Nia Long Asked God to Have Baby Out of Wedlock

October 20th, 2011 - By Brande Victorian

Nia Long and Son

I know everyone says we need to stay out of women’s wombs, particularly those of celebrities, but Nia Long’s is one I’m about to jump in. In the November issue of Ebony, the expectant mother, who already has an 11-year-old son, discusses her current pregnancy. While she drops some pretty solid introspection on what it’s like to come into your own as a 40-year-old woman, when she speaks of her bun in the oven she says: “I honestly asked God for this.”

I was just a smidge confused. She continues:

“The medical [profession] tries to tell every woman, ‘Have your babies before 40 because you shouldn’t have children after 40. Society tells us, ‘Get married before 30, because no man wants a woman after 30.’

“You are not half the woman you’re gonna be until you turn 30. You’re not even half of that woman yet,” Long adds. “So I think if we’d just take our time as women, and do what comes natural to us and for us, we would make fewer mistakes.”

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  • Guest

    It is not wise to have a child out of wed-lock. You can be the best mother in the world but think about how the child would feel growing up without a father. No amount of money could ever replace time. While a child out of wed-lock may be a blessing it can also be years of hell for the child.

  • NattaliaNYC

    Thank You!!!

  • Really my people?

    @ Guest…no one wants the black community to suffer however….there are so many children who live in 2 parent homes that were so blessed by marriage that are experiencing the same ills and frustrations as a child in a single parent home.

    Look closely and see how many times your grandparents have a child that is the exact same age within months as the marriage and then rethink..did God create that union or did the people end up pregnant and STUCK

    • guest

      if ppl dont want to feel stuck then they need to stop behaving loosely so they wont get pregnant or have kids with men or women they cant see themselves married to… the topic isnt about who lives in good homes and who doesnt…you all need to stop making excuses for why our ppl out of every race has the highest of single parent home rate…im sick of you all talking about other races are in the same boat…who cares we need to worry about our folk…they still doing better then we are…its because of women like you that black men think they can walk all over and disrespect all black women because a majority of you dont have respect for yourselves or value more..if he inst good enough to marry then why is he good enough for whats between your legs?…the whole divorce topic is another issue it has nothing to do with what is being discussed here…and if ppl took more time to get to know each other instead of jumping in bed so quickly then maybe you wouldn't end up having these kids with losers or guys who will never marry you…..and you know good and well most of our single parent homes arent from divorce so please dont even give that excuse

  • http://twitter.com/vaqtpie82 @vaqtpie82

    No matter how she decides to live her life, I hope for the best for mom and baby. Children are still a blessing regardless if they were in or out of wedlock. Also like the other readers commented on earlier, she may have a different belief system.

  • margeaux

    John 15:71

  • Sunshine

    no, i agree with you. we don't have black men in homes and we don't have black men marrying their baby mamas. if we as women continue to allow men to treat us this way, how can we get mad when they do the things they do? why are mores black mothers single than married? because we justify babies out of wedlock and don't hold our men accountable. babies out of wedlock will happen, but what's wrong with getting married before babies happen?

    • guest

      amen

    • Really my people?

      This logic is flawed and faulty since 1/2 of all marriages end in divorce for all races and then those children are also in single parent homes.

      The problem has nothing to do with marriage..the problem has everything to do with parenting skills.
      You can be married and be bad parents, you can be divorced, never married and commit to raising your child in a positive stable loving environment with high standards and aspirations.

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