Zi Zi

Got to love Anita

Sweet Love

With all my heart I love you baby

Stay with me and you will see

My arms will hold you, baby

Never leave, 'cause I believe

[Chorus:]

I'm in love, sweet love

Hear me calling out your name, I feel no shame

I'm in love, sweet love

Don't you ever go away, it'll always be this way

Oh, your heart has called me closer to you

I will be all that you need

Just trust in what we're feeling

Never leave 'cause baby, I believe

[Chorus]

No stronger love in this world

Oh, baby no, you're my man, I'm your girl

I'll never go, wait and see, can't be wrong

Don't you know this is where you belong

Sweet, sweet and lovely baby

Stay right here, never fear

I will be all that you need

Never leave, 'cause baby, I believe

[Chorus]

I Loved this song.it was sang at my first-wedding many years ago. Because of that it is still hard to listen to, but I still love it.

MY SO FAVORITE SONG TO ME

MY SONG WHEN HE STEPS OFF THE PLANE HERE IN THE USA

Don't cry. You can have them for me!

ok its a deal! My granny told me I'm going to have twins......she has a witches eye...

Twins run HEAVILY on my side and HEAVILY on Kobby's side...So, it might just happen

One day anyway....

Here are some of the answers that They SAY CAN increase the odds of having twins:

Eat yams.

There are certain cultures that have more twins than others. One of these is a tribe where they eat a lot of yams. There is a theory that it is a certain chemical in the yams :help: that helps the women in this culture have more twins.

Be breastfeeding when you get pregnant.

Recent studies show that if you are breastfeeding when you get pregnant that you are more likely to have twins. This is said to be caused by the depletion of calcium in your system while nursing and its effect on the egg during conception and ovulation.

Be older when you get pregnant.

The older you are when you get pregnant, the more likely you are to have twins. This may be because of an increased ovulation of multiple eggs, resulting in more dizygotic or fraternal twins.

Be a twin.

Twins have a higher rate of having twins themselves. Unfortunately you can't really influence this one.

Have a family history of twins.

If you have a family history, mostly a maternal history, then you are at an increased chance of having twins yourself. These are mostly dizygotic or fraternal twins and not monozygotic or identical twins. This comes from the ability to ovulate more than one egg at any given point in ovulation.

Be a certain ethnicity.

African Americans have a higher rate of twinning than other ethnicities.

Get Pregnant On the Pill

Birth control pills are usually thought to be 99.9 percent effective at preventing pregnancy. However, that .01 percent often results in a double whammy -- multiples. Sometimes pregnancy occurs when the pill isn't taken consistently; in other cases, the hormonal mix of a particular drug type simply doesn't provide enough coverage to completely prevent ovulation. In either case, playing around with hormones can lead to hyperovulation, increasing the chances of multiples.

Take fertility drugs.

There are actually practitioners who prescribe fertility medications like Clomid to increase the chances of having twin by inducing multiples eggs being released in ovulation. You'd be hard pressed to find one of these physicians, but they are out there. The problem is that there are risks to taking fertility drugs and it should be reserved for people who are having trouble conceiving. There are also increased risks of having a multiples pregnancy, even with "only" twins.

Try fertility treatments.

Fertility treatments that go beyond fertility drugs are used only for those families that truly need it. Procedures like in vitro fertilization (IVF) and others can increase the chances that you will have twins or other multiples. Not only do they increase the risk of dizygotic twins, but also there appears to be an increase in monozygotic or identical twins.

I am African American..eat yam,on the pill ....plus twins run in my family and I am in my mid 40's, think its time to get the tubes tied.

OR BETTER YET SMASH THAT BIOLOGICAL CLOCK

You people are very interesting with your hypocritical ways. It has been said before that this place is clickish and indeed it is, also interesting how you assume I am not new here. Assumptions and acusations fly around this place , none of you knew or know my intentions about my questions you read your own views into them. Happens around here alot. So have your little bash fest I could care less I got my questions answered which is why I asked them...DUH. I am sure one day you will turn on each other and cannibalize yourselves.

Oh and is calling me a troll...am I to be offended by that? Again I could care less.

I guess everyone else should be warned not to step out the "box" or you will be flamed too, although most of you know that, which is why this forum is kept in a superficial state, step into the mindless zombie line and follow the one ahead of you.

Honestly TBT ask a question that some others where probably wondering themselves. Some people might of not liked the question. We all have different personality and different ways of going about things. Some more direct than others.

The thing is that Leedah answered the question ( she was the only one the question was asked of ) She also stated how she felt about the question. I hope that we can all be satisfied with that.

Omoha reply was just trying to be helpful because she didn't want any issues with Dakar. I personally will be going thru Dakar and anyone sees me heading for a potential pot hole ....please holler.

Leedah I hope that you find a way to get your me time in Ghana. I understand about going home not being a vacation. When I go home to Nigeria its whirl wind of non- stop Hey look at me look at me.

Everyone else have a great hump day.

I was born overseas to an USC. I have a document called a report of a Birth Abroad...but there is no number on it??

Zi Zi pronounce Zee Zee.

My name is Grace when I was a kid other children called me Gracie which was changed as children do to Crazy........ then they just shorten it to Zi.

Always one to have the last laugh I told them that I was double crazy..... so I became Zi Zi.

^{_{JUST FOR FUN}}

I am new here so this has probably been posted before. My son sent it to me (This kid looks just like my nephew )I thought it was funny. My son said it reminded him of the time he was in Africa and became buddys with a local teenager.... my son was only 17 at the time. He thought this guy was cool, until he started pressuring him to marry his sister. There has been so many serious green card scams talked about on these forms... its good to have laugh.

http://allafrica.com/stories/200807140068.html

Sad situation... The government was not prepared for the massed that showed up. Hopefully they will learn from this mess. The main thing is that they should of had a physical health screening processing before letting anyone run that that day. Set up appointed testing times so not every one who passed the physical showed up at once. Started the testing earlier before it was so hot.

Hi it is me again thank you for all of your responce here, I really appreciate it, one more thing I would like to ask from you, since the divorce is already in the court and we may go to court next week for the final of divorce. I still live with my husband in the same house but in different room, He don't want to let me go because his reason is that eventhough we are divorce but he is still responsible for me atleast 3 years according to the immigration, he is very scared that something might happened to me outside and he will pay for my accident thats why he is not letting me go, why should I do?

Wow I can't believe this is happening to a women in 2008 here in the USA!!! You got to be kidding.

No ifs ands or buts ....GO. Are you saying that for 3yrs you will have to stay in your home??? No telling what he and his lawyer will bring up in court to make your life worst. If you was served notice of this hearing and don't show up the Judge will go along with it. I remember during my divorce hearings my ex would tell all kinds of crazy stories about me. I can image what he would of said if I wasn't there

By the way you can also have an accident in the house.......like all his clothes being "accidentally" set on fire fire LoL ...just kidding.

My Dad is Nigerian and one day my sister asked him where he wants to be buried.

My father wants to be buried in Nigeria. I asked him why and he said..." He was afraid that if he was buried here in the USA no one would come to feed him"

One of there burial traditions in his village is you bring food to the death.

It might sound strange and silly to some of us ...but to him it was important.

So I will make sure that that happens.

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for the warm welcome. ...TbT is the smiley me filling out all that paper work???

Anyway working on sending in the I-129. As far as the fees I talked to my SO a while back and we decided that he would pay 1/3 and me 2/3 for this first filing. I told him that once he gets his visa that will switch. The rest of this process I pay 1/3 and he pays 2/3 on any fees.

I remember growing up my mother would hardly ever buy us teen-agers things out right. We worked and she always told us our paycheck wasn't fun money. If we wanted something she always made sure that we at least paid a percentage. That way we appreciated everything more.The percentage would vary depending on how much she thought we really need it. The track shoes I wanted I paid 10%, to replace my glasses when I lost them I paid 50% ( Mom paid 100% for the first pair and she felt that I was careless with them..which I was ) The rabbit fur jacket I had to have I paid 90% ( never did get that jacket). The wool jacket mom paid 100%.

I use to hate her percent rules and didn't fully understand them until I had a teenager. I see now that 90% of the things my child asked me for is just foolishness. I hardly ever say... no you can't have that. It just causes a long argument ... I just give him a percentage. My son inherited my knack for loosing glasses. He is on his 5th pair at 100% his treat :-)

Mom says with a husband you cant just hand out the percentages you must come to a mutual agreement. Then she added... at least let him think it was mutual. My parents never mixed their money. Each had their own accounts and responsibility for bills and things. We always knew who paid what bill, and who you asked for certain things. My parents have been married over 50 years so I was listening.

Nice break...back to the grind. Everyone had a good day.

Hello..Kedu,

Just wanted to introduce myself. I have been lurking for a while. I have been to Senegal many times for my job , then a year ago I meet someone ......we hung out during my assignment. I wasn't looking for love and basically filtered everything he said to me thru the ...does he just wants a green card. I travel internationally alot and get many marriage offers :-)

My father is Nigerian( I lived both there and here, but consider myself more American) so I have always been attracted to African men, but are well aware of the various scams. And before anyone starts ... I don't think Nigeria is any worst then any other African country. In fact 99% of the Nigerians a I know married to Americans are extremely happy. My parent celebrated there 50 year anniversary a couple of years ago. They have homes in both countries and travel home once or twice a year. Since they are retired now they stay for months.

Any way after a year we decided to get married. We are both in our 40's (he is one year older than me) This will be my second marriage ..divorced for 18 yrs. His first marriage. Heres the thing...I really don't care to live in the USA. I feel like I am not ready to move to Africa yet. I have a son in college and want to save more money to start our business in Senegal . I love Senegal and want to build a home with a oceanview. After my son finishes he's studies I will be ready to relocate. Right now my son if my first priority and my SO knows that.

We talk about money alot, but I know he will not fully understand the cost of living here until he experiences it. I am getting my paper work together and will post time line once I mail it off. My only fear right now is that he will prefer the US to Senegal and will not want to move back. Even though alot of Africans who live here are just here for the money and would prefer to in Africa like my parents.

I have looked at check list for the paperwork.. any other suggestions please let me know. I hope to make the process as smooth as possible. I am a people person and hate working on anything that involve a lot of red tape.