(06.06.07)

In light of the UPI news wire story on Fantasia Barrino being sued by her married boyfriend's wife, I thought I'd re-post my open letter to all the women who have played the part of "the other woman:"

So here I go ...

When I got married, I did it for love and I was convinced that it was going to last forever and ever because I married my best friend and closest confidant -- a man whom I trusted wholeheartedly and who had stood by me at one of lowest points when a lot of other people abandoned me.

And when I got married, I guess I just assumed that marriage was supposed to edify, to kill all of our primal urges, make us safe from the outside world. I was wrong.