Seren’ Wrapped!
Two of the most successful, respected, and fear female athletes in the world. Millions in lucrative endorsement deals, countless title defenses, and a role model to young black girls. And yet, one of you has lost her damn mind!
Now what? What am i supposed to think? Am i just “out-of-touch” with fashion here? What part of “You don’t have to try so hard!” does Serena not get? Millions of women and men looked up to her. Believed in her. Told their daughters they could be just like them or better. How many pointed to the Williams sisters when describing how you can achieve anything you want if you just try? Now this? One of the sisters has let her true colors shine through. She’s a hoodrat!
Venus is never in any compromising situations. She gets it! Meanwhile, Serena has become a virtual minstrel show on the court. Skintight spandex wedged into her front and back, public tantrums, questionable attire? And had the nerve to speak ill of black men, with her nasty ass!
Venus will always be a hero to me. She exemplifies what young black women should aspire to be: demure, courteous, self-reliant. Not half-dressed, copping attitudes, and flapping your gums, ass cheeks exposed! Serena Williams has sadly earned a spot in my Hall of Shame! Step your game up off the court, ‘Rena. You’re making it hard for those coming behind you to respect you. You never have to win another match to cement yourself in the tennis record books, but you have a lot of work to do if you want to be taken seriously in any other venture outside of tennis. Take your Can’t get right pills and chill.
Sad Sacks!!!!
Expectedly, when i first read this, the outcry was to be over how many kids he irresponsibly fathered. Then, as you know i will, i thought deeper about it. As in Volume 1, i asked women who was more responsible for the so-called epidemic of single mothers. I asked if there are more men getting women pregnant and abandoning them, or just more (I believe) women dispensing the poontang like penny candy!
How this guy knocked up 9 women in multiple states makes it as clear as good Vodka to me… it isn’t more men knocking women up, more women are making the same mistake with one or two guys! This loser convinced (if he even had to convince any of them) to have sex without any protection! None! They didn’t know his history, let alone know him long enough to trust him like this! These had to be away-game affairs where he was gone the next day, and they still allowed him to Ah-skeet-skeet-skeet-skeet-skeet-skeet!, like they were husband and wife! Women being to lose with the goods, now look at them…blaming a man for how they all made the same dumb ass decision..to sleep with an athlete because, well, we was there.
It’s as simple as being selective with who you have sex with, and even more selective about who you have unprotected sex with! This isn’t a male problem, it’s a female problem! You own the vaginas, now read the handbook on how to operate them and stop blaming men for when you allow them to knock you up without commitment! He should be shot, yes, but women, this one (all nine of you, that we know of) is on you! Wrap it up! This has been a public disservice announcement!!!!
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Broncos player ordered to pay child support in Georgia
Travis Henry reportedly fathered nine children in four states By TY TAGAMI
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 08/25/07
Published on: 08/25/07Travis Henry just got tackled by a $3,000-a-month child support judgment.
Sure, the Denver Broncos running back has a $25 million contract and a base monthly salary approaching $50,000, but that kind of bill can still crimp your style when you’re accustomed to expensive cars and fancy jewelry — and lots of other child support payments.
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Denver Broncos running back Travis Henry seeks relief from the heat during football training camp at the Broncos’ headquarters in Denver on Aug. 2.
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Henry, 28, has fathered nine children by nine women in at least four Southern states and has been ordered by various judges to provide child support for seven of them, according to court records involving one child living in DeKalb County.
DeKalb Superior Court Judge Clarence Seeliger this week ordered Henry to provide $3,000 a month for the Lithonia boy he fathered out of wedlock three years ago with Jameshia Beacham, now 29.
Henry isn’t the most thrifty guy, according to court records, so the judge wants to ensure payment by establishing an unusual $250,000 trust that Henry must fund by next spring.
Seeliger wrote that the football player displayed “bad judgment in his spending habits,” dropping $100,000 for a car and $146,000 for jewelry. Meanwhile, Henry fell behind on support payments for his child with Beacham that were mandated by a previous order. Threatened with jail, he borrowed $9,800 from his former team, the Tennessee Titans, to pay the bill, according to court records.
The trust ensures Beacham will get timely payment if the pro player falls behind on his installments again. Yet the trust could be a sticking point for Henry, who could appeal.
His lawyer, Shiel Edlin, said that to his knowledge the trust would be without precedent in Georgia. A quarter-million dollars is a lot of money, even for Henry, Edlin said. “He has some concerns and he’s weighing his options.”
Beacham could not be reached for comment. Her lawyer, Robert Wellon, said he asked that the trust be set up because Henry rarely made the payments mandated by an earlier order, though they were $800 less a month. Wellon said there was testimony establishing that Henry received a $1 million bonus earlier this year but quickly spent most of it, buying, among other things, a Mercedes and gold jewelry.
“My argument was, if he makes wise investments, other than in gold chains, then he should be able to make the payments,” Wellon said.
Edlin, though, said Henry collected much less than $1 million after taxes, and he said much of it went to debts. “He doesn’t have any money,” Edlin said. “The guy has significant financial issues.”
Records show that Henry’s children are scattered across both the American and National Football Conferences — including Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia. Wellon said Henry talked about gathering them together to watch him at training camp. Indeed, part of the custody arrangement Henry reached with Beacham requires two weekend visits when he is playing pro ball.
Edlin said Henry wants to be a good parent. “I know these are a lot of kids, and there might be some questions about it,” he said, “but he’s a really committed father.”
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In my practice, I encounter adultery and cheating almost every day. Infidelity is a common theme in many relationships — but the reasons behind it may surprise you.
Cheating is rarely about pure sexual attraction. Infidelity is almost always about more than just sex. Indeed, some of the common reasons that people cheat are entirely based on emotional needs.
Perhaps one of the most common reasons behind infidelity is the need for appreciation. Someone who is feeling unloved or unappreciated may begin looking outside their marriage for sources of comfort and affirmation. Occasionally, these partners even blame their spouses for their infidelity – rationalizing it as, “Well, if he paid more attention to me, I wouldn’t have to cheat,” or “If she can’t give me the love I need, I have a right to seek it elsewhere.” However, if you aren’t feeling loved or appreciated in your relationship, you need to take responsibility for those feelings and discover what is causing you feel that way. Do you feel unloved because your spouse is spending too much time at work? Are you jealous of your boyfriend’s relationship with his female friends? By addressing the true issue and being upfront about personal and sexual needs, couples can keep cheating out of the picture.
Another common reason for infidelity is revenge. Perhaps your partner cheated on you in the past or you merely have suspicions about his faithfulness. This might drive you to try to get back at your partner by committing similar offenses. However, as Gandhi once put it, “An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.” If you have secret anger or bitterness towards your partner, quit hiding it! Make him or her aware of your feelings and decide if you’re able to forgive and forget. If you can’t, it’s better to get out of the relationship rather than stay and cheat.
One often surprising reason behind infidelity is self-destruction. Some people have such low self-esteem that when something good happens to them (such as meeting and dating a great man or woman), they think they don’t deserve that gift. In response to such feelings, these people may go out of their way to self-destruct their relationships. Other people keep their feelings hidden, thinking “better to break their heart before they can break mine.” Self-esteem and trust issues this extreme may require outside support in the form of couples or individual counseling. If you believe your mate is suffering from such feelings, assist them by offering your love, praise, and affection.
If you want to protect your relationship from infidelity, you must first protect your relationship from the silent killers – jealousy, bitterness, low self-esteem, and mistrust. The only way to do this is through honest communication. Reveal your true emotions and needs to your partner and encourage him to do the same.
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ATLANTA – Baggy pants that show boxer shorts or thongs would be illegal under a proposed amendment to Atlanta’s indecency laws.
The amendment, sponsored by city councilman C.T. Martin, states that sagging pants are an “epidemic” that is becoming a “major concern” around the country.
“Little children see it and want to adopt it, thinking it’s the in thing,” Martin said Wednesday. “I don’t want young people thinking that half-dressing is the way to go. I want them to think about their future.”
The proposed ordinance would also bar women from showing the strap of a thong beneath their pants. They would also be prohibited from wearing jogging bras in public or show a bra strap, said Debbie Seagraves, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia.
The proposed ordinance states that “the indecent exposure of his or her undergarments” would be unlawful in a public place. It would go in the same portion of the city code that outlaws sex in public and the exposure or fondling of genitals.
The penalty would be a fine in an amount to be determined, Martin said.
But Seagraves said any legislation that creates a dress code would not survive a court challenge. She said the law could not be enforced in a nondiscriminatory way because it targets something that came out of the black youth culture.
“This is a racial profiling bill that promotes and establishes a framework for an additional type of racial profiling,” Seagraves said.
Martin, who is black, said he plans to hold public hearings and vet the proposal through churches, civil rights groups and neighborhood organizations. The proposal will get its first public airing next Tuesday in the City Council’s Public Safety Committee.
“The purpose of the paper is to generate some conversation to see if we can find a solution,” Martin said. “It will be like all the discussions we’ve had around the value of the hip-hop culture. We know there are First Amendment issues … and some will say I’m just trying to put young black men in jail, but it’s going to be fines.”
Makeda Johnson, an Atlanta mother of a 14-year-old girl, said she is glad Martin introduced the proposal. She does not want to see a law against clothing, but said she thinks teenagers are sending a message with a way of dressing that is based in jailhouse behavior.
Atlanta would not be the first city to take on sagging pants.
Earlier this year, the town council in Delcambre, La., passed an ordinance that carries a fine of up to $500 or six months in jail for exposing underwear in public. Several other municipalities and parish governments in Louisiana have enacted similar laws in recent months.
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Information from: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, http://www.ajc.com
You’ll never fiiiiiiiiind…..
.an idiot like this!C’mon now, Lou Rawls. You had to know this chick was out for paper! You had too! She’s not even half his age! The fool fell out with his daughter over this broad not signing a prenupt, and the second he died, prove right here, that his daughter was right! These women are smart to get these old rich fools because their brains cannot be clicking on all cyclinders! Never, ever, ever get married without a prenupt! Ever! This, along with Paul McCartney, Michael Strahan and many others to come is proof of that! Somebody needs to sign something!!!!
AUDIO MESSAGE FROM INMAN TO LOUANNA *A witness who attended the January 13 funeral of singer Lou Rawls spoke to EUR exclusively about the drama between Rawls’ widow Nina Inman, 35, and his middle daughter Louanna (from a previous marriage).As previously reported, tension between the two came to light via a phone message left by Inman, a former flight attendant, on Louanna Rawls’ answering machine that was played in open court last month in their annulment case. As reported two weeks ago by Fox 411’s Roger Friedman, the phone message contains hate-filled words toward Louanna and numerous threats to destroy her father financially.Inman invited Louanna to the funeral, but a friend of Rawls tells EUR that Nina refused to allow Louanna to see her father at the funeral home.
“She said if Louanna wanted to go, she could go with the public like everybody else,” said Rawls’ friend of 40 years, who spoke to EUR’s Lee Bailey on condition of anonymity.
Inman told Fox’s Friedman that she filed a police complaint against Louanna, claiming she took all of her father’s jewelry, including his wedding ring, Grammys and gold and platinum albums. A close friend of Louanna told Fox’s Freidman that Rawls instructed his road manager to remove those items from his Arizona home in a notarized letter.
“Louanna wasn’t trying to get his money,” Rawls’ friend assures us. “She never wanted for anything. She grew up his daughter, she grew up privileged for Christ sake. At this point now, Louanna wants to get [the money] because she doesn’t want Nina to have it. Actually, Louanna told her father, ‘Give it all to UNCF (United Negro College Fund) if you want to, but ‘don’t let her have it, Daddy, because of what she’s done to you.”
The source says Rawls heard the tape of Nina’s phone message to Louanna, “and that’s when he went, ‘Whoa, wait a minute’ and he wanted out and he realized he’d been chumped [by Nina].”
Three days before Rawls died, Nina brought several lawyers to his hospital room “and had him sign papers retracting everything,” the source says, “but he wasn’t in his right mind. He wasn’t competent to do that. He was under duress.”
Nina Inman met Rawls about five years ago when she was a Continental Airlines flight attendant. In 2003, Rawls was arrested and released on a domestic violence charge. The charges were eventually dropped. They married on New Year’s Day in 2004, right after Rawls was diagnosed with cancer. He filed to get the marriage annulled in 2005.
Asked why Nina seemed to have such a hold on Rawls, our source said: “She was a 33-year-old gal, he was a 68-year-old man with cancer. You just don’t know what emotionally a man at his age, who may have had issues that none of us ever really realized, was looking for. She could’ve had something on him maybe from when the domestic violence thing happened, a threat maybe that if he didn’t marry her that he was gonna wind up in bad shape. She was like an addiction worse than the most awful cocaine habit.”
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Whoa Joe…
This is the guy that has an excuse for every shortcoming imaginable. If he’d only put as much thought into bettering himself than his excuses, he might be something someday. Unfortunately, and sadly, you’re thinking of or currently….dating him. Wow!
“Poor me! Poor me!” It’s almost as though he is speaking another language. “The cops just have it out for me.” I’ll give him that if he’s the only black guy in an all white suburb getting followed by the cops. (First hand experience on that one!) But, if he’s been arrested, ticketed, harassed, shot at or beaten by the cops, he’s doing something!!!! Not every time, but how many times can it just be coincidence that this fool is in the wrong place and the right time?
Let me guess, …his boss has it in for him? Did I nail it? There are no other jobs? He has no other skills aside from custodial work or swinging a hammer? If he got fired today, that was the ONLY job he could find? Guess what? Even if he believes that to be true, ..Correction!!! Especially if he believes this to be true… your future with him is bleak! He’s out of options already!
Think about that! If you worked in an office and your boss actually did hate you, making your life a living hell, you could quit, find another job in a 3-walled environment behind a desk couldn’t you? What’s his deal, then? An excuse? I’m too good to work fast food, when he has mouths to feed! Laid off from the plant or his construction gig, and he’s sitting at home whoaisme’n you to death about the economy (which he learned from watching too much television) and giving you the old anti-flipping burgers story. He doesn’t have a choice to make, …YOU DO!!!!!
Whoa Joe is the best at making you feel like you need to work harder at understanding him, his philosophy on life, and why the world is working against him. That’s his goal in life. To find a woman he can manipulate into feeling sorry for him 24/7, 365! Next thing you know, (brace yourself, ladies, because you’ve said this before…) you are oozing the phrase that curls most parent’s toes… “Well, you just don’t know him like…. (wait for it..) I know him!” Guess who just got turned into Whoa Gina? Now you are making excuses for him….FOR HIM!
So, …..when’s the wedding?
Thawt, nawt!!!!!
Do I Du-?
Do I do the du-rag or not? Should it ever be worn out of the house? Possibly, if you are a young boy with no real responsibilities in life, then go ahead and chase a few trends that appeal to you, get them out of your system like super hero underwear and pajamas with the feet in them. Yes, if you live, work, play and never expect to move out of the hood or hood mentality. And, yes, if you’re just going to end of the driveway to get the mail. Any further than that, and, sorry ladies, you are dating a hoodrat, wannabe thug.
Du-rags are unfit for work, social functions, and most obviously, a fashion accessories. Now, ladies, hear me out…. if your “boy” (not-quite-a man) friend is exiting the domicile with what looks like ladies pantyhose or a silk table napkin on his head, you, once again, lose your right to complain of how idiotic his behavior will be in the relationship, or how economically challenged you and he will be down the line. None of that talk show panel crap about “When you gon’ find a job, Tyrone?!” We no longer want to hear it. You’ve been warned.
Now, if you just said “I see nothing wrong with it.”, you’ve lost all privileges when it comes to questioning the quality, or quantity of available good men. You are actually right up the alley of the guy you will eventually be testing for paternity on The Maury Povich show.
The fad exists because boys and, sadly, some men like this refuse to “conform” to societal standards of decency when it comes to this issue and others to come on this board. They want to cry how unfair it is to be discriminated against or, simply misjudged due to what they wear, whom they associate with, or what they do for recreation or pleasure. They have a ready-made argument for why society should just leave them alone. They want to go completely against the grain, then complain when life is hard for them when no one is asking them to whitewash themselves or act snooty, but to simply carry themselves with dignity, honor, respect, morality. Sadly, sagging jeans, weird hairdos, broken english, and lengthy, complicated hand gestures do not fit the criteria.
There are simple rules to being a man, and, I don’t care how ghetto, hood, or gangsta you think he is, there is nothing about him that says husband, father, role model, loyal employee, or man. A man does not force his family into suffrage of any sort simply because he refuses to conform to the “white man’s” rules, when they are simple ethics: cut your hair, sit up straight, fix your tie, work on your vocabulary. Rules any career-driven man knows are par for the course.
Here’s a simple gauge for the women reading this: A man you marry is a man you hope your son turns out to be. Got that? Making sense now? If your “boy” friend wears a du-rag on his head out of the house, what aspect of “man” do you assume makes him a viable candidate for matrimony, let alone, procreation? Prison-style wardrobes, slang and other antics speak of his limited social and economic development, nothing more. The writing is, once more, on the wall, ladies!!! Read it!
For those who do not know, the du-rag has long been a way of keeping certain hairstyles up. The original intentions were to keep the sheen, prevent lose of style and, or dirt, lint and so on from getting into the hair and ruining the look. No different than when you wear a shower cap in the shower to prevent your hair from getting wet, the du-rag serves the same purpose..style preservation. Now, would you exit your home wearing a shower cap? Of course not, so, why the du-rag?
Here’s why? Other clueless, immature boys are doing it, and young, impressionable boys want to be a part of what women and pop culture validate as being cool or hip. No other reason than that. Even I own a couple, but once I hop out of bed to shower, it comes off and goes into the drawer until i return to bed later that evening.
Now, am I (as many like to claim) somehow embarrassed by, or attempting to escape my blackness? Of course not, although, to some degree, I feel more disappointment for the boys with no idea of how this make them look, the imagery it portrays. And, as for the white guys I see wearing du-rags and twisted ball caps? (uncontrollable, belly-aching laughter!!!!!!!) In closing, the du-rag and become the hoodlums and wannabe’s feminine accessory like the handbag and the hair net. If he wears it during sex, to job interviews, and any unreasonable portion of his waking day, you may need to reconsider your love for him. He’s not a very bright person.
Strahan-ed!!!!
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=dw-strahan080207&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
Seriously, women, does she really deserve all this? Sure, when you divorce, someone loses, but come on now? This man will be broke before he’s 50. And, for those quick to say “That’s what he gets!” you are part of the problem. If you’ve never scored a touchdown, dunked or hit a ball out of the park, what entitles you to half of what took him 2 decades to acquire? THIS is why women say men do not want to marry. It has less to do with you, the woman, and more to do with how unfairly the courts fiscally rape men for their marriages falling apart. Whether he lied, cheated, whatever, she doesn’t deserve more of his income than he does.
This is why marriage is on the way to being extinct. A distant memory. Too risky if you’ve accomplished anything in life!
Strahan-ed!!!!
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=dw-strahan080207&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
Giant headache
By Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports
August 2, 2007
NFL coaches have spent years trying to figure out how to stop Michael Strahan from recording another sack. Who knew the secret just might have been a curly haired suburban mother of twins?
Of course as Jean Strahan, the former Mrs. Michael Strahan, said in the divorce papers, the issue didn’t begin with her but when her husband allegedly had relations, shall we say, outside the covenant of their marriage. And that’s among other transgressions.
We’d leave this to the tabloids and gossip pages except the off-field life of the NFL’s active sack leader might derail the New York Giants’ season before it even begins. Strahan hasn’t shown up for Giants camp in Albany, N.Y. and there is little doubt he wants more money to play this season. Actually, he doesn’t just want it, he darn well needs it. Strahan may be set to make $4 million this year – although his daily $14,288 fine for missing camp is slowly cutting into that – but due to Jean Strahan’s remarkable victory in divorce court earlier this year, that probably isn’t enough.
Michael got taken to the cleaners to the tune of $15.3 million in the divorce (New York Daily News headline: “Wife: 15,000,000, Strahan: 0″). He also had to vacate the couple’s 1906 Montclair, N.J. mansion, the one with the 22,000-square feet, 12 bedrooms, seven baths and a garage big enough for 20 cars. And then there is the nearly $18,000 per month in child support, which will go on long after Strahan, 35, can no longer earn NFL millions. He also was ordered to pay $311,000 in back child support. Plus he owes 91 percent of his kids’ private school tuition, payments that won’t end until they get out of college in about 2026.
The ruling was even more than Jean actually sought for the less than six years of marriage. The judge wound up giving up more than half of Michael’s estimated $22 million of net worth. Here’s the amazing part: they actually had a pre-nuptial agreement. That thing was so bad that it was Michael, not Jean, who tried to get it invalidated. Of course, Michael appealed the ruling so Jean has yet to get much of anything, meaning she is trying to sell the mansion (for over $3 million) and even had a yard sale to hawk their belongings.
Regardless, Michael, after that soaking, is understandably looking for more cash in what may be his last season anyway. He’s threatened retirement. The problem is he has no bargaining power here. The Giants would be idiots to renegotiate a deal with a guy who they know is in a financial situation that he virtually has to play this season.
“He is under contract and I think you all know what our position is on that,” co-owner John Mara told reporters Wednesday, day six of Strahan’s holdout.
Four million may not be enough, but it’s more than he’s making doing anything else. And understand that once Strahan is done playing, he’s going to have to find himself a j-o-b.
No, Strahan isn’t going hungry. He still, according to court documents, has over $6 million in net worth. For the sake of argument, if that was all liquid he could invest it – even at the corner bank – and get a decent return of four percent annually. That’s around $240,000 in year one. This, needless to say, is a figure 90-something percent of Americans would gladly accept as an annual salary.
Except Strahan lives like less than one percent of America, his burn rate in a given month is slightly higher than yours and mine (you don’t have a 20-car garage if you just drive an Impala).
Financially, it doesn’t seem possible for him to maintain his pre-divorce lifestyle after he retires. After all, he owes $214,745 annually in child support alone which is why the aforementioned conservative, set-for-life investment plan can’t work.
Strahan has somewhat of a gregarious personality (he’s like John Salley, people think he’s funny even if he never actually is) so he’s probably suited for some kind of TV work. But he isn’t getting one of those monster deals with NBC, like the polished Tiki Barber.
Strahan’s rep took a beating in the divorce. It was alleged he ditched his wife and twin 2-year-old daughters to jet off with his mistresses, one he supposedly called “Cupcake.” Then there was the time, Jean alleged, he secretly videotaped her sister as she undressed only to later allegedly deposit $30,000 in her bank account.
And, maybe most damaging to female viewers, there was the rebuke by the judge for not remembering Jean’s birthday or their wedding anniversary. Every man knows that’s tough to overcome.
The Huxtables, this family wasn’t. As a result of all the dirty laundry, he’s probably looking at a gig with “The Best Damn Sports Show” which doesn’t quite pay as well as he’d like.
At this point, control freak Tom Coughlin has to be beside himself, pacing around Albany cursing bad pre-nups, lamenting his pass rush and lecturing Eli Manning to stay single forever, or at least until Coughlin’s tenure ends.
“I’m going to Disney World!” Jean Strahan laughed outside divorce court in January.
At this rate, she won’t run into any Giants down there after the Super Bowl.
Dan Wetzel is Yahoo! Sports’ national columnist. Send Dan a question or comment for potential use in a future column or webcast.
Updated on Thursday, Aug 2, 2007 7:38 pm, EDT
Seriously, women, does she really deserve all this? Sure, when you divorce, someone loses, but come on now? This man will be broke before he’s 50. And, for those quick to say “That’s what he gets!” you are part of the problem. If you’ve never scored a touchdown, dunked or hit a ball out of the park, what entitles you to half of what took him 2 decades to acquire? THIS is why women say men do not want to marry. It has less to do with you, the woman, and more to do with how unfairly the courts fiscally rape men for their marriages falling apart. Whether he lied, cheated, whatever, she doesn’t deserve more of his income than he does.
This is why marriage is on the way to being extinct. A distant memory. Too risky if you’ve accomplished anything in life!
Lens Taylor
Lesson three: Lens Taylor
No, he or she has not been married 12 times, nor drunk at this very moment. Even though that is a clear indication to run like hell, leaving everything behind; this is about the easiest and most common way to spot if someone is an asshole, full of themselves, or an idiot, if not all three: trendy dark glasses where no sunlight is present. Indoors, on a plane, bus, for longer than 15 seconds after entering any room. No guy looks cool with high patrol sunglasses on…IN A BUILDING! (Women, either.) They need the glasses to draw attention to themselves, not to mention, shield their eyes so cannot read how full of crap they usually are.
Don’t me wrong, I wear “cool shades”, but never because they are the “in” shades to wear, or because I have seen other clueless ingrates donning the same emulated fashion; but becuase (wait for it, it’s a doozy!) …the sun in my eyes! I’m not walking through the mall in my music video, knockoff sunglasses to imply that i am hip, cool or watch B.E.T. The sun bothers me when i drive, and that’s about it. They do not make me look like Usher, or more “gangsta”, they are regular unleaded sunglasses made to block sunlight, not impress other followers.
Let’s break it down. And, this IS basic etiquette. The first sign of being conceited is to enter a populated space and avoid eye-contact at all costs. If one does not greet others on the elevator with even a simple head nod, he or she may be borderline assholes. The same goes with walking into someone’s home or business and leaving your shades on. If you are not the actual Terminator, himself, searching for Sarah Conner, take them off!
Another simple rule of etiquette: The second someone speaks to you, the glasses should be removed. Not to the top of your head, but completely off your face, even if you hold them until you are done talking, then place them back on your face as you leave. Regardless, glasses off when spoken to. Male or female!!!!!
Nothing screams assholery, male or female, like those gynormous Space shuttle eyeglasses every conceited trend-chaser is wearing. This screams “I will do whatever I see others do in order to fit in…with other trend-chasers.” than those obnoxious diva glasses. This just screams “If i want to be bothered with you, i will allow you to see my face.” Or, “I paid so much for these stupid glasses that i need to get 8 hours per day of usage out of them.”
Bottom line: It’s rude and self-centered of anyone to still have sunglasses on prancing around in any environment where no sunlight is present. Take them off, you are not as sophisticated as you assume you are, simply because you’ve overpaid for a pair of glasses that will soon become as out of style as lower back tattoos. No excuse for it like …big women in stretch pants.
Most importantly, no real man should have on big-ass wrap around space shuttle glasses unless he intends to announce his bisexuality or arrogance. He will not be mistaken for trendy, hip, or cool, just questionable in his sexuality. So, men, off with the moon-landing lenses, you look… umm, tender and feminine. No right time, no excuse, and should be ashamed of yourselves.
