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Cherry Bomb: "Obsession With Your Ex"

In the season finale of Cherry Bomb, the vloggers discuss when an obsession becomes unhealthy. Keeping track of your ex is one thing, but giving them all your energy can really drain the soul. Are there more cases of unhealthy obsession within the lesbian community, and can obsession lead to giving the relationship another try?

Also this week: PDAs (Public Displays of Affection) rear their heads again, and this time it leads to hurt feelings for a viewer as the ladies take a pretty tough stance.

Cherry Bomb: "Obsession With Your Ex"

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Check back for more episodes of Cherry Bomb in July.

Edilma's picture

Season finale???

I'm sad :(

Great subject today ladies. I recently deleted my ex from facebook and I feel liberated, I wasn't moving on with my life and so it was a healthy thing to do, I'm very proud of myself lol

You were all looking beautiful today girls...I'm going to miss you.

Besos! 

Yunique's picture

OMGGGG!

" no its rejecting the eGGs!"

"oh no! no mam" 

 hahah

aww man Cheery Bomb keeps gettin better and better<33

but to a more serious problem..youu wont be back till JULY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

now who the hell am i going to get my advice from til then !? :(

eek

xx

hammy_mac's picture

JULY!!!

NNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

So upset!

Great show girlies...so many hard truths in there. I reckon I'm like Dalila in the terms of obsession but wish i was like Nikki and could just shut that barrier and move on - one day i hope! Have to admit, I'm probably guilty of a little tiny bit obsession...because I am a person who likes to know things..."curiousity killed the cat" springs to mind.

Got to have some PDA though, even if it's just a little recognition....Now Nikki - is she really your girl!?...lol!! Never thought it would cause so much fire, don't think I've seen that much heat in an episode before! ya better hold Dalila's hand or you are doomed, lol! "I only speak this language and I aint gonna learn yours, oh no!" too right D...compromise is the only way, negotiation is the key to success.

so good to see different sides of the same subject and lots of opinions...this is why i love this show - 4 agony aunts, so much wisdom and so many life experiences...hurry back soon, please!

x

BBDD's picture

July!

I know... I know... July is a long time to wait for us to come back...  Gloria has a busy schedule of comedy performances and we all have other scheduling issues but we will try to come back earlier if at all possible!  We will miss the fans as much as you miss us!!

Thanks for all the support!!

CB Director, Bethany

 

 

Sarcastically-Honest's picture

I Agree With Gloria

I am on Gloria's side on the argument regarding the non-hand holding. I personally am not comfortable with PDA. Not everyone likes advertising their love in public. Is it really necessary for someone to show you love publicly for you to really feel loved? I sort of think the person who wants the PDA should compromise with the person who doesn't.

 Just my opinion.

Lunakiss's picture

Come Back With Cherry Bomb Goodies After Your Vacation

www.myspace.com/lunakiss7.com

Since you ladies will be gone for almost two months. Please come back with some Cherry Bomb Goodies!

I agree with Dalila,PDA so needs to be address very early on during a developing relationship  even while dating.

To the viewer who posted please look this vblog and rewind it if you have to hear all of what these ladies are saying and good luck to you. Communication is the key. =)

  This picture is actress Paula Patton, the R&B/Soul RobinThicke's wife. She played in Deja Vu,Idelwild and Rush Hour 3. So it's not me.

Melissa Hsu's picture

Gloria's stance.

I agree with Gloria's stance about the PDA. I can see the other point, Tatum's advice about compromise though.

Thanks for the videos, Cherry Bomb. I have been watching the videos but have not commented in awhile until now. I will tune in again, in July. :)

Nona J.'s picture

Thanks Ladies!

Ruth: Eat your eggs.

Walter: Damn these eggs! Damn all the eggs that ever was!

Ruth: Then go to work!

Walter: I'm trying to talk to you . About me. Now all you going to say to me is, "Eat these Eggs?"

Is it ever really about the eggs! Sorry, I had a Raisin in the Sun moment.

I am so glad that this was the topic for today. Please do a part two about exes that continue to act out after a year be uncivil, when you are trying to be civilized.

I agree with Nikki on two of her points; (1) When it is over, i'm done (2)Know yourself going into the relationship, maybe (3) I like my eggs over easy and scrambled too.

 

This is one of favorite Cherry Bomb episodes.  So many great points of views! Oh, Gloria's facial expression duirng the eggs debate was priceless. I wanted to swoop in and save her! looking forward to July........so far away! ;)

 

" True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united" ~ Wilhelm von Humbolt

Dancing-River's picture

Amazing epi as always

Hello ladies,

Amazing epi as always!

I am going to miss you!

Come back soon!!

 

 

Dark Child's picture

I have to agree with Gloria!

I can love you without being in your A$$ 24/7. 2 years without PDA? If this situation truly offends the viewer then she needs to have a heart to heart with her girlfriend and if her girlfriend is unwilling to compromise then she, (the AE viewer) needs to move on.     I would like to thank all the ladies of Cherry Bomb. Hope to see you all in July!
paradisesofar's picture

ex's...yikes

What if ur the one over  the ex.. but she hangs around u n all ur friends then what?? I swear what do u do when ur ex infultrates ur group of friends...How can u pick up a girl when ur all together.. n how can u move on with that "red flag" constantly waving in your face..

Im one to just cut it off n move on... obessions arent my thing unless its a crush thing *blushes*
Ameara <3

Dorian_Anna's picture

Brain Fodder

 


I love watching your chats....I had a long break up and on off thing with someone I was deeply in love with(still just finally fizzing out, for the time, until she calls again in a month or so. the highs are HIGH)... wont go into details but your debate was well worth the 30 minutes to watch..

 

 

Mahalo
Painterly's picture

PDA/Ex's

Oh this whole thing hits home for me.  When I got together with my gf, she was getting over an ex who had destroyed her.  I was her strength while she got through it all, even stood by while she met her ex at a restaurant for a "closure" talk...  She was and still is a caring person, no matter how beaten down she gets from anyone, she still offers up nurturing.

She is my first girlfriend.  I came out 2 years ago and am now going though a nasty divorce with my ex-husband, it's already been 8 months of hell.  She is now my rock, (as I've been there for her even while going through my divorce, for her mending), I couldn't do it without her. 

I do live in a teenie tiny little conservative town, word gets around quickly.  When she visits, I love to go places with her, but I'd rather her not show PDA with me in this little town.  It's very backewards and people just wouldn't understand.  I'm an artist and my exhibit was kicked out of a local hospital gallery because it was too controversial even.  SO you see, what me being gay does....I just don't like to ruffle feathers and cause any unecessary strife here, I work in this town.  Anywhere else, I'm better with it.  It hurt her to hear that I am not comfortable with it here.  I feel horrible.  The truth of the matter is, not every place is forward thinking.  Even though Vermont just passed the Gay marriage bill, there are pockets of bigotry.  I'm in a pocket.  I'm femme so I am not immediately though as gay, but I would tell someone I was if they asked, and I have an equality sticker on my car bumber so I don't try to hide it.

I will be moving to the city with my gf very soon, so we won't have to worry about this too much longer, but I think what is gone unsaid is that, this girlfriend you talk about, may not want to cause others who watch them, to be uncomfortable with her and her gf's presence of obvious sexuality preference that is unconventional for their location.

Just sayin...

Be well...

 

 

 

Knowledge is Power.  Believe in yourself.

L-VII's picture

I agree with you totally. I

I agree with you totally. I am not bothered either way where PDA is concerned. I am with Gloria on this but I think if my partner is a big PDA person, I would indulge her from time to time.

 It is rather sad though that this is still an issue two years down the line, they really ought to have talked it out before. 

Painterly's picture

Yes, thanks

And..

What happened to accepting and respecting each other for their differences? 

If it's been two years and it hasn't changed, I don't know,....it may take some loving patience...for a positive effect.

 

Knowledge is Power.  Believe in yourself.

Melissa Hsu's picture

July

No! July is so far away, how will I survive? i will miss this show a lot! :(
Melissa Hsu's picture

July

Whoops, postx2 :P
melikeyou2's picture

Thanks ladies:)

Loved this one too! Such interesting discussions and topic and you ladies always maintain the respect and hear each other out even though you disagree. You are truly class acts!

We will miss you! Be well and come back soon:)

And a special thanks to the CB director, Bethany.....thank you so very much for all your hard work! You are incredible! Cheers

Lots of love

zephyr's picture

Break out the boxing gloves!

The egg fight was the best. ROFL.  Everyone was so intense I could not even hear the whole thing.  My favorie moment was when Gloria used the analogy of eggs to PDA, and Dalila followed up with "what if I gave birth to those eggs?".  That would make a great comedy skit.  I'm kind of split on PDA.  It depends on where and who you mean by public.
krisana22's picture

Catching up...

So I'm trying to catch up on all of the vlogs i've missed and I just realized that the PDA question was from me lol.  There was absolutely no compromise in the PDA department in that relationship.  When I would bring it up she would just shoot me down and tell me we've already discussed it.  She is from a very very small town, in the Midwest (less than 500 people) but everyone in town already knew that she was gay and that we were together and they were fine with it.  I stayed with her for about another year but we ended up going our separate ways and now i'm in a relationship where my new girlfriend can't get enough PDA.  So needless to say i'm much happier now that I can hold my girlfriends hand everywhere we go. :)

 p.s. thank you cherry bomb for answering and discussing my question. :)

They say you need to pray if you want to go to heaven, but they don't tell you what to say when your whole life has gone to hell.