Can we have it all?
Sandra Bullock is in the news but the buzz isn’t just surrounding her Oscar win. Apparently there are rumors swirling that her husband of 5 years, Jesse James, had a fling with a slightly younger woman. The alleged affair may have happened when Bullock was away filming The Blind Side, which is ironic in many ways.
I have no idea if any of it is true and I’m going to take a guess that a lot of you could care less. This celebrity news has made me really wonder about the price that people pay when they try to pursue their dreams, though. Was Bullock wrong to think that she could have the great career, wonderful supportive husband, and solid home life?
When it comes to our careers and relationships, do you think it always comes down to making a choice between the two in order for it to work? Is it possible to give your all to both and find balance?
I don’t think think successful women are the only women that find it hardest to manage relationships. However, I believe that the dynamics within a relationships of successful women and their mates vary greatly to their male counterparts. What do you think?
Men, do you think that you can have it all? Wonderful career, stable finances, and a good woman in your life? Do you think one of these will have to suffer in order for it to work?
Ladies, how do we differ from men when it comes to having it all? Have we wised up and stopped trying to pursue it all or do we secretly want the same thing: career, money, great man and/or children?
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Tazzee - 56 days til Mrs.
March 19th, 2010
4:23 pm
AmRed – those types of pics are great birth control, LOL.
AmazonRed™
March 19th, 2010
4:24 pm
AmRed – those types of pics are great birth control, LOL.
Right! I’m like “why would I want to see that?!”
Melo
March 19th, 2010
4:25 pm
melo I’m here, what’s up?
@SlimOne?
u busy with that tentative dude this weekend or what??
mytw♥tatas
March 19th, 2010
4:26 pm
DAGGONE Blogmonster…
CEE I’m still showing my Colgate smile. The ladies still accusing DREAMS of acting Bowenhomesian? SWIZZ still tryna get his jollies off or is ZULU doin how he do? And I ain’t asking bout TAZZEE cuz she might get mad bout the you know what…
AmazonRed™
March 19th, 2010
4:26 pm
LMAO @ “tenative dude”
You’re an azz melo!
Dig That
March 19th, 2010
4:27 pm
Sit ur azz down…u marrying for insurance money
@Professor & Melo
Now that was funny. You almost made me spit out some of my sammich.
LL411
March 19th, 2010
4:27 pm
Sit ur azz down…u marrying for insurance money??
And said without a blink LOL
AmazonRed™
March 19th, 2010
4:28 pm
OMG! This Purdue/Siena game just got interesting!!!
i'm swiss
March 19th, 2010
4:28 pm
“I’m just getting my hands oiled up for the ride home with Swiss”
Slim — If you need an extra hand or two, I can have Mrs. Swiss join you in the back seat for the ride. Just gimme a minute to install my rear-view mirror cam & work out a contract with Skinamax….
Gorgeous Green Eyes
March 19th, 2010
4:28 pm
MELO: Yes, I can say that I LOVE TO SAY THAT……I have been married 4 times to 3 men (widowed once remember?) No, the last husband didn’t have ANY money nor did he have the capability to earn much but he was really cute and that is why I married him. (DUH) AND I AM SITTING DOWN! No, I TAKE CARE OF MYSELF….I could be a gold digger but I am not. I work for ATTORNEYS………………..DUH
Gorgeous Green Eyes
March 19th, 2010
4:30 pm
ONE MORE THING. AZZ is incorrectly spelled…it is ASS
DUH
LL411
March 19th, 2010
4:30 pm
Melo? Wait’n on you! LOLLOLLOL
SlimOne on autopilot
March 19th, 2010
4:30 pm
melo kiss me arse! lol Naw, bud…doing my own thang this weekend. I saw him last night
i’m swiss – bet it up…but i want 65% of the proceeds.
PEACE YALL HAVE A FINE FAN YOUR FARTS FRIDAY!
Melo
March 19th, 2010
4:32 pm
Ared?/ u know u talk a lot
not that there is anything bad about it but u think when u get snagged by ur hubby and u really let it rip, u slow down on talking a tad?
I ask coz my Queen talks a lot,esp when she out there with her friends but the moment she comes home,esp up in the bedroom,she will literally sit down on the carpet,next to me as im sitting on my couch and just talk to me… sign of OBEDIENCE I guess.
Not to slight/belittle that kinda of attn but i think my overall treatment of her(u know,my wang is there in the equation somwhere) has some to do with it!
:lol;
U know what i mean??
Gorgeous Green Eyes
March 19th, 2010
4:33 pm
PROFESSOR: Yes, I have two sons, 25 and 27 from my second late husband….that’s it….Any other questions? Oh, and the last men I have dated their ages have been 43, 30, 35, 59 and 53…..So I date younger and older men…They are pretty much all the same EXCEPT IF THEY ARE MARRIED…then that is another ballgame altogether…..DUH
Professor...
March 19th, 2010
4:33 pm
he was really cute and that is why I married him
wow
Melo
March 19th, 2010
4:36 pm
Gorgeous Green Eyes??
u take care of urself..got a pic??
come back here on monday ok!!??
Gorgeous Green Eyes
March 19th, 2010
4:36 pm
ATTENTION: DIG THAT! No, I have not been hurt…I expect the best because that is what I am. I am high maintenance and they CALL ME DIVA here at the LAW FIRM I am with. GET it? I thought so…..DUH
Professor...
March 19th, 2010
4:36 pm
Last question, how old are you green eyes?
AmazonRed™
March 19th, 2010
4:37 pm
I ask coz my Queen talks a lot,esp when she out there with her friends but the moment she comes home,esp up in the bedroom,she will literally sit down on the carpet,next to me as im sitting on my couch and just talk to me… sign of OBEDIENCE I guess.
melo – Perhaps I’m the same way.
I talk a lot on a message board because…
It’s a message board.
Raqi...Two Hours Late
March 19th, 2010
4:37 pm
Lurker, I will not be home tomorrow while he watches the game so he will not have to worry about me talking to him but I bet he will hear the “chaching” of those cash registers and the “swoosh” of that credit card everytime I make a purchase. He is going to wish I was at home talking to him. LOL
Gorgeous Green Eyes
March 19th, 2010
4:38 pm
Melo: Yes, go to myspace.voguechristy and you will see who I am. And the MARRIED MAN I am referring is a COP. Imagine that. But I guess it’s good to have a “FRIEND” that’s a cop right? DUH check me out
I am taking real good care of myself, french manicure, etc. the works.
I am smart and sassy, pretty and classy !
Professor...
March 19th, 2010
4:39 pm
Melo,
Question: Did you meet green eyes while you were
pinching butts on st. patrick’s daypartying and told her about the blog?Melo
March 19th, 2010
4:39 pm
Ared?
u didnt give me ur picks for March madnes remember i asked u yesterday??
Who are ur top 4? I have to go for somebody, i dont know none?
AmazonRed™
March 19th, 2010
4:39 pm
He is going to wish I was at home talking to him. LOL
AmazonRed™
March 19th, 2010
4:40 pm
Sorry melo – I got caught up in the games and facebook yesterday and didn’t come back to the blog after noon.
My Final Four is Kansas, Syracuse, WVU and Nova!
Leggs
March 19th, 2010
4:41 pm
@Melo, aren’t the brackets closed now??? Or whatever the proper lingo is. Isn’t it too late to pick your teams (I guess for betting purposes)???
Melo
March 19th, 2010
4:41 pm
Did you meet green eyes while you were pinching butts on st. patrick’s day partying and told her about the blog?
@Proff??
never got a chance..she(Queen) was sitting across me all nite when we went out,looking at me str8 in the eyes!
Gorgeous Green Eyes
March 19th, 2010
4:41 pm
Professor: guess how old I am????????? take a wild guess but I look 38 or 40 but I am a little older than that…….Age is only a number it is how you carry yourself!!!! DUH
AmazonRed™
March 19th, 2010
4:43 pm
Green Eyes…we spell words like “ass” as “azz” and such on purpose because this blog has a filter and sometimes “cuss” words don’t go through.
Melo
March 19th, 2010
4:43 pm
thanx Ared!
@Legggs,no betting…just so i can have a team(s) to hate or support.
I only follow nba and college basktball when it heats up,playoffs and March madness!
Professor...
March 19th, 2010
4:44 pm
I think you are 50, DUH
AmazonRed™
March 19th, 2010
4:45 pm
melo – My alma mater Cal plays tonight against Louisville. Game should tip off around 9:45 this evening. Please support.
Leggs
March 19th, 2010
4:45 pm
But if you don’t know anything about the teams and you’re picking someone else’s what are you hating or supporting???
Gorgeous Green Eyes
March 19th, 2010
4:45 pm
AMAZONRED…Thanks for the FYI sometimes Barbie Dolls don’t know everything. (!)
Melo
March 19th, 2010
4:45 pm
Gorgeous Green Eyes??
no shame in ma game,im challenging u to show me ur pics…
send them?
Leggs
March 19th, 2010
4:45 pm
I sho is sleepy, this coffee has done absolutely NOTHING for me!
Gorgeous Green Eyes
March 19th, 2010
4:46 pm
Professor: CLOSE…………..
Melo
March 19th, 2010
4:46 pm
I be on it..Ared! thanx
i'm swiss
March 19th, 2010
4:47 pm
AmazonRed™
March 19th, 2010
4:47 pm
I can’t stand melo.
Melo
March 19th, 2010
4:47 pm
But if you don’t know anything about the teams
@Leggs??
legs,u being difficult,u need a human tranquilizer!
want me in elenwood tonite!??
Its jus for fun,a starting point!
lurker
March 19th, 2010
4:49 pm
Green Eyes, please stay away from the blog wh@re
Leggs
March 19th, 2010
4:49 pm
@Raqi ~ since you’re going shopping, I just sent you a coupon for Kohl’s. Everything in the store 15% off until the 21st.
DreamsMaterialize
March 19th, 2010
4:49 pm
lol at “human tranquilizer!”
Gorgeous Green Eyes
March 19th, 2010
4:49 pm
MELO: where to?
Raqi...Two Hours Late
March 19th, 2010
4:49 pm
This crazy woman up here asking if any one have any demerol? Who carry that on them? And how do she suppose she is going to drive home if she takes one? LOL
Professor...
March 19th, 2010
4:50 pm
Green eyes, if things don’t work out with Carlito and whatshername the members of the blog board of directors would like to set you up with him.
Raqi...Two Hours Late
March 19th, 2010
4:50 pm
Thanks Leggs.
Gorgeous Green Eyes
March 19th, 2010
4:50 pm
LURKER: You are crude