MJB Says Only Same Sex Friends for Her x Husband of 11 Years
- belle
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MJB’S celebrates her 11th anniversary on Dec. 7. Congrats, Mama!
I remember, like everyone else, when she got married and started singing happy songs and people were like, “um, can you be single and more importantly, miserable? Your music was better.”
Ugh!
I’ve seen her perform live multiple times — annual perk of a former job- and for years, in every performance she would have a full fledged breakdown (not for performance sake. I knew a woman who was a background singer for her tours and she said the breakdowns were entirely real and she would even do it in rehearsals). And mid-breakdown, MJB would say something like, “if you knew what I been through and what it took, you would never say that!”
Anyway, during a recent interview with The Telegraph’s “Stella Magazine,” married Mary re-ignited the ‘can men and women in relationships and/or marriages be friends with the opposite sex?’ debate (which was reignited by Steve Harvey a few years back.) She says, “no”. Both she and hubs keep their separate circles of friends, all of the same sex.
“All females for me, all guys for him,” MJB explained. “There’s none of that, ‘Oh, that’s my female friend. Oh, that’s my guy friend.’ No. Not in a marriage, I’ve never seen that work.”
That wouldn’t work for me and mines, but more power to her and her husband and what works for them.
Would that work for you and your mate? If you don’t practice it currently, would you prefer it this way?
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Affectionately known as "Belle”, Demetria L. Lucas is the author of two books— A Belle in Brooklyn and Don't Waste Your Pretty; the creator of the award-winning personal blog ABelleInBrooklyn.com; and the founder of Coached By Belle, a boutique life-coaching service, where Demetria helps clients solve their dating dilemmas and build healthy relationships. Demetria is also a contributing editor for The Root, where she pens two weekly columns, and is a contributing writer for the websites of The Grio, XO Jane, Essence, Clutch, Vibe Vixen and Uptown. She was also the star of Bravo TV's docu-drama series, "Blood Sweat & Heels"
So wait, Puffy is not her friend anymore????
It seems a bit extreme, but she has to do whatever is best for her marriage.
Certainly every has to do what works for them. My husband and I both have friends of the opposite sex and it’s no big deal.