Oprah's On: Town Hall Meeting: Imus Controversy: Now What? - Page 7

newpsalmistgirl · #91 02-25-2006, 08:58 AM

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Originally posted by JD'07
I go to school in a Midwestern college town and I only pay $27 to get a wash, deep condition and basic style every 10-11 days. If I went every week, my beautician would only charge me $24/wk. Relaxers are $55 and she throws in the trim for free as part of basic maintenance.

JD, I need to live where you are living! That is really excellent... I live in Baltimore, and it can get quite pricey. I go to the hairdresser semi regularly, but cut down on the cost because I can maintain my hair between visits. In college, I paid nothing to get my hair done, because the girl on campus who did hair wasn't very good at math, so I tutored her and she styled me. Not to say that there are not salons that offer quality services at a slightly lower price, but for the most part, it can be pretty pricey up here. And her poor husband... How is he allowing this to happen in his family? I can understand why he is looking to divorce her, he probably feels like he is not being a good "man" because he is not properly managing his family. I know many people (including me) struggle with spending, and surely, I don't mean to judge this woman, but this story really made me question and ridicule some... well, many, of my spending habits.

Honeykiss1974 · #92 02-25-2006, 11:17 AM

This is really excellenct show. Its made me conscience of the amount of CASH I blow through in a week.

UpPinkies · #93 02-25-2006, 02:08 PM

Tell why they have five cars and there is only two of them. i could possibly see three, but FIVE and only two drivers in the house. WOW.

I moved to Chicago and getting your hair done here is a joke. 70+ for a relaxer and 45+ for a wash and getting a trim is always extra. So I have had to cut back on the every two weeks, plus I cannot find a decent person to do my hair. I just fill that I am getting robbed. So now I do my own hair and then go to a Supercuts etc. and have them give me a trim and I come home and curl it. Then I try to schedule my relaxers around the time I go home to St. Louis. Only 60 dollars for a relaxer and she will trim, cut, curl etc for nothing. Plus, let me not rant on about making an appointment and wasting away a whole saturday to get my hair done.

newpsalmistgirl · #94 02-25-2006, 05:54 PM

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Originally posted by UpPinkies
Tell why they have five cars and there is only two of them. i could possibly see three, but FIVE and only two drivers in the house. WOW.

I moved to Chicago and getting your hair done here is a joke. 70+ for a relaxer and 45+ for a wash and getting a trim is always extra. So I have had to cut back on the every two weeks, plus I cannot find a decent person to do my hair. I just fill that I am getting robbed. So now I do my own hair and then go to a Supercuts etc. and have them give me a trim and I come home and curl it. Then I try to schedule my relaxers around the time I go home to St. Louis. Only 60 dollars for a relaxer and she will trim, cut, curl etc for nothing. Plus, let me not rant on about making an appointment and wasting away a whole saturday to get my hair done.

I hear ya girl!

Munchkin03 · #95 02-25-2006, 07:48 PM

I pay $40 for relaxers and $12 for wash/conditions--and I live in a pretty expensive city. I really cannot wash my own hair at all (I've tried and all I can say is that it looks full and thick after I'm done), and I get relaxers done every two months. It's a bit of a luxury to have someone do your hair--but there are other things that I cut back on that most people don't. I bring my lunch from home every day (with rare exceptions), I don't drink coffee, and I also eat my breakfast at home. If I were in serious debt, however, I would be doing my own hair all the time.

I do have to admit, however, that I throw away (actually, putting them in the shredder) some bills without looking at them because I pay them online and monitor the accounts weekly.

Steeltrap · #96 02-27-2006, 09:37 PM

^^
I pay nothing for my wash/dry/flatirons (unless I don't go down to S.D.). Advantage of sister as stylist. But I'm also wearing quick weaves, which generally run me about $30-$40 a pop (human hair). They usually last me six months.

I have heard about this show and some of the stuff had me SMH, including the fact that she spends $100 a week on takeout food! WTF?

AKA2D '91 · #97 03-06-2006, 07:51 PM

Wednesday on Oprah!

AKA2D '91 · #98 03-06-2006, 07:52 PM

Friday: An update on Soror Bradley and her family.

enigma_AKA · #99 03-08-2006, 11:49 AM

Yeah. I don't know how I feel about this...hmmm, yeah. My friend and I were discussing why there weren't more...hmmmm...

I'm going to leave it at that for now. I'll come back to this...

enigma_AKA

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Originally posted by AKA2D '91
Wednesday on Oprah!

nikki1920 · #**100** 03-08-2006, 12:34 PM

I still say, Do You. If he makes you happy, then KIM. Your relationship is no one else's business, be you interracial or what have you. *shrug*

enigma_AKA · #**101** 03-08-2006, 12:44 PM

But I'm more tripping on the fact that the situation delved, like it usually does, into an emphasis on the sexual taboos that we've being trying to get past.

"My friends ask me is it pink and I just say "No, it's more of a tan'". Really?

"My friends ask me is he better in bed than White men. And I just say "Yeah"...and he's well endowed."

Are there any normal Black women who just like men? Any shape. Any size. any color. Any man who has a bomb personality, a talent, an ambition and a means to making something of himself. Black or White. It doesn't mean you have an identity crisis to know this fact.

On the other hand, it doesn't mean you have to be more like your partner of another race to be with them. Just be you. You don't have to be any more White to be with a White guy. Hmmm, am I saying too much here?

*And even as I type this, I am reminded of Sinaa's comment on 'Black women waiting on Black men'. Tre sigh. Where are the men like my father and hisgeneration? How long must we wait? Or do we wait at all?*

enigma_AKA

Dionysus · #**102** 03-08-2006, 07:54 PM

I saw the show, it was okay. Some parts I liked, some parts I didn't like.

starang21 · #**103** 03-08-2006, 08:07 PM

so what happened

AKA2D '91 · #**104** 03-08-2006, 08:56 PM

I didn't like the stereotypical questions the couples were asked:
1. What's it like (to be with a white man)?
2. How does he/she kiss?

Why not focus on their RELATIONSHIP. I'm going to have to watch it without interruption. I was doing a few other things

Oh, I didn't like the segment on the Black guys discussing their reaction to sistas dating white men.

Ummmmmmmm, sisters are doing it BECAUSE YOU ALL are with the white girls (non-black females), gay, have too many children, etc etc etc

_Opi_ · #**105** 03-08-2006, 09:13 PM

I was kinda disappointed in this episode because it didnt really have that much substance. I mean Oprah could have dedicated more than half an hour to the talk to about such a relevant and heavy topic. I didnt know that only 5% of black women were in an interracial relationships....compared to 11% of black men.

It was kinda funny seeing Simon talk about Black women's hair. And Sanaa looked gorgeous!