Love them like my own
NFL player Tom Brady has a child from a previous relationship with actress Bridget Moynahan. When Brady dated his then girlfriend Giselle Bundchen, I remember reading a comment from Bundchen about Brady’s son:
“I understand that he has a mom, and I respect that, but to me it’s not like because somebody else delivered him, that’s not my child. I feel it is, 100 percent. I want him to have a great relationship with his mom, because that’s important, but I love him the same way as if he were mine.”
Now I thought it was a noble and endearing perspective to take, but after talking to a couple of real parents, it seemed to strike a nerve. If you have children, wouldn’t you want the person your ex is dating (seriously) to care for your child as if they were your own?
Have you ever dated someone with children and became close to their children? Did it cause a problem with their parent because you were too close?
Have you ever been in a relationship with someone who treated your children like their own? Isn’t that a little litmus test to see if the person is compatible to you and your kids, since you are a package deal?
Is there a line that one should not cross when it comes to dealing with someone who has children in terms of parenting them? What would you say are the boundaries? Do you set those ground rules with your significant other and their children?
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Melo
June 18th, 2009
4:34 pm
hw u know Ritzy is nasty Cam? Smeboidy told u and u believe?
I like those hood gerls in Ritz,partial to them.
Well,i almost got head in the car,not on dance floor! But Queen got into ma mind real quick and i zipped my fly!
AmazonRed™
June 18th, 2009
4:35 pm
LOL ARed. When are you going back to Cali? This summer?
Page – Am I? I have 4 weddings to attend there. *sigh*
I heard BH got cancelled…
Poppa Grande
June 18th, 2009
4:36 pm
Cee
PoppaG “Folks” still use mason jars? GET OUT!
Some still use them. Recently I went to the one on Cobb Parkway (near Windy Hill) and they had other glasses. So, I guess that they are getting uppity now that they aren’t “Po” anymore.
Demi
June 18th, 2009
4:36 pm
(I REFUSE to believe chicks are on the dance floor doing that. NO! Are they hookers getting paid for it?)
A lot of young kids are poppin X-pills…and grown women…
but you r paying in strippa clubs…not Demi though…i’ll buy her a drink.
SexyCool - Giving the side eye.
June 18th, 2009
4:36 pm
Random @$$ Observation – Some people read completely different from one week to the next, one day to the next, one post to the next.
I value consistency in the quality of my entertainment.
GNR!!!!
Beautiful
June 18th, 2009
4:36 pm
hi alvin!
)
i like kate. she should’nt have spanked the lil girl in front of the cameras. she should have took the child in the public restroom and beat her azz! then said *try it again, i’ll beat your azz again when we get home!* ppl need to lighten up. a good beat down is good for a youngster.
why these crackheads over here set the bus to pick up Kel at 6:10a?! who in the h3ll would allow their kids to stand at a bus stop at 6 in the morn? i swear.
now i have to get up and take him every morn. ugh!
rant over.
topic: the man i marry, i hope he has a daughter. i will treat her as if she was my own.
AmazonRed™
June 18th, 2009
4:36 pm
melo – Car head is not uncommon, at least it’s just the two of you (hopefully) and not a club full of people!
Leggs (Karyn)
June 18th, 2009
4:37 pm
You have to be kidding about women giving head on the dance floor, and
@Rell, you have to be kidding that you got head there on your b-day. Are you guys joking?
Page1908
June 18th, 2009
4:37 pm
4 weddings just this summer? my cousin is a PA on BH and he didn’t mention it to me unless it was cancelled in the last couple of months since I talked to him at All Star weekend. Ughhhh ok let me find out. You know I love Gerren! lol. and Seiko too lol
Spoiled Lioness- No Clouds In My Stones
June 18th, 2009
4:37 pm
Melo- You make me SICK to my stomach sometime excuse me MOST times
I have been in the Ritz before and it is hella dark & YOU know what goes on in dark places.. Don’t ya?? Paid $10 to get in there and left cause the hating tail bartender was mad cause dudes was buying us drinks and ALL OF A SUDDEN they weren’t serving anymore drinks.. *smh* We left there & went to the Ultimate..
-W8©*N8*
June 18th, 2009
4:38 pm
@Lioness- lol, but those spots you mentioned are ladylike? lmao..
@PG- Me and Brice went to High School together great friends I was in his funeral, Brandi was my agent a few times..this world is to small
Sassy Me...juicy fruit AKA Victoria...listening to UGK :-)
June 18th, 2009
4:39 pm
Lioness I live about 15 mins away from the Ritz and that shyt is GRITTY for real.
Demi
June 18th, 2009
4:40 pm
W8…I am going to Plat tomorrow…I’ll blog from there and tell you what I see, LOL
Spoiled Lioness- No Clouds In My Stones
June 18th, 2009
4:40 pm
W8- Darling.. Nope more like hood like.. I supposed I was with my hood tail friends.. That is a possibility.. I could be VERY versatile sometimes
SexyCool - Giving the side eye.
June 18th, 2009
4:40 pm
What is the difference between a bar and a club? One has more seating than the other? One has a DJ and the other has mixed tapes(cds)? One has waitresses and the other has servers?
Isn’t The Ultimate a sports BAR? What dahell am I missing?
-W8©*N8*
June 18th, 2009
4:41 pm
@Car Head/ Road Head- there is nothing wrong with that AT ALL
Page1908
June 18th, 2009
4:41 pm
LOL omg Lioness. Everyone hates on you? What do you mean when you say that all the time? Just curious…
Spoiled Lioness- No Clouds In My Stones
June 18th, 2009
4:41 pm
Sexy- Some people have alter egos.. LMAO
Page1908
June 18th, 2009
4:41 pm
LOL SCool, yes it is. Thus the name.
-W8©*N8*
June 18th, 2009
4:42 pm
@Demi- I can give you two to look up and you will get what you are looking for for sure..I promise
Spoiled Lioness- No Clouds In My Stones
June 18th, 2009
4:43 pm
Page- Not just me.. Why are you concerned? Just be LUCKY that you don’t have to experience it
Sexy- Please don’t take what I type on her to W8 specifically as gospel
SexyCool - Giving the side eye.
June 18th, 2009
4:43 pm
And some people have alternate personalities, alternate realities and outright lies.
Demi
June 18th, 2009
4:44 pm
(@Rell, you have to be kidding that you got head there on your b-day. Are you guys joking?)
LOL…HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…I think that is what most men want on there birthday.
And Legg, there is a spot I use to go to, that allowed you to watch women bump kats…and other things…a regular club at that!!
Page1908
June 18th, 2009
4:44 pm
Ummmmm smdh.
lol @ Scool.
Cemeeli
June 18th, 2009
4:45 pm
PoppaG – I haven’t been to Folks in years. But the one in Windy Hill always seems packed.
Ultimate is cool before the knats arrive.
And that’s all i have to say about that….
-W8©*N8*
June 18th, 2009
4:45 pm
@Rell- LMAO
Demi
June 18th, 2009
4:46 pm
dreamgirls…I miss that spot…they use to allow me to bring in my own drinks. It’s close now…
Page1908
June 18th, 2009
4:46 pm
lol @ rell and demi. lol @ cutty.
Spoiled Lioness- No Clouds In My Stones
June 18th, 2009
4:46 pm
Sexy- Great possibility but TRUST it ain’t me!!!!
Melo
June 18th, 2009
4:46 pm
is hella dark & YOU know what goes on in dark places
no u misrepresending the place.No way that stuff u mention goes on in there.
I luv some of my hood places and this one aint one of those.
Its not classy,its hood but some of us are rough on the edges too.
I think those chics were just too strong for u..
Sassy, i know u like Ritz,why u fronting?
Spoiled Lioness- No Clouds In My Stones
June 18th, 2009
4:47 pm
Leggs- Mail Call
Cemeeli
June 18th, 2009
4:47 pm
And some people have alternate personalities, alternate realities and outright lies.
Hey i’ll ask. Who?
Cuase i sure know WHO knows…
Spoiled Lioness- No Clouds In My Stones
June 18th, 2009
4:48 pm
Melo- To each its own but I KNOW what I’ve experienced
-W8©*N8*
June 18th, 2009
4:48 pm
@Page- Hey Mo, Professor and SexyCool..Page remembered what cutty is..lol
Okay Page use it in a sentence
Demi
June 18th, 2009
4:48 pm
Oh…Hey Angie!
Spoiled Lioness- No Clouds In My Stones
June 18th, 2009
4:48 pm
Cee-
Just may be ME.. 
Rell - playmaker!!!
June 18th, 2009
4:48 pm
@w8…i am justsaying dude….the females interact with us daily so they get the playbook the behind scene locker room talk all for free…now having said that…imagine the less informed women out here that run into a cat like me….the rake…they have no defense unless i am just actin a azz or they prefer light skin dudes…every women i approach with the mindset like she is already mine…thats just me…i am not scarred or bow down to rejection or any of that propganda they throw my way…you not interested cool..not going to break my reality!!
AmazonRed™
June 18th, 2009
4:48 pm
*raised eyebrow*
I don’t think your children would approve of the way this discussion turned. Wise Diva are you loving the men’s comments, NOW? lol
Jamoca
June 18th, 2009
4:49 pm
SCool – I heard that 4:36 all the way down here! Your Random Azz Observation is a daily one for me. It’s the nature of the blog beast!
Sheeeeuuuuttt, when I dipped my head in & out earlier today, I thought that I was somehow in the wrong spot. Had to shutdown and restart my computer just to make sure.
-W8©*N8*
June 18th, 2009
4:49 pm
(in my best college park twang) Yall flaw as heall
Grace
June 18th, 2009
4:49 pm
LOL @ Rell @ 443
Beautiful
June 18th, 2009
4:49 pm
you came to mind when i read the topic.
Leggs (Karyn)
June 18th, 2009
4:50 pm
“…you can get poo see before you get a meal…bee lee dat.” That much I do know to be true! Just a crying shame!
@Rell, I don’t know what to say so I’ll leave it alone!
Page1908
June 18th, 2009
4:50 pm
LOL W8- Thats why I was LOL.
Sentence: Some dudes get cutty at bars that are really clubs. lol how’s that?
Cemeeli
June 18th, 2009
4:51 pm
Lioness – It’s okay to have an alternate ego. We had one in here name Silky that was off the chain when he came out.
Cemeeli
June 18th, 2009
4:51 pm
lol….:) @ Jamoca – lol
Poppa Grande
June 18th, 2009
4:51 pm
Page
In the hood they are called package stores. In higher cliente areas, they are called bottle shoppe (can’t forget the “e”).
In the hood you get your liquor in a brown bag that makes it look like a “package”. My gramps always sent me to the store to get a “package” for him. This was when I was a kid, too. Inside the package was usually a bottle of gin.
We have a few ABC’s here too. They aren’t called package store. Well, I do remember one in Athens on Highway 78 in front of a Kroger. That was years ago though.
Page1908
June 18th, 2009
4:52 pm
hey angie.
lol @ rell. lol @ light skin dudes.
Rell - playmaker!!!
June 18th, 2009
4:52 pm
@cee…next time you talk to silky tell em to holla at his folk!!!!!!!..he MIA
-W8©*N8*
June 18th, 2009
4:52 pm
@Rell- play on Playa!! I aint mad at you..do your thang bro. I am just laughing at you being super candid today..I know the life and I know that there are women out there down for whatever and they arent even “hoes” by the word some of them just get the feeling and get down for theirs..some people aint ready to hear that..lmao..preach preacher