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"So, Rihanna is finally, finally, finally coming clean about her relationship with Chris Brown in the latest issue of Rolling Stone and I&amp;amp;#8217;m not quite sure how to feel about it. &amp;amp;#8220;I decided it was more important for me to be happy,&amp;quot; she says in the issue (on newsstands tomorrow). &amp;quot; Even if it&amp;#x27;s a mistake, it&amp;#x27;s my mistake&amp;amp;#133; I&amp;#x27;d rather just live my truth and take the backlash.&amp;amp;#8221; Of course all of the drama over their now-confirmed maybe-relationship stems back to 2009 when Chris Brown assaulted Rihanna before the Grammy Awards. But apparently he&amp;amp;#8217;s changed and she&amp;amp;#8217;s changed they&amp;amp;#8217;re cool now. Sigh. This reminded me of a conversation I had with a girlfriend last week about toxic relationships. My friend told me that she was actually a bridesmaid in a friend&amp;amp;#8217;s wedding and begged the bride NOT to go through with marrying the guy who was really not a nice a person&amp;amp;#133;and moving the bride halfway across the world away from her friends and family. Even the bride&amp;amp;#8217;s family was worried about the whole thing. Well, the wedding happened and the two ladies no longer speak. At the time I remember thinking how brave my friend was to go out on a limb for her friend, even though it ended badly. She told me that she loved the bride so much that she couldn&amp;amp;#8217;t imagine not having been up front about her feelings and concerns. She would have lived with the guilt of &amp;amp;#8220;what if&amp;amp;#8221; if she never said anything. At least she made the effort. I have a handful of super close relationships with girls who I would do anything for, including be honest. It takes a mature person and a mature friendship to get to the point where you&amp;amp;#8217;re willing to be 100% truthful with another person&amp;amp;#133; even if it&amp;amp;#8217;s not sunshine and rainbows all the time. I&amp;amp;#8217;ve never had to confront a girlfriend about a not-so-great relationship (and I hope I never have to) but I like to think I could step up and do it if necessary. In the article, Rihanna goes on to say that Chris, &amp;amp;#8220;doesn&amp;amp;#8217;t have the luxury of f&amp;amp;#8212;king up again&amp;amp;#133;sometimes people need support and encouragement, instead of ridicule and criticism and bashing.&amp;amp;#8221; I just hope our girl RiRi has a good support system of chicks in her life who 1) will call her and Chris out if things get fishy, 2) will support them as they make their public debut, and 3) love her no matter what. At the end of the day, Rihanna says she&amp;amp;#8217;s happy and only she knows what&amp;amp;#8217;s best for her. Have you ever dated a guy despite the warnings of your friends or family? How&amp;amp;#8217;d it turn out? And would you ever come clean to a friend if you thought her guy was just not right for her? Would it have to be an extreme scenario? And how do we feel about RiRi? She says she&amp;amp;#8217;s happy&amp;amp;mdash;should we embrace her positivity and hope for the best? Photo: Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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