Sad news coming from Atlanta this weekend. A.J. Jewell, familiar to fans of the Bravo series The Real Housewives of Atlanta, died early Saturday morning of massive head injuries.

Jewell was the ex-fiance of the newest Housewife, Grammy-winning songwriter Kandi Burruss. The drama from their engagement, real and imagined, had been the focus of many of this season's episodes. Kandi revealed to Essence.com in early September that the couple were on 'hiatus' and that she had become legal guardian to his 12-year-old twin daughters.

Sources say Jewell was fatally injured after getting in a fight with an employee, Fredrick Richardson, of … Read More

Ed Swiderski may not be the lovesick loyal puppy ABC's The Bachelorette has portrayed him to be. Just one week after his proposal to Jillian Harris aired on ABC's The Bachelorette, two women have stepped forward and reported that Ed had relationships with both of them according to People.com.

Lindsey Johnson and Bethany Steffen have both claimed to have had relationships with Ed prior to and during his taping of the show. Reportedly he strung them both along for months, even for a period of time after he and Jillian were engaged. Cheating Keeps Us Together

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Have no fear: the Bachelorette is still with her man. The Chicago Tribune has reported that Bachelorette Jillian Harris is officially moving to be with fiance Ed Swiderski. How To Date Like The Bachelorette

Chicago seems proud. That's where Ed was born, bred and buttered and where he reportedly works as a technology consultant for Microsoft. Jillian is scheduled to leave Vancouver, Canada by September 1 to plant some roots in Chi-town, where she's expected to continue her work as a restaurant designer (and hot dog condiments psychoanalyst). She has discussed spending a few years … Read More

Pop culture has construed them to be full-blown nights of drunken debauchery for which no one is held accountable for the sinful shenanigans that transpire. They are the infamous bachelor and bachelorette parties—when spouses-to-be are customarily subjected to wild partying with friends before "settling down" into a stage of expected monogamy.

Opinions on such gatherings are hotly contested. Anti-partiers question the readiness and maturity of a fiance(e) wanting a "last taste of freedom." Pro-partiers question the naysayer's trust in the relationship. And then there is a whole gray area where a couple must determine how much is too much … Read More

A few weeks ago I wrote about how I wasn't sure if I was really ready to be dating again, that I was still dealing with the lingering effects of my last relationship in which my fiance ended things suddenly.

"...I desperately fear, in all sincerity, that I will never again find someone who loved me like my ex-fiance did. And that even if I do, they will likely leave me the way he did. Isn’t that pathetic?"

A friend of mine emailed me, specifically about that line, saying it wasn't what she expected to hear me say. 

She wrote:

"I stumbled … Read More

Being the modern, liberated, well-educated woman that I am, I never thought I would mind the man in my life going to a strip club. Years ago, I would even occassionally join my guy friends for an evening at a gentlemen's club. It meant free cocktails all night, and have you ever seen the ladies' room at a strip club?  The restrooms are girly bonanzas that range between the cosmetics aisle at a drug store to a miniature Sephora. Plus, strippers on their bathroom breaks have the best gossip. Desperate Housewives? Days of Our Lives? Child's play in comparison. 

When we heard Vince Vaughn was engaged, we all breathed a sign of relief that The Break Up star was finally settling down.  After all, a man can only gain so much weight and date so many co-stars before he becomes otherwise undesirable. 

Since I got engaged early last month and began planning a wedding for this summer, I've been thinking a lot about what it means to be hitched. As someone who already lives with her husband-to-be, I wonder just how much marriage will actually change things, whether I'll wake up the morning after the wedding feeling any different. I've also been thinking a lot about what kind of wife I want to be, what it means to be a "good" wife, and how — if at all — being a "good wife" could compromise my identity or personal needs and interests.I … Read More

Does your groom have delusions of grandeur when he talks about the size of his... reception hall? Then he might be a Groomzilla! Newly engaged or weeks away from your wedding, the symptoms of a Groomzilla can strike your fiancé at any time. Craig Bridger, author of Surviving Groomzilla: A Bride's Guide offers warning signs and tips on how to tame the beast that has taken over the wedding planning.

Last night I had a drink (okay, we had three) with my ex-fiance’s mother—she had called me previous to her coming into town and has asked if I wanted to meet up. I hadn’t seen her since about three weeks before our initial break/split/whatever, when she had come to town with her husband to meet my mom and see one of the spots we were considering for our wedding. Throughout the break process she was very kind and as supportive as she could be, given that I was in the middle of a relationship crisis with her son. … Read More