If you lie to me about small stuff (you tell me you’re a mgr when you’re really a waiter), you’ll lie to me about the big things (ie kids, money, cheating). I have dumped for other reasons mainly emotional/relationship stuff. You don’t make an effort to spend time with me regularly, when we are together you’re pre-occupied or you’re acting like you’re dissatisfied with everything and everyone. (I hate people who clown in public over nothing) We don’t share the same belief system. I dated someone who resented the fact that I was very active in church activities. He almost made it a competition between him and the church as if he could compete.
By T-Mango
May 14, 2007 2:50 PM | Link to this
For Real…I would call you Truthy…but that’s been taken. So, my darlin’ “Suga-Poo”…you know you’ve got issues, right?? (lol)
By jazzyone
May 14, 2007 3:02 PM | Link to this
Dumped Sig other becaause of infidelity, lying… one thing I can’t stand is a man that lets a third party come tell me about his shyt…
By Lady J
May 14, 2007 3:09 PM | Link to this
^5jazzyone…#1 pet peeve in a relationship is not hadling your business and allowing others in to give adive, mediate, and dictate…Great Post!
By Lady J
May 14, 2007 3:14 PM | Link to this
Everyone have a great evening!:)
Peace
By T-Mango
May 14, 2007 3:18 PM | Link to this
Leaving for the day…
I’ll holla
By SlimOne
May 14, 2007 3:31 PM | Link to this
Slim seen in dark alley exchanging items with unknown man. Slim now reports to the office of Gaman.
Slim: before you get started, i think you’d be interested in what’s in this envelope.
Gaman: this better be good because you know i’m a stickler for you pay for what you get.
Gaman now checking out contents of what appears to be photos of NC in plastic pink rollers, a lime green housecoat, and tore up slippers pilfering cups of top shelf liquor
Gaman: Slim, my apologies. I knew this had to be out of character for you. This will be handled.
As NC, helps herself to the free shot given to her by Gaman, two monkeys grab her dragging her by her granny panties off to Gamans office
NC on the mean streets of Blogville, you gotta watch your back, front and side-to-side payback is a beoyotch huh? (evil laugh)
For Real thanks bruh, i knew your expertise would come in handy one day.
Slim now riding off into the sunset in demi’s 1993 Geo Metro hatchback
By GA.man
May 14, 2007 3:38 PM | Link to this
NC….hhhhmmmseems we need to talk
slim you wrong as helllllzzzz but good looking out
By Lady Dark w/Dimples
May 14, 2007 3:45 PM | Link to this
Happy Birthday QC!!
By QC - It's My Birthday!
May 14, 2007 3:46 PM | Link to this
Mocha, LadyLike, Demi, SexyLeggs, For Real, Ga.Man, NCGirl, Jazzy1 thank all of you for the Birthday shout outs, have a safe evening bloggers…talk to you all in a week…take care, be blessed!!!!!
By MusingLee
May 14, 2007 3:57 PM | Link to this
*jazzyone you wouldn’t be Chili would you?!?!
By NCgirlfromATL
May 14, 2007 4:01 PM | Link to this
This is Chris Hanson of Dateline NBC reporting
It was a mystery. The missing shot of Patron from the blog bar. Who did it? Why did they do it? Who was being blamed? Allegations were flying. They all stemmed from one source…a man the inhabitants of Blogville knew as Ga Man. Who was this shady character? Dateline investigates, “Who Dat in Dem Pink Rollers?” right after this commercial break….
back from commercial and a bunch of conjecture and multiple showings of grainy pictures
So the mystery was solved…after begin accused by GA of stealing the Patron, and after snitching on Slim for having a cook-out without inviting the rest of the Blogville community (inviting non-Bloggers…how dare she!), and finding out that Slim and Ga Man were conspiring to have NC Girl take the fall and send her a bill of nearly $185 for 1 shot of tequila, we now know that it was Ga Man in those pink rollers and toe up housecoat, mascarading as NC. The evidence was found in his Buckhead home, hiding in plain sight in the coat closet in the foyer. He tried to convince authorities that it was his Halloween costume. Then, his story changed, saying that the items belonged to Slim, who was facing charges of her own for replacing the rest of the blog bar liquor with soapy water and Koolaid. But in the end, DNA exonerated NC…and the $6.50 she paid for her shot was found.
Join us for Wednesday’s Dateline NBC where we explore the mystery of the missing MusingLee. Was it foul play?
By QC - It's My Birthday!
May 14, 2007 4:12 PM | Link to this
Thank you Darkw/Dimples
night night all
By GA.man
May 14, 2007 4:15 PM | Link to this
Dang can someone move this Bus it is heavy…….ooohh heck naw…NC it is on tom….you better be ready you never know
Hey i am out all…remember put **GOD in evrything and half of your battle is already won……..
By Mochalatte Peach with Extra Cream
May 14, 2007 4:15 PM | Link to this
Ok NC I thought I was the only one that noticed that Musing was missing today!!! Is he on Blog Vacation or something???
Mochalatte making a frantic call to the blog police about one missing Musing Lee
By MusingLee
May 14, 2007 4:22 PM | Link to this
NCgirl & MochaP I’m sorry ladies I’ve been really swamped with work…I have a large project due next week. So I am going to be scarce on some days through to the holiday weekend.
By SlimOne
May 14, 2007 4:25 PM | Link to this
For all we know it could’ve been Musing faking his absence to frame us.
Slim now putting out an Amber Alert for the missing blogger
By Mochalatte Peach with Extra Cream
May 14, 2007 4:27 PM | Link to this
Okay!! We were getting worried, especially when there were no blog tickets from Officer Musirello !!
By Mochalatte Peach with Extra Cream
May 14, 2007 4:31 PM | Link to this
Well, good night blog, it’s that time. Same channel, same blog station tomorrow! Peace!
By Mochalatte Peach with Extra Cream
May 14, 2007 4:31 PM | Link to this
LOL @ Slim1!!
By Officer Musirello
May 14, 2007 4:40 PM | Link to this
Now placing a blog citation on MochaP’s desktop for the hellz of it
MochaP you can work this citation off behind the usual blog bush…LOLOLOL
Musing hopes on his blog bike and drives into the back of Jewel’s purse…Officer Down
By Demi
May 14, 2007 4:59 PM | Link to this
Night All!!!