Tyrese & His So-Called Relationship Advice
Some people need to stick with the gifts they were given. By some, I mean Tyrese Gibson. Most people know him as a singer and actor, I’ll call those his gifts. But he has this gift that keeps on giving, sort of like herpes, that no one wants. Over the past couple of years, Tyrese’s Twitter account has become a cesspool of horrible grammar and interesting relationship advice.
Case in point. This morning I logged into my account, and I noticed people retweeting Tyreseisms:
Ladies…Don’t independence your way into loneliness
— Tyrese Gibson (@Tyrese) October 23, 2012
Ladies have confused this whole concept of ‘Independence’..And I’m tired of it .. Nobody wants to be alone.. I repeat NOBODY!!!
— Tyrese Gibson (@Tyrese) October 23, 2012
So according to Tyrese, fuck your independence. All of you independent women are just lonely. He also used Beyonce as an example. You know that song where she spoke about being independent? Well, in Tyrese’s world, she threw all that away, and found her “king.” So now she’s much happier.
Oh, but it gets better:
The devil wants us to be independent of each other …The devil wants to see us apart.. Fight to STAY in your marriages and relationships!
— Tyrese Gibson (@Tyrese) October 23, 2012
You ladies out there, that aren’t lonely, but in crappy relationships. Don’t end them, but fight till the death to keep them intact, no matter how bad they are, because it’s better to be in a crappy relationship, instead of being lonely. But of course there were the usual Tyrese cheerleaders, cheering on his Tyreseisms:
@tyrese u are on point this morning! I completely agree, i hate that a females first solution is, “Girl you should leave him”
— Shenika Black (@kjdblack) October 23, 2012
Oh Shenika, Shenika … you’ve drunk the Tyrese-Aid. And apparently you like it. Tell me how does that bullshit flavor Kool-Aid taste?
When will people stop taking relationship advice from Tyrese and other clowns like him? Unfortunately, his advice isn’t something you can easily turn a blind eye to, because most of his retweets come from people asking, “What the fuck?”. I just wish he’d stick to using the gifts he’s good at, singing and acting. I’m just going to go and blame Coca-Cola, he should have stayed on the back of that bus singing.
Dear Yesha Callahan and readers. I am not a fan of Tyrese nor his advices, but I think that I am (for the first time ever) actually understanding what he is trying to say here.
Many women are so busy claiming their independence with a mentality stating ‘I don’t need you, dude; I got my own car, my own house, my own money’ that they many time make men feel useless and unwanted. It is wonderful for a woman to be independent. I am one of those. I have my dream job, great salary, I have two houses, including one in Brazil, I have my own car, and my job as well as my interests takes me to travels all over the world. AND I have the man of my dreams. He is my best friend (and he is sexsay), we are silly together, we laugh, we cry, we learn, we explore.
I can be independent and in a stable and healthy relationship because I am humble. I make my man feel needed and wanted. Because he is. I do not tell him that I don’t need his ass when we fight; because I do. I do not mind buying him gifts or paying the restaurant bill; but I also allow him to feel like a man by letting him be THE MAN in the relationship. So with all of this said. I fully agree with Tyrese. Women should be independent, but they should be humble about it. If you make your man feel like the only thing he can bring to the table is a penis, then it is very likely that you will end up alone. It is important to feel needed, wanted and loved regardless if you are a man or a woman.
Thank you for reading. That’s all.
Thank you for this…
I just don’t like that they make being independent sound bad. These women that they are complaining about have other character flaws. It’s not about them being independent. It’s because these women are arrogant. You stated it perfectly. You are humble. I think these men should start telling these “I don’t need a man” women to be humble rather than saying independent women suck.
Honestly, a woman who feels the need to sink to insults and emasculating her boyfriend or husband needs to work on personal growth. I think when men like him start blaming independent women, folks get defensive and don’t listen to the message. There are independent women who are humble and don’t go around saying “I don’t need a man.” That’s because they have sense and know that men like to feel needed.
But your comment is spot on. I think if people like him would just tell these women that humble women are more attractive, maybe women would change. I don’t know. I think by a certain point a woman should be able to make the connection between emasculating behavior and failed relationships. Some of them just don’t care. They gotta win that argument.
Steve Harvey should write a new book with just one page of your comment lol.
Spoken like a true control freak and potential abuser.
To the writer of this article you are funny but obviously on the shallow end of the pool if that is all you can come up with from Tyrese’s tweets. You are on the surface of his tweets and not digging deeper into what he’s saying. He’s not saying ditch your Independence ladies, he’s saying don’t be so bull headed into thinking and having the ” I don’t need a man” Attitude til you miss out on a good man if they’re in your face. Then you’ll be sitting there lonely wishing you had a man or hating on your home girl when she got a good man. Every body got issues (and sometimes men have the brunt of them) but that doesn’t mean you leave him because of them. Most or some of them are workable. Men are more than a penis and women are more than a vagina. You can have balance in a relationship. Don’t be so shallow.
Well unfortunately I see many of our women complaining about being single, I hear the I can’t find a good man this and that, men are intimidated by me and rah rah. I think what Tyrese is saying is don’t go overboard with the independence. The truth of the matter is we do need one another regardless of what many may say. Its good to be independant, have your own car, career etc.. But with two people bringing that to the table not needing each other for any material necessity, only because they want, need and love each other because of our natural desire for one another is a beautiful thing.
I refuse to take relationship advice from a man who supposedly hit his pregnant ex wife in a stomach, and admittedly cheated on her. Does anyone see the stuff that he posts on Twitter? I had to unfollow him.