Lions & tigers & bears

Jazmine Sullivan's "Lions & Tigers & Bears"

Sorry if I sound so filled with gloom You say you care and I know you do But this is from my experience And my conclusion only makes sense Just cause I love u and u love me, It doesn't mean that that we're meant to be, I can climb mountains, swim cross the seas, But the most frightening thing is you & me!

[Chorus] I'm not scared of lions and tigers and bears [oh my] But I'm scared of [loving you] I'm not scared to perform at a sold out affair [that's right] But I'm scared of [loving you] Am I the only one who thinks an impossible task? Why it don't last? Is that too much to ask? Why do we love Love, when Love seems to hate us?

I've been listening to this song a lot lately, and the portion I bolded really got me thinking. Are there people you love that you should never try to be in a relationship with?

I know there are people that you love that you have no business marrying, but what about dating, etc.? I'm sure we've all had a person in our lives that we love, and are drawn to, but for one reason or another it just never seems to work out that you all are "together" no matter how much you love/like each other. Could this be God's way of saying STOP do not pass go?

Athlete v. Non Athlete

Why in the world do most successful young black men, have such a problem with a woman who has dated a professional athlete? It makes no sense to me. Women don't get mad when a guy dates different types of women, so why the reverse hate? I've even heard a guy go so far as to say, "if a chick can like/date an athlete, she can't like/date me". Does this make any sense? Don't the majority of people date someone based on their personality? Does an occupation make the person? No. I'm starting to think a lot of it boils down to high school. A lot of these successful black men were not the BMC in high school and/or undergrad, so they still hold this internal hatred towards the popular jocks. Yea, that's all I've got, because I clearly don't understand.