"Empire" Questions

I watched The Cookie Show again this morning and then turned on some music.  Seemed fitting that Jazzmine Sullivan's "Forever Doesn't Last Too Long" because that's what I was thinking.  Forever sure in the hell doesn't last too long anymore.

My thoughts on Lucious?  That dude has the type of issues I wouldn't want to be anywhere around.  Watching Cookie fall out of love with him has been eye opening to say the least.  See...had he not divorced her while she was in jail, she never would have.  She would have stayed married to him like Whitney and Bobby and being around that level of ugly on a regular basis would have surely turned her into a Cookie we wouldn't like.

Cookie is, above all else, a mother.  And she has shown that time and time again.  She will put her kids first no matter what and realizing what Lucious subjected them to while she was locked up has awakened her into a MAJOR MAMA BEAR.  

Sure, she's a woman and she has needs so I'm really wondering if Lucious asks her to marry him again, will she?  I mean...sure...she is digging Sweetface big time but she's a smart businesswoman and knows that Lucious is dying so if she marrieds him then she doesn't have to worry about anyone taking Empire away from her and her kids.

Lucious is so germy to me.  I don't like him at all.  Dude is the worst-er-est.

QUESTIONS:

1.  Do you think Lucious was lying about the baby?

2.  Do you think he will still ask Cookie to marry him?  Do you think she'll say yes?

3.  Do you think Cookie will accept that bipolar disorder is very real and her son has it?

4.  Do you think Lucious and Vernon are going to have a for real show down?

5.  What do you LIKE about Lucious?

6.  Besides Cookie...who is your favorite character and why?

7.  Will they ever find out what Boo Boo Kitty did to Elle?

8.  Lucious has offended each of his sons beyond reason.  Do yall think they are going to mount up and be done with him lead by Jamal and take over the company?  

9.  Were you surprised at how Andre's wife went in on Lucious about those shares?

10.  Who do YOU think should run the company?

Adult Children Living Home

I'm at the age where I have friends with adult children.  After the Angie Stone thing the other day, I started thinking of how many of my friends have adult children who lived with them or HAVE lived with them since becoming adults and yall...it's pretty much all of them.  Gone are the days when parents tell their kids that when they turn 18 they have to get out...and mean it.  Because really...where are they going to go if they are not in somebody's college dorm?  How are they, at age 18, going to provide for themselves?

I wondered if this was a new thing or whether or not it was normal and got to talking about it with a couple of people.  One person told me that when they graduated from college their parents helped set up their first apartment and helped them out with a few months rent so they could get on their feet properly.  I heard something similar from another friend too and I thought to myself...hmmmmmm...

Then I had a lightbulb moment.  Younger parents of adult children honestly might not have the money to do those things for their children.  Older parents have more money it seems so they would be capable of helping out a bit more right?

I'm thinking...I'm thinking...

So now I'm wondering if folks should start immediately expecting that their children will be home for much longer than they expected them to be. I mean, it seems that even if kids go off to college and graduate, chances are high that they will have to head back home if a job offer isn't forthcoming that will allow them to care for themselves properly.  AND...even if they get a good enough job, does it make sense for them to stay home for a year after so they can save up a chunk of money knowing that as soon as for real adulthood comes into play they will be steamrolled right on into bills, bills and more bills with less of an opportunity to save?  Makes me wonder.

Have you thought about living with your children as adults?  

Have you thought about where they are going once they hit 18 if they are not college material?  

If you have adult children at home, what are your rules?  Do they have a deadline as to when they have to leave?  What's been the most surprising thing you've had to address that you didn't think of before it came up?

Are adult children living home the norm now? 

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Angie Stone #CookieFluenced?

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Yesterday news broke that Angie Stone's adult daughter, age 30, swung on her mama after her mama told her to clean her room and control her kids.

Angie picked up a metal stand and bust her in the mouth knocking her teeth out.  

SIP:  Was she wearing animal print at the time?

Thoughts?

Singer Angie Stone bashes daughter's teeth in fight

New Universal Rule!

This frustrates me beyond reason so the people I talk to regularly on the phone know this is what we do.  If I called you and the call drops while we're talking...I will be the one who calls back.  If you called me and the call drops while we're talking...you should be the one who calls back cuz if I get voicemail more than once...I'm so annoyed I won't even remember what we were talking about.  LOL!

What about you?  Does this frustrate you too?