Sometimes it's hard to be a woman
Giving all your love to just one man.
You'll have bad times
And he'll have good times
Doin' things that you don't understand.
But if you love him you'll forgive him.
Even though he's hard to understand.
And if you love him oh, be proud of him.
Cause after all he's just a man.
Did Tammy know that today one woman would have to stand next to her man in a courtroom in downtown Chicago and be forced to listen to guilty verdicts (17 out of 20 charges to be exact).
Today's announcement of Rod's future has been somewhat tongue-in-cheek. Even text messages from my Mom indicated our shared joy in seeing justice served. As a politician, I'm not a fan (don't worry Single Girl keeps politics out of this - except in the bedroom of course). Guilty verdicts aside, does Patti stand by her man?
What has your man done where you've had to channel your inner Tammy and say, "after all he is just a man." Was it a in appropriate comment like yes that dress does make your butt look big? Or something more extreme like I'd like to sell the seat to the senate for some big buckaroos.
Regardless of the reason behind your Tammy moment, you may have found yourself at a cross roads making a decision that could affect your life, your children, your home. At what point do we toss our inner Tammy and instead focus on our level of tolerance?
I suppose there are no hard and fast rules to situations like these. Do we look at the specific charge or the fact that our relationship has been put to the test?
I vote for both.
When my lackluster boyfriend of 5 1/2 years announced he was seeing someone else for almost the entire time we dated (ahem.. excuse me, got caught), it was about the crime and the principal behind it. If he had been cheating for a month would the punishment have been any less?
What's the lesson here for our dear friend Patti?
In the next days, months, years, her relationship will continue to be tested in ways that none of us can possibly imagine. Her inner Tammy will be tested over and over again. Our lesson as women will be to help our fellow Tammy see the error in her ways, support her, and stand by her even if we don't understand.
