Ya down wit OPP?

First, if you are young (or out of touch) enough that the title doesn't explain where I'm headed, go here for a (surprisingly eloquent) idea of what I'm on about.

Now, I was kind of debating whether to write about a convesation I had over the weekend about this subject or not, and this morning a couple of things happened. First, I heard another discussion stemming from the same song, and then I heard the normally astute Maureen Holloway show off her naivety for all to see (I paraphrase):

"Eddie Murphy has ended his engagement to Mel B. (a.k.a. Scary Spice) while she is pregnant with a Spice Kid. Eddie claims that he is unsure of the paternity of the child, and wants a test done. now, Eddie Murphy has, what, like 4 or 5 kids already? Who else could it be? It's his fiancé, after all, right? Maybe that's why he likes transvestites... you can't get them pregnant!"

Now, seriously. Pull you head out of your own ass. Breaks off an engagement with his pregnant fiancé... not sure of paternity.... um...... do you need a billboard-sized diagram? Geeez....

Anyway, the aforementioned conversation was regarding Beyoncé's new track... which I contend is, for all it's nice melodic overtones, pretty mean. Now, the Z103.5 morning show (well the two guys, at least) picked out the same line I did ("I could have another You in a minute, in fact he'll be here in a minute"), but had a slightly different reaction. They actually got annoyed by it. But I think their annoyance came more from the fact that they contend that girls can get another guy about as fast as they like, "a girl can just walk into a room, point.. 'You!' ... and have a new guy, whereas if a guy does that, you have 5 bouncers on you and a restraining order!!"

Perhaps a valid point... or maybe just bitter. Not totally sure... but whatever.

The conversation I had that stemmed from that lyric went in a different direction.... As I noted, I think that line's just mean. My friend comes back with, "but he cheated on her! Of course she's mad!" On its own, valid point. But this was followed up later in the conversation with, "I can understand why girls cheat... you still like the guy you're with, and you're not sure things will work with another guy, but you want to test things out before you commit to it."

Hold up.

Me: Excuse me? Are you honestly suggesting that it's okay for girls to cheat and not guys?
Her: Yeah.. pretty much,
Me: You have to be fucking kidding me....
Her: What do you mean?
Me: Exactly what point in your justification for a girl cheating can't be applied to a guy?
Her: ...
Me: That's what I thought.

It was at this point that I realised that I was making an argument that I'm allowed to cheat. Which, if you've been keeping tabs on my personal life (something I tend not to post about, so you'd actually have to talk to me now and again... another issue entirely) you'd find curious, as I have been getting more and more comfortable on my high horse with regards to that subject. Which is, of course, completely and totally hypocritical. I've never exactly been an angel, but I think an experience I don't need to get into here kind of put me on a moral high ground with which I was not familiar, and I guess I've kind of been camped out there ever since, for whatever reason.

Anyway, I'm not here to advocate rampant adultery or anything like that... once jewelery, kids, or "real love" (whatever that is) are involved you should probably keep it in your pants, but until then... you know what? Have fun!

Yeah, you know me.... ;)