Dear WISY,
I've been seeing this man for a couple months now and I'm only involved with him because I am trying to make my ex jealous. The man I'm seeing is my ex's family member and they used to be very close. You are probably wondering why I would do this just to make him jealous, well the answer is, my ex slept with my best friend and got her pregnant. They now have a son and had the nerve to ask me to be the god mother. Of course I refused and cursed them out on top of it. What kind of people are they? It's like it isn't enough that they hurt me by sleeping together and having a baby but now want me to be god mother too? I believe they are intentionally trying to send me off the deep end. So, is it wrong that I am doing something to get back at him too? In a crazy way, I feel that getting back at him this way is helping me cope with my deep pain.
Should I stop thinking this way and move on?
Signed,
Tit for Tat
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Dear WISY,
I am a 22 year old person and I live in the Caribbean. Most of my family lives in England and I hope
to someday join them up there. Whenever
they post pictures of themselves to Facebook I admire how smooth and flawless
their skin is. They have even become
lighter due to being out of the Caribbean hot sun. Since seeing this, I have begun to bleach my
skin with creams and gels.
Some people are criticizing the way I look but my close
friends think I look nice and they have begun to bleach their skin also. If I were to send you a picture of me before I
started bleaching to now, you wouldn’t believe I was the same person. I think I am more attractive and I have a
better chance of succeeding in life with lighter skin.
The other day I saw a short documentary on YouTube about a
family that bleaches and there was a doctor on there who said bleaching is very
dangerous and I’ve heard it can cause skin cancer. But I know people who have bleached for years
and years and they are not sick. The
only problem they have is that they can’t go out into the sun unless they have
an umbrella. Just like what Kartel say: “If
yuh a bleacha go back home, guh fi di umbrella caz di sun ah bun”.
Honestly, I’m a bit nervous about the idea that I could get
sick from skin bleaching but then I think about how nice I look now and all the
compliments I get from my friends because my skin “tun up”!
Can you please tell me if you’ve heard of anyone getting sick
or even dying from bleaching? If not, do you find reason for me to stop? I also want to know if there is anybody out
there who can tell me if they have bleached and gotten sick because of it.
Thank you.
Signed,
Fake Browning
