Women are crazy for all the wrong reasons!

Jennifer "cold feet" Wilbanks...Welp, we found her a couple of days ago. After a frantic, hysterical 911 call during which she said she was abducted, then a recant and admission that she "got cold feet", then some more info about travelling around Vegas and New Mexico with a couple (that she met on the internet?!), she's home and meeting with authorities. They are thinking of a) pressing charges, and b) forcing her to reimburse the town of Duluth, GA for the expenses involved in her womanhunt, which took on a huge life of it's own and apparently cost up to $60,000.
A) She purchased her bus ticket a WEEK in advance, so this was fairly premeditated.
B) she called 911 and falsely reported a crime, which is a crime in and of itself, and the prosecutor of Duluth is thinking of pressing charges against her for this.
c) her fiance, the son of the ex-Duluth mayor, gave her the ring back and says the wedding is "postponed".
OMGz, they are BOTH complete idiots. First of all, she met that couple on the internet and ran off to meet them after getting cold feet - that might explain why she purchased the ticket a week before bolting. BUT, this is a high profile union, it seems, with a huge wedding party (14 maids and ushers and 600 guests), and I BET YOU A MILLION DOLLARS that if this wasn't as high profile (the ex-mayor's son and his rich little girlfriend) then we would have NEVER devoted all that time and energy and public resources to finding her. So YES, make the stupid bich pay back that money.

Yes, press charges against her like the law dictates. Just because she's marrying the ex-mayor's son that doesn't mean she is exempt from prosecution to the letter of the law. She should be arrested and do time as stipulated by law.

Now, I feel bad that she got cold feet, but this whole episode squeals of something more than just that. A premeditated bus ticket. A shady couple met on the internet. A fleeing bride the week before her wedding - a womanhunt for the bride of the high profile ex-mayor's son. A false call to 911 claiming kidnapping. Call me crazy, but I'd be a middle class normal person than a rich idiot with no common sense and all the apparently mental and emotional problems they have!
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NO comment on the Terrell Owens fiasco in Philly. The guy's a playa, but he's also an asshole. Stop pissing and moaning about more money, win Philly a Super Bowl THEN renegotiate your contract...
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On the "youth can sure be stupid" front: Browns tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. sustained internal injuries and complained of chest pains after he was injured in a motorcycle accident, the team said Monday night. But lookie here...Beyond the injuries, there are possible financial ramifications as well, and Winslow may have given the team an opportunity to recover a portion of his signing bonus and option bonus, if he is found to be in breach of his contract. Two league sources said Monday night that Winslow's contract includes language which is even more specific and limiting, and which expressly forbids riding a motorcycle. Siiiiigh...will they every learn!?
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And on to my pet peeve topic of the week: young girls and their self images...my oldest daughter is having image problems - self-image, that is. And it's no wonder! The image that women, and young girls, are expected to model themselves after is ridiculously impossible. We could all look like those women on the pages of magazines if a) we never worked or went to school and spent all day in the gym and b) had a zillion dollars to spend for someone to come in and do our hair and make up each morning before we left the house, or c) never ate any food (bulimia included). Since the VAST majority of women do NOT live this idyllic life we don't look like super models or teen super stars. So, we end up hiding our true selves inside loose fitting clothing or developing eating disorders thinking that will help us attain that impossible "Perfect Image". If we all looked like the women and girls in magazines we would be useless. The world would literally grind to a halt. Why you ask? Because those women don't actually DO anything. They don't play sports and become role models for future generations; they don't usually want to bear children because they don't want to risk loosing their figures and so never get to experience the joy of being a mother. They don't become nurses or wives or doctors or business women, or teachers, or any other profession that actually contributes anything useful to society because they are so obsessed with their looks that they develop a very narrow and vain view of the world. And that view is that the only thing that matters is what they look like. What an utter waste of a life! YOung ladies would never see their own potential to be a positive person. I have friends who have young daughters/nieces and they say it is so frustrating to get them to understand that REAL beauty is not found superficially. REAL beauty is not visible, but rather found deep within a women's heart and in her soul. It is a measure of those that she loves, the lives she touches, and the contribution she makes not only to society but to her family. I hate to see a young person get lost on this path because it is truly a slippery slope and one misstep can lead to a lifetime of insecurity. The girls who are a size two with those waif looks are abnormal and not to be admired. Rather they should be pitied because they are stuck having to maintain that size and their looks and run the risk of becoming very, very sick. How do you think those girls maintain a size one? They either starve themselves or they are puking. Oh, and don't get me started on air brushing and picture altering...