THIS WEEK

Cardi B Issues Ruthless Message To NFL Star Boyfriend Stefon Diggs. Cardi B has reportedly issued a firm warning to her partner Stefon Diggs regarding his fidelity following a year in which the NFL veteran welcomed four children.

According to reports from The Sun, the rapper is demanding total transparency. The musician has established strict boundaries to protect their household as Diggs prepares to lead his team into Super Bowl LX against the Seahawks on Sunday. Internal sources provided details regarding the specific nature of their private conversations and the ultimatum delivered by the Bronx-born artist.

She’s been very clear with Stefon: if he messes up, if another woman comes forward with a baby after they became official and started a family together, she’s done.  She told him plainly that if he cheats or has a child behind her back, it’s over. Cardi has known since day one that Stefon had a reputation as a womanizer and had seen multiple women in the past, but her love for him is above all of that.     

Bed Bunny Gets Standing Ovation At Grammys With Powerful Speech: “ICE Out! We’re Not Animals … We Are Americans.”  Bad Bunny delivered a powerful speech at the Grammys amid the ICE raids across the country that Americans are protesting following multiple deaths.

The Puerto Rican superstar took the stage to accept his award in the Best Música Urbana Album for Debí Tirar Más Fotos and had all of the Crypto.com Arena cheering him on. “Before I say thanks to God, I’m going to say, ‘ICE out!’” the Super Bowl LX Halftime performer said.  

After a standing ovation, Bad Bunny continued, “We’re not savage, we’re not animals, we’re not aliens, we are humans, and we are Americans.” Bad Bunny continued his remarks, noting that people sometimes become “contaminated” amid divisions in the United States. “The hate gets more powerful with more hate. The only thing that is more powerful than hate is love,” he added. “So please, we need to be different. If we fight, we have to do it with love. We don’t hate them. We love our people. We love our family, and that’s the way to do it — with love. Don’t forget that, please.”

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Single Sketches

Do You Agree?

Thea: “I broke it off with him after an incident occurred where he didn’t act on my behalf in a protective way.  We were shopping together in a department store, and the sales clerk (male) was very rude to me when I asked him a question about some discounted items.  An argument ensued, and all my boyfriend did was stand there in silence.  When I later confronted him about it, he told me that he made a practice not to get involved in other people’s arguments. For me, he quickly assumed wimp status.     MORE  

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The Dating Chronicles

The Scheme

Roger was the most popular guy in the office.  He was single, handsome, full of mischief, and fun to be around.  His phone rang constantly from female co-workers who would go to great lengths to get his attention. However, he would only smile flirtatiously and never stop for long at any one desk.   MORE

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Deception:

Who Is He/She Really?

by Lori Myerson

For those who have been deceived, tricked, or bamboozled by lovers or others who turned out to be the opposite of what you thought … know that you are not alone.   MORE

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SingleScenes

by Sarah Smart

 I was all set to get married next month until I learned by accident that my fiancé was still sleeping with an ex-girlfriend. I intercepted his voicemail and discovered a message she’d left for him regarding their recent sexual exploits and her having second thoughts about still seeing him after he married me. I have told no one about this, but I’m incensed over this and feel hurt and betrayed. I have decided to exact my revenge, by just being a no-show at the altar. He’s from a very prominent family, where appearances mean everything, and the wedding is scheduled to take place at a big church. I think it would be a waste of time to confront him since I’ve made the decision not to marry him. I’d like your opinion.   MORE

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Valentine Viewpoint:

8 Steps To

Dating Smarter

by Lisa Laird

After a lengthy debate about dating smart with a friend whose brain excels in books, and vanishes at the sight of a handsome male, I decided to share my formula list for men and women on how to take some of the anguish out of dating and make a favorable, indelible mark in the minds of all they encounter.   MORE

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The #1 Beauty Secret

Few Women Know…

by Gloria Gibson

“The woman who is convinced of her appeal, and views herself as special, can call her own shots in any relationship.”   -John Stye I have two friends.  One is very pretty and one is not.  The one who is very pretty does not know the secret.  The one who is not so pretty…does.  We’ll call them Jane and Jeanie for purposes of illustration.  Jane is the pretty one.  My brother refers to her as “fine!”  When she enters a room, the men immediately gravitate in her direction.  Behind her back, women silently envy her looks, which are by most standards…very striking.   MORE

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The Love Con:

Those Costly Choices

by M. K. Allison

A former college classmate who is a very successful lawyer called to ask my advice about marrying a guy “with serious potential” who showed up drunk at their engagement party and is chronically unemployed.  Needless to say, she didn’t take my advice, which was to dump him.  But her story reminded me of all the different stories I’ve heard this year about some of the ridiculous choices women have made in the glorified name of love.    MORE

 

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