MY EX PART II (UNRELEASED)...

A year or so after I proposed to Ebony, she found a job in Philly and moved. Since she was a suburban chick and not used to dangers of the city, I found a nice little apartment outside of the city limits. Her parents, especially her dad, were a little uncomfortable at first, but when the saw the area they quickly realized that there are some decent places to live in the Greater Philadelphia area.

We spent our first night together making love all night in our candle lit bedroom. SHIT, THOUGHT I CREATED PHILLY JR THAT NIGHT. Although I consider myself to be very romantic, this was more of an accident than anything else. My dumb ass forgot to call the electric company and get the power turned on. The next morning or should I say the next afternoon, we unpacked and tried to settle in. Everything was everything and I was not even mad she took up all the closet space with her clothes. Although I must admit, it was a little awkward waking up with someone in the bed with me everyday. I WAS USE TO KICKING BEOOTCHES OUT BY 6:00AM. Except for occasionally wanting to hangout with my squad and coming home all hours of the night, I quickly adapted to cohabitation. No more getting numbers, no more hitting South Street, Delaware Ave, or the Plateau looking for chickens. No more dip'n in and out of clubs look'n for women. I was good. The woman of my dreams and my future wife was waiting for me at home all day everyday.

We got along well. We seldom argued about anything. Truthfully, I can only remember one or two disagreements between me and Ebony. This was a far cry from my parents and how I grew up. My peoples argued about damn near everything until they final realized that they were not meant for each other and separated. It was my parents agruments that made me always want to work things out if or when we disagreed. Since money was the biggest issue growing up in my household, I thought it would be a good idea to split all the house bills 50/50 between me and Ebony. Unfortunately, this did not sit well with her because in her household, Ebony's father paid the mortgage and her mother paid for the utilities, food, and etc..

The reason her dad paid the mortgage was because he made more money then her mother. In our household, we both made the exact same amount of money. The only difference was she had more personal expenses then me. We compromised on how we would run our household and we even included a clause just in case one of us blew up. This compromise was huge for me because my dad was abusive and became violent during agruments with my mother. During one of my dad's classic beatdowns, I made a promise to my mother that I would never hit a woman. To date, I still have never hit a woman and I'm proud of it.

Planning our wedding was the next obstacle. I really did not want to get involved to heavy with it so I let Ebony handle that situation. She was a little upset with me at first, stating I had a nonchalant attitude about this big event. To me, the wedding was more of a show then anything else. I was more concerned with what was going to happen after the lights were turned off. Anyway, we spent hours going over various different places, tasting food, making a guest list and etc.... It finally came down to two places and they both were nice. One place overlooked the river and the other place was an exclusive country club. The only thing left for us to do was to pick a date for our event.

To be continued.. Philly has left the building..........

MY EX (UNRELEASED)...

Believe it or not Phillylive was engaged a few years back and now that I think about it, I probably should have married this chick. Of course, hind sight is 20/20 but this woman was my everything. She was all I could ask for and more. She was beautiful, smart, and very sexy. I met Ebony back in college at a Greek party in 1991. She did not step to me directly. Ebony was real smooth but some what shy. She sent her girlfiend over to do the dirty work and holla your boy Philly. I took one look at Ebony and it was a DONE DEAL.. Things moved between us pretty fast. We were friends, lovers then a couple with two months. Matter fact, my line brother said and I quote " You are going to marry Ebony one day".

I remember our first date like it was yesterday. I had twenty bucks in my pocket and we were in the mall. Next thing I know, we end up at a restaurant because she was hungry. She must have been read'n my mind & knew I was broke because when the bill came she said it was her treat and pick up the tab like it was nuff'n. You know I was a shook one because Ebony caught me totally off guard. But that was just the type of person she was. She always looked out for a nucca. She hit me off with food stamps, picked me up for class, washed a nigga clothes, she did everything. (Note, everybody had food stamps at State. Don't laugh, thats just how it went down. Niggas was broke) We were a beautiful couple and a lot of people was hate'n on us and try'n to break us up. Even though Ebony graduated a year before me because I was a super senior, we refused to let the distance end our relationship.

My senior year was hard. I had a lot of shorty's was try'n to get a me but I managed to shut it down and be faithful to Ebony. And that was very hard to do especially at a historically black college. Very Hard... Anyway, I made it though and graduated a year later. After graduation, I headed back to Philly to look for a job or whatever. I found one a few months later but I was not a happy camper because Ebony was two hours away from me to the north. We broke up once over the first four years but love brought us back together. We would meet twice a month in Jersey for about another year or so and then it was time for your boy Philly to step up.

I took some change from my saving account and broke out to Delaware because its no tax on anything. I did not know much about jewelry but by the end of the day I had an engagement ring and a wedding ring. STRAIGHT LIKE THAT... I did not even tell my peoples or my boyz. A week later, I showed up at Ebony's crib ready to do the damn the thang. It was like two o'clock in the morning and we just got finished making love. My heart was pounding and I was madd nervous but I looked Ebony directly in the eyes and said the following: Ebony, I truly love you. You are my everything. You are the woman I want to spend the rest of my life with. You are the woman I want to grow old with. You are the woman I want to have my children. Ebony, will you please marry me. Her eyes filled with tears and she said yes as I put the ring on her finger.

Too be continued.... Maybe..........