Mary J Blige Doesn't Allow Her Hubby to Have Female Friends

Ms. Mary did an interview with Stella Magazine where she set down and talked about her marriage.

The couple live in a $12 million mansion beside the Hudson River in New Jersey and will celebrate their 11th wedding anniversary next month. “It definitely feels like an achievement. I never thought I’d last this long in a marriage,” she admits.

What are the benefits of marrying one’s manager, I ask. “He always has my back – he’s going to fight to the death for Mary J Blige. The downside is that there’s no separation – it’s on all the time. When you don’t feel like answering to your manager, he’s still your husband,” she says, laughing. How do they negotiate that? “If one of you doesn’t want to talk about something right now, you have to respect that. And you have to respect each other’s space.”

They have separate groups of friends. “All females for me, all guys for him,” she says, sternly. “There’s none of that, ‘Oh, that’s my female friend. Oh, that’s my guy friend.’ No. Not in a marriage, I’ve never seen that work.” But being a wife has changed her in ways she didn’t expect. “Being a single person and an artist, there’s a lot of selfishness that you don’t even know you have,” she says. “Being a wife, it’s not all about me.”

The Quickies:

*Does Mary have the key to less drama in a marriage?

*Do you agree with their no friends of the opposite-sex rule?

*Would you "unfriend" folks because of a mutual rule established between you and your mate?

*Personally, my rule was "no new friends"? LOL

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