THE JUICY EXPRESSIONS

Ladies we have all fantasized about that special day when the love of our life gets down on one knee, pops open that suede box and shows us a gleaming ring as he confesses his love and asks us to be his wife. However, ladies what would you do if the man you were madly in love with proposed to you without a ring? Let’s just say he said something along the lines of, “baby I love you so much and I’m so sure that you’re the woman I want to be with for the rest of my life and for that reason alone I don’t want to wait any longer, I want to marry you tomorrow morning as soon as city hall opens. I know I don’t have a ring for you right now, but I promise that after we get married I’m going to start pulling in some major over time and get you the ring that you want.”  Just imagine the man you love sitting there with love in his eyes awaiting your response as he holds your hand anxious for a response. Ladies what do you say? Do you accept the proposal or not and if you do accept the proposal do you tell people your engaged or do you keep it a secret until you have a ring to show? And lastly would you actually feel legitimately engaged if you don’t have a ring?

I personally would never accept a proposal without a ring, I believe that if my man loves me like he says he does he will wait until he can afford a ring and provide me the marriage proposal I deserve. Sadly, I have a female family member who accepted a marriage proposal from a man who claimed that he was going to get her an engagement/wedding ring after they had gotten married, and to make a long story short they stayed married for 9 years and during that time she never got that ring. After getting married, bills, children and other life issues came into play and it seems that her wearing an engagement ring just wasn’t a top priority anymore. In my opinion accepting a marriage proposal or getting married without a ring is a recipe for regret and hostility.  WHAT DO YOU THINK, would you accept a marriage proposal without a ring?

-Green Apple

I was invited to this kick back out west one day with my sister Green Apple. There I met Rod and noticed that in his room he had bulks of clothing stashed. Roderick Temple is a 28 year old African American man who is the owner and designer of Materialistic Enspiration, a clothing line that I consider flavor. Some of his styles consists of sayings known as “Fly Sh** Only”, “West Side”, and of course the original “Materialistic Enspiration” including the shopping bag logo with the word ME inside the bags. Rod sells his clothes from his home, where he allows people to stop by and shop or call their order in. I can appreciate someone who has a positive hustle because now days you will more likely hear someone with a negative hustle than a positive one.  Rod is a sweet down to earth guy when interviewing him, I had a chance to view some of his very original merchandise and there was this particular hat I had my eye on. He told me it was the last hat he had in that particular design. I offered to drop bread on it and he said no it’s yours and  gave it to me for free. He showed me love and of course automatically the love circulates from me. I can definitely see this clothing line expanding in the near future and I’m happy to be a supporter. Check out the interview I did with the designer him self! Express your thoughts on Materialistic Enspiration!

To see more of his merchandise follow his Instagram (lilrodsoenspired) and Facebook(Rod Rose Temple). Call 773.885.8922 to order!

-Juicy Peach

 Ok, I know the title is alarming but it’s true Shantia Dennis, a 26 year old McDonald’s employee was selling heroin happy meals out of a Pittsburgh location. Apparently after calling to tell Dennis you were headed to her the key phrase to alert Dennis you wanted to buy drugs was “I’d like to order a toy.” Now if you all are anything like me your first thought was, “what made her think no one else would order a happy meal???” Unlike myself, Dennis didn’t think that would happen and when a mother went home after ordering a happy meal she was alarmed when the box had a bag of heroin inside! The mother quickly called the police who set up an undercover scheme and they too used the phrase “I’d like to order a toy” and received 10 bags heroin!

Dennis was then arrested last Wednesday on the spot caught with 50 bags of heroin, money, and marijuana in her bra. On Thursday she was charged with criminal use of a cell phone, delivery of heroin, possession with intent to deliver heroin and possession of heroin and marijuana. No other employees were arrested and all claimed to have no idea of what was going on.Store owner, Iftikhar Malik, is believed to have no connection to the drug sales. According to the Associated Press, Malik also owns another location in Murrysville, Pa., where an employee was charged with dealing heroin earlier this year. I don’t know if any of you are fans of the hit AMC TV series Breaking Bad but this sure does sound like the drug plot just instead of chicken it’s happy meals! One location, ok I can believe him being unaware but TWO! Yea seems a little odd, but in a statement Malik said, “The allegations related to this employee do not represent acceptable behaviors and are not consistent with my values, as such, we take these charges very seriously and we are fully cooperating with the authorities. We are also conducting our own thorough internal investigation.” I don’t know about you all but next time you order food don’t just check to see if the foods right make sure you are drug free! That’s my juicy news for the day, go ahead let me know your expressions!

-Gorgeous Grape

I believe that sex is an important factor when connecting with your companion. When I was younger I used to say things like “sex is not important” “sex is not a big deal” but that definitely changed as I matured. Sex can be a great experience when done with a special person. It is a great expression as well. Although sex is important it is not the only important factor in a relationship. You have to have other additional features as well. Some examples are a drive for success, good conversation, an intellectual mind….etc. (it varies on what the person likes) I’m a girl who likes good sex but it isn’t enough when a man only has that to offer. I would rather not have sex than to have sex with a person with no interesting qualities. In the moment it’s great, kisses are passionate skin is tightly wrapped, yes we’re body to body but after the moment is over everything goes back to surface level. Although I don’t thinkTamar was referring to this exactly when she wrote the song pieces but to me this situation qualifies. “But I don’t want nopieces ..Oh no no no no…I don’t want your pieces… I’m tired of giving all of my love.”   I don’t want a piece of passion.  I want it all. I was in a situation where there was a lot of resistance within our relationship. I could tell that he was not going to be the right man for me but I was so into the passionate love that we made so that did make me stick around a little longer. But eventually I got tired of the incomplete package because I know there is better out there. I can find someone who I can really connect with on all levels. I know that sometimes it seems as if we have someone who’s great but lack sexually vs.someone who is great sexually and lacks the additional features. But you don’t have to choose either situation of lack .(unless the person who lacks sexually can get better, that sometimes can be true but not always the case, but that is another topic lol)  I feel like you shouldn’t settle and just attract  your complete package to come. No one is perfect but you will find someone who is worth your while. Good sex is not enough by itself.

 Have you ever got tired of someone who only offered good sex but not many other great qualities?  

How would you let someone go once you’re tired of that relationship? 

 Do you feel as if sex is an important factor?

-Juicy Peach