Lucky to Have You
I once read that relationships are like blenders, you need one, but you’re not quite sure why. I know we all go through bad dates or relationship stress sometimes. Of course it’s not always easy to relate to one another but that’s perfectly normal and to be expected. There are probably moments when we want to throw in the towel and give up.
The truth is, we are lucky to have each other. I can honestly say showing appreciation and gratitude to your partner or date can go a long way. Even if you don’t express it in words, you can find a way to let them know that you feel fortunate to be with them. I would think this adds more potential to your budding romance or add more shelf-life to your relationship .
Why do you think we are lucky to have each other? How do you show how it?
Happy Friday! What fun and exciting things do you guys have planned?
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Luvbug
January 15th, 2010
2:23 pm
That was disgusting!!
M. (pronouced M dot)
January 15th, 2010
2:25 pm
@Slim
LOL You have a good old fashioned simp. Does this guy cry? Does he confide in you?
I feel bad because he is playing cards with his hand open.
Slim, let me ask you a question and I need you to be 100% with me:
Do you know that this guy has no other options? That’s why he is sweating you right?
SlimOne...just call me Nicety!
January 15th, 2010
2:32 pm
For Treal…um…YUCK!
Mdot I could care LESS even if he had a whole Harem of women. But if he’s just looking for someone to fill his time until he finds another cub to prey on then he should hit up one of the many he claims to want something with him. He gave me the spill about not wanting to have meaningless r’ships/cutbuddships with folks.
Melo
January 15th, 2010
2:32 pm
whats disgusting??
Melo
January 15th, 2010
2:33 pm
and is 8.21 same as 69..im thinking 8.21 is a sexx position..why uall not answering my qstion since Thirsty Thursday??
Beautiful ♥ is off to Vegas for a week!
January 15th, 2010
2:35 pm
i’m just not with it today. this is the first time that i’m not in da mood to blog or keep up. i need a new pair of jeans. that’ll make me feel betta. and i’ll get my lip waxed while i’m out too.
i’ll check in later this month. maybe i’ll have my groove back. *waving*
DreamsMaterialize
January 15th, 2010
2:35 pm
Leggs yeah Keith used to make them hits. I got all his stuff, even LSG. lol
Luvbug
January 15th, 2010
2:36 pm
Melo
Real’s post about “ketchup”
Never heard of 8.21
kimmie
January 15th, 2010
2:36 pm
M dot – I have a side cake baking/catering business. LOL
Hey Beautiful! You’re right, bougie & stuck up is not a good look. And so NOT a look to describe ME, girl! For the record, in my earlier post I said I only pay for an entire date after me & dude are established. Before that, I don’t mind chipping in. But I don’t like muttering over the bill at the table, like when I’m out with friends and we are all going dutch. On a date, if I’m chipping in, he will pay for all of dinner and I will pay for parking and the movie tickets, for example. We’re not sitting at the table trying to tally things up. But I’ve never had a problem with a guy not wanting to pay for dates. Most of time, when I’ve offered the guy will say that’s okay. Just really not a problem for me, though. I think M dot may have misunderstood or he does but just does not agree with me. No worries.
M. (pronouced M dot)
January 15th, 2010
2:39 pm
@Slim
“he claims to want something with him. He gave me the spill about not wanting to have meaningless r’ships/cutbuddships with folks.”
Oh ok. I didnt realize that he is voicing that alot of women want him. That shows you he has no other options. He is putting all is stock in you and he just met you? Man….them OSS brothers are a trip…I went to OSS 1 time, those dudes were about to stop giving out foot rubs, shopping sprees, etc lol
DreamsMaterialize
January 15th, 2010
2:41 pm
Dream_n that Keith will get it goin’.
Melo
January 15th, 2010
2:46 pm
SlimOne..that stuff u said on ur 1.51pm is crazy only if u tell it to smebody else.
dude may sound playful and fun to another gerl…thing is,what guys do to their chics or potentials dont vibe with everyone.This board here is sounding as ur “girls” in a way coz if a chic were to do that to me(getting feedback from her gerlzz about my pursuit) it proly would not come of right to them either.
Everything that gets said has to be taken in the context of how u sitting,whats the general tempo of the discussion,what preceded what,what u wearing etc….
If u asked these blog folk if it wld be right to jump to bed with this guy they wld proly tell u,”hell no”
But that may pass to be the best thing that ever happened in ur lyfe and u guys wil be married soon after that and live happily ever after!
Dont think too much..thats the problem with u chics..just consider if u happy at that time and if this guy seems like hard working enough to be able to take care of a fam….
IS THAT WHAT U LOOKING FOR IN A MAN????
kimmie
January 15th, 2010
2:47 pm
Slim – If I were you, I would EASE away from this dude. Guys like that always scared me. And no, I don’t care HOW nice-looking he is, others have peeped him being crazy and that’s why he’s alone. Yeah, he’s used to women sweating him – until they see how crazy he is.
I said EASE away, cause some nuts won’t let you leave them! Tell him you’re thinking about becoming a num or something!LOL!
SlimOne...just call me Nicety!
January 15th, 2010
2:47 pm
M. Well I recall once when I was around him, his phone was blowing up like crazy. He told me he wanted me to answer it so whoever it was would stop calling. He said he’d expect him to be able to answer my phone as well especially if it was late at night. He said he wants to go forward with whoever he ends up with Eliminating All Doubt. I was like, I’m not about to answer your phone, nor want to answer your phone and you’re sure a hayo ain’t bout to answer mine. LOL!!!
and i’m ROTFLMAO at the foot rubs at OSS…..:lol:
Luvbug
January 15th, 2010
2:48 pm
I like hearing Keith every now and then – when one of his songs pop up outta no where. That happened to me yesterday with Lalah Hathaway’s “Forever, For Always, For Love”
kimmie
January 15th, 2010
2:49 pm
Melo, come on, you know that dude is crazy! Ain’t gon be no skipping thru the daisies, livin happily ever after! He’s creeping me out and I’m just reading about him!
Chink
January 15th, 2010
2:54 pm
Slim…Do what you feel is right. I can’t believe people are judging him solely based on your observations which are basically your “opinions”. While you may take his actions as such it might NOT mean what he is trying to show you. Might be a little qwirky but noone should be telling you to run or accusing someone they dont know of being a abuser/potential abuser.
Bottom line Everyone has baggage and you better off finding out whats “really” in that carry-on (before making a decision) than looking for another suitcase…
Melo
January 15th, 2010
2:55 pm
Never heard of 8.21
@lUVBUG
Ok..now if these guys dont tell me what it is,when i get home,ill try make Queen take an 8.21 position with me..have her feet over her head and then i slide in from this other angle,touching her from the tatas,while pinning her head and neck against the wall…
Get it??
If she chokes to death,its uall’ fault and uall may be forced to come testify in court!
Melo
January 15th, 2010
3:00 pm
Melo, come on, you know that dude
Kimmie..we have not even asked SlimOne what she had said,prior to the guy saying he had an epiphamy etc..what was the flow of the discussion…..
uall sounding as if,from the time Slimone met up with her to the time they got into the movie,SlimOne neva said a thing??
If a chic came to me wearing some real sexxy,maybe bordering on magic city uniform,i will proly have “baby” and “sexx” somewhere in our discourse…the environment dictates what gets said smetimes!
Im sure u dig that Kimmie!!??
Luvbug
January 15th, 2010
3:01 pm
Yes – Please don’t take my advice. I think you already know that though.
For Real
January 15th, 2010
3:02 pm
“i’ll get my lip waxed while i’m out too.” – LMGDAO!!!!!
Kimmie: “EASE” huh… sound like you have tipped away before… but for some reason I want to Easy Like a Sunday Morning now. “Why in the world would anybody want to put chains on me?”
Slim: “He told me he wanted me to answer it so whoever it was would stop calling. He said he’d expect him to be able to answer my phone as well especially if it was late at night.” – Next thing you know yall will be painting each other toe nails while listening to If I was your Girlfriend.
kimmie
January 15th, 2010
3:03 pm
I can’t believe people are judging him solely based on your observations which are basically your “opinions”. Chink, how can something you OBSERVE, that you’ve seen & heard with your own two eyes & ears be an OPINION? Now how you choose to interpret it may be an opinion, but the words definitely speak for themselves.
If you put in out here on the blog, it’s there for everyone to judge, its a BLOG!
But I do agree with you that she should do what she feels is right. And looks like she’s doing that – taking it slow with dude.
Just sayin
January 15th, 2010
3:04 pm
I can’t believe people are judging him solely based on your observations which are basically your “opinions”. While you may take his actions as such it might NOT mean what he is trying to show you. Might be a little qwirky but noone should be telling you to run or accusing someone they dont know of being a abuser/potential abuser.
If it’s typed as stalker/crazy/abuser, then that’s how it perceived. Perception is reality.
Just sayin
Raqi
January 15th, 2010
3:04 pm
Chink, what else are we suppose to give our opinion on but what she is telling us?
M. (pronouced M dot)
January 15th, 2010
3:07 pm
@Slim
“I recall once when I was around him, his phone was blowing up like crazy. He told me he wanted me to answer it so whoever it was would stop calling.”
LOL now slim he know betta. This dude running some old 1988 Johnny Gill game on you. He was testing you to see if you would answer the phone.
LOL the footrubs thing is crazy. Them dudes at OSS be tripping..
But last night I was at a party and this gorgeous girl was standing next to me at the bar. He walks up, starts talking and then gets on one knee and started BOWING! I was like have guys devalued themselves this much…wow.
Then later, I saw a GUY with some leggings on, cowboy boots, and a rhianna perm. Yup…you read right…A DUDE! What are you doing Atlanta!?
kimmie
January 15th, 2010
3:11 pm
Melo – Okay, I dig!LOL!!
4 Real – I love that song! And yeah, I’ve had to do some EASING away a time or two. Kimmie just can’t do crazy!
kimmie
January 15th, 2010
3:12 pm
a rhianna perm.
LOL!! Hilarious!
DreamsMaterialize
January 15th, 2010
3:15 pm
What are you doing Atlanta!?
have you been to LA? lol
Chink
January 15th, 2010
3:17 pm
What I am saying is that she is portraying this dude in a negative light and based on her opinion you all judged him…thats not fair to him. Because in reality we dont know. I didnt see Slim write hey what should I do or should i date him?
Nobody should be able to make a case on this guy based on the stuff she wrote about let alone accuse him of every negative personality trait.
I make a point not to tell grown adults what to do …
Melo
January 15th, 2010
3:18 pm
This dude running some old 1988 Johnny Gill game on you. He was testing you to see if you would answer the phone.
M(dot)??
if a chic came to ur house 4 the 1st time and ur home 4ne rings and shes standing there,right by the 4ne,wld u be comfortable letting her answer it,if she was the only one u want to see!
I wld!
I dont see why u judging this guy differently!
For Real
January 15th, 2010
3:19 pm
“I saw a GUY with some leggings on, cowboy boots, and a rhianna perm. Yup…you read right…A DUDE! What are you doing Atlanta!?” –
Dude: Well see it’s this chick name Slim and she ain’t bit on any of my other game so I figured if I go peacock then she will finally see the real me.
M.: WTF?!
Dude: Oh and does this burn look bad to you?
M.: WTF?!
Dude: Oh naw it ain’t like that playboy. I was curling my hair for Slim and burned my forehead.
Raqi
January 15th, 2010
3:20 pm
Melo, I don’t doubt that Slim and the guy had some sort of verbal exchange but we can only comment on the side she is giving us. It must be that she does not feel that whatever she said to him warrants the reactions that he gave.
I know we all interpret things differently therefore prompting us to react as we do.
I guess that can be compared to a woman accepting a drink from a man in a bar and he interprets that to mean she wants to lay with him. Is it her fault on how he interprets it the wrong way?
Give me a man’s opinion on how you all interpret things with women.
kimmie
January 15th, 2010
3:29 pm
thats not fair to him.
Chink, we don’t know this guy from Adam, so who cares if we’re being “fair”?!! Slim put the situation out there, so she’s prepared to deal with our reaction to what SHE wrote!
Dream_n~ Appreciates the small things in life
January 15th, 2010
3:34 pm
Melo
January 15th, 2010
3:34 pm
Give me a man’s opinion on how you all interpret things with women
@Raqi..
I already did earlier of the chic who wanted to go slow after i declared my interest but was accepting my invitations and flirtations with her in and around town…a classy chic with no gold digger nor playa intentions must just not accept invitations beyond a ceratain level of expense unless she truly is getting in…
a chic that accepts my slow dance rub on the dance floor..im gonna come at u like that..ok,u may reject me,but im feeling that bootey for as long as u let me rub on urs
If im inviting u to the crib,im gonna try get those draws….
If u invite me to urs,im bringing a bottle of expensive wine to thank u in advance
If my index is locked on ur panties and im dragging urs down and ur butt is extendedng upwards,i take it u want the draws to ur ankles as well
If my eyes are locked on u as we sit acros each other on the bar and then i extend a drink ur way,courtesy of the bar man’s slick due diligence on u,u bet im gonna swing ur way at some point tonite so tell that broke joker/dude sitting next to u and tryin to holla to phluck off coz we got worthy contenders in the joint!!
If i say we meet at the hotel and its room number 120,dont come in there and then start saying oh,”dfo u like my weight,am i fat..blah,blah..”" just get them clothes off and lets phluck! If i thoght u fat and unatractive and unphluckable,i wldnt be here!
u want more Raqi??
Dream_n~ Appreciates the small things in life
January 15th, 2010
3:35 pm
My post was to read insert joke here….LOL
Melo you are always right on time..
kimmie
January 15th, 2010
3:36 pm
Melo – Fast forward 15 years. Suppose your daughter presented you with the same scenario Slim did and asked for your opinion. What would you tell her?
kimmie
January 15th, 2010
3:37 pm
Melo
a classy chic with no gold digger nor playa intentions must just not accept invitations beyond a ceratain level of expense unless she truly is getting in…
Now this I can truly respect. Don’t give mixed signals.
M. (pronouced M dot)
January 15th, 2010
3:42 pm
@Melo
It doesnt matter. He was just trying to test her and see what she was going to react, maybe if she was gon crazy, or if other women would make Slim like her more. Thats it.
SlimOne...just call me Nicety!
January 15th, 2010
3:43 pm
Mdot You got me rolling ova here OMG!!!! dude w/leggins, perm, footrubs…
Chink
January 15th, 2010
3:44 pm
Kimmie
Thats not the point.
So if your SO or someone you date was writing about you and based on what he wrote everyone thought you were nutso and telling him to run as fast as he can …..I have a feeling you wouldnt be so happy to accept that. The POINT I am making is that this guy could like her and just because how he acting isnt your CUP of TEA that doesnt mean you have to try to sway SLIM to dump dude. I havent heard a reasonable explanation yet for her to run except baseless accusations of him being a stalker etc only because he has some quirky methods to getting to know someone.
M. (pronouced M dot)
January 15th, 2010
3:46 pm
@SlimOne
Im not even joking lol..This other dude look like a 6′5″ version of prince. I posted it on my Facebook. Do you have Facebook? I want to know what some of these women look like.
SlimOne...just call me Nicety!
January 15th, 2010
3:49 pm
My reaction to most of the things he says is
Melo
January 15th, 2010
3:50 pm
Suppose your daughter presented you with the same scenario Slim did
to answer i will give u an example…
I wld palyfully text my wife as she sitting next to me….i dont see nothing wrong here and i dont see nothing wrog with dude texting Slim..dating pple do playful stuff,even corny…but when looked by a committe,like we doing now,it may seem childish and stupid…so context really matters…
if a guy told my daugther that he had an apiphamy, i wld ask her to simply watch his actions to see if they confirm that his epiphamy comes to reality..that he behaves in a manner that is worthy of getting her as his wife.
Raqi
January 15th, 2010
3:51 pm
LOL No Melo, that good enough. But while some signals are truly mixed some are just bad interpretations.
SlimOne...just call me Nicety!
January 15th, 2010
3:53 pm
Mdot Yeah, I have a FB page. lol I’ve seen a 6′5″ dude with a blue jean skirt on, a wig, a tied up short-sleeve shirt with size 15 yellow pumps!!!!!! Looked like Shaq in drag
kimmie
January 15th, 2010
3:57 pm
Chink – Hopefully Slim’s buddy isn’t reading this.
All we can go on is what people present on this blog. Everyone is free to voice their opinion. Slim presents herself as a woman who can think for herself just fine. Ain’t a d@mn thing me or anyone on this blog can say to Slim to sway her from dating dude if that’s what she wants, she’s GROWN just like hopefully everyone else on this blog. And if Slim thought the sun didn’t shine until dude woke up, that’s how she would have presented him on this blog.
Raqi speaks highly of her husband, I speak highly of my SO, others speak highly of whomever they care about and so forth. On the flip side, they speak critical of those they dealt with they don’t care for so much, to varying degrees. This is MISadventures in Atlanta blog. This situation Slim presented appears to me & others to be a MISadventure. If you don’t read stalker, possesive, a little crazy, whatever in it, and what she presented would have you salivating, hey, whatever gets you going!
It really ain’t that serious!
LoveLife411
January 15th, 2010
3:57 pm
@ Slim… Introduce dude to Chink… problem solved.
Dream_n~ Appreciates the small things in life
January 15th, 2010
3:59 pm
DreamsMaterialize
January 15th, 2010
4:00 pm
Chink Everything that every blogger posts is one-sided. So, should we never respond to any posts with our own opinions? Seems there would be nothing to discuss, and this forum would not exist.