What would you do for love?

[thesweetestone]

This situation is actully not that uncommon. I have a cousin that "took the rap" for a guy. It must not have been a felony or anything because she got out pretty quick. Also, I had a friend to tell me that she was riding home with a guyy and the police stopped them. the guy tried to get her to take his drugs because she was underaged.

[lil_sunshine]

Mista Man will have to do his dirt all by his lonesome. Especially since I wanna become a lawyer, going to jail for his stinkin' azz would jeopardize me doing what I have to do to take care of my family and myself. THERE'S NO MAN IN THIS WORLD WORTH GOING TO JAIL FOR!!!!!!!! (In my best Forrest Gump voice) And that's all I have to say about that!

[strobelitehoney]

SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOT
WHAT DOES LOVE DO FOR ME??????
NOT A DAMN THANG.!!!!!!

LOVE DON'T LUB NOBODY,SO I'VE BEEN TOLD LMAO

The only thing love has done for me was Love my daughter, and write my open letter.....CTFU LMAO @ that thread still.

[2DISCRETE4U]

Originally posted by strobelitehoney
SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOT
WHAT DOES LOVE DO FOR ME??????
NOT A DAMN THANG.!!!!!!

LOVE DON'T LUB NOBODY,SO I'VE BEEN TOLD LMAO

Girl I totally feel you! Uh uh, I'm not going to jail for nobody's crime when I didn't have anything to do with it. Hell naw!
A good example of this is in The Coldest Winter Ever.

[TLAW]

... okay... a male point of view...
If I do know the Ja-Rule video you are talking about, I believe an important point (which some of you have alluded to) is that Miss Red-head Baltimore was not exactly innocent. She was a very willing participant. So, in theory, had her man been caught, wouldn't she have done about the same time? I doubt plea-bargaining would have done her any good. Thus, I guess the theme of the video was loyalty. And, I am sure the promise of riches helped make her sentence easier. I can't feel to sorry for the fictional character. I think she earned her own rap, and made a financial decision.
That being said, if any person decides to take the rap for anyone else, that persons has only himself or herself to blame. In my better moments, I dream of being so chilvarous that I do such for the love of my life. In reality, I am relieved that I won't have to make that decision. There is something about non-consensual physical relationships in prison that make you appreciate a law-abiding woman. Loyalty should not have to bow to the law.

[24play]

I always said "i wouldn't do this for a man and i wouldn't do that "but when i finally fell, i fell hard. I was under that spell. So I could say I would never take the rap for my man but I dont know. Your heart is stupid and it plays games clouds your judgement. You gotta find someone that will ryde or dye for you like you would for them.

p.s. Im a new sisterfriend Hi!!!

Originally posted by MaNessa
[...We all say what we would or wouldn't do but until you are in a situation you do not know what your reaction will be. We all would like to think we would not be a fool for love. Look around you how many friends or associates do you know who have been a fool? [/B]

I have to agree with MaNessa. A person does not know what they will do until that time comes. Most women, who are incarcerated, because they took the rap, were saying the same thing we are all saying, "We will NEVER take the blame in the name of love". However, the same women that made such statements, are now, sitting in prison, saying they did it because they "loved" their men.

It's easy to say what we won't do, when the situation is not happening. But it becomes so difficult when we have to come face-to-face with negative situations, dealing with our loved ones.

[Monique]

Ohhhhhhhhhh Yall... Let me tell U what I have done for Love only to have it thrown back in my face.

1. Fighting with him(now I NOT him, have charges pressed against me and I'm going to court for holding up for Him and HE was in the WRONG!!!big time
2. Being their for him while he was locked up or away.
3. Pawned my radio,jewerly, among other things to get him bail money
4. Putting up with emotional abuse for so called LOVE
5. Being a FOOL to the 3rd power.
6.Being faithful when he was being untrue
7.Finding out that he had sex with my "FRIEND" and taking him back. I know i know.. but hey i was on lovvvveee
8. Coming home to find his homegirl in his bed...

So all in alll.F%#@ LOVE.. LOVE HAS ME CRYING TO SLEEP ALMOST EVERNIGHT...... AND THIS IS ONLY SOME OF THE THINGS "LOVE HAD ME DOING"

Originally posted by Monique
Ohhhhhhhhhh Yall... Let me tell U what I have done for Love only to have it thrown back in my face.

1. Fighting with him(now I NOT him, have charges pressed against me and I'm going to court for holding up for Him and HE was in the WRONG!!!big time
2. Being their for him while he was locked up or away.
3. Pawned my radio,jewerly, among other things to get him bail money
4. Putting up with emotional abuse for so called LOVE
5. Being a FOOL to the 3rd power.
6.Being faithful when he was being untrue
7.Finding out that he had sex with my "FRIEND" and taking him back. I know i know.. but hey i was on lovvvveee
8. Coming home to find his homegirl in his bed...

Monique,
Even though most women won't admit it, a lot of us have been through, maybe not all, but most of the things you have listed. I don't care what anyone says, MOSt of us HAVE done a lot of negative things "in the name of love". But we have to learn from these things, and move on. That's part of life. Sistah, keep yo' head up.