Well I don’t know how that message will sit with the adults but it’s certainly a positive message for the youngsters.

Its good to see she respects herself enough to make that decision and even better that her man proved he loved her for her by waiting, can’t really find much fault in that.

im glad she put that out there so young girls/women can see that there are SOME good role models out there.

I read her sister to sister article..you can tell she really respects herself as a woman and it shows.

OMG Alicia…you are a real woman. I respect her and look up to her…well ish I waited nine months. So, I’m proud…LOL!!!!!!!!!

I wonder how long Alicia made her girlfriend wait.

lol at #6

Michael is stoopid!

Lol @ 6. I’m with #1 on this one, I don’t know how parents will take it, but personally I’m glad she made him wat first, it’s a true test, showing that the guy isn’t just there for what’s on the outside but also on the inside.

lol@ #6. i was thinking the same thing.

What can you say, she a classy lady…She has that Brooklyn swagger about her and she’s a class act.

LOVEEEEEEEEE YOU ALICIA! YOU ARE A VERY POSITIVE ROLE MODLE IN A WORLD FULL OF SEX, SEX, SEX!

@11 - You must mean a Manhattan swagger cause she’s not from Brooklyn.

Wise decision…

She’s worth the wait

Go Alicia, but you right #6 how long do she make the women wait. She made him wait a year because she know she didn’t won’t any dick, she wanted to be licked.

Damn right!

But who was HE with and what did he do in the meantime?

lol @ 6

I’m with commnet #17 because you KNOW he didn’t go 1 year w/o some pussy…
And personally I don’t think HE is worth her waiting for ANYWAY… But a nice positive message nonehtheless
And I’ve also heard the rumors about A.Keys as well

A year? Shit, two weeks is the max I’ll wait.

foolish decision,niggar always look to taste new ass.
we’ll see how long he will stay at home…than make himself dog…

Glad to see all women arent ho’s, ya’ll do need to hold on to your bodies a little tighter, its getting too easy.

She’s been dating him for a minute though. I guess he loves him some A. Keys, but I find hard to believe that he waited a year… But it’s a classy gesture nontheless. I always thought the 3 month rule from Girlfriends was long enough, lol

#13 thanks

A WOMAN LIKE THAT IS WORTH THE WAIT

lol @ #20

Yeah #17…and #22 is trying to f*** it up for everybody!!!! Good going A. Keys!! To each his own..but a year, I would orgasm everytime I sat down.

I am actually suprized she is talking about her sex life….she seemed like a private one to me…..oh well…Alicia need love too!

I know I didn’t just type supriZed….OMG.

Damn, that chick has willpower. I’m sure she has an extensive toy collection.

I don’t think it’s a stretch for most men to wait for “THE ONE” cuz most men keep a back-up plan anyway. Can you say sideline ho?

….that’s unbelievable….um…lol. Yea, I mean, waiting is good. I’m not saying that you have to give it up within the first month or so…but how the hell you goin wait that long? I know that by like, three months or so if I am chillin HARD with some dude…I don’t know if I can wait a year. That’s a long ass time. Maybe she was gettin it somewhere else. Lol…or maybe her girlfriend was giving it to her good:)

Then again, some people can wait like that.

Big ups to her for that.

Marrige + booty=Positive, Holding out a year + Releasing the booty = BULLSHIT….giving up the booty is giving up the booty. I don’t give a damn how many days you hold out. If you need comfirmation that you are beautiful inside by holding out on the ass for a year then you have a problem. This is some F’d up morals…you hold out on giving up the ass to declare your beautiful but you don’t hold out to after marriage…give me a F’ing brake!

Lmao @ Caff….wow you’re patient

Co-sign #28

I DO wonder what kind of relationship that suppose to establish, I HAVE never been with a woman that wanted to WAIT a year before giving me some sex… IS IT that he really doesn’t turn her on and this is some kind of forced relationship (they do production work together right)
I mean really ladies… WOULD you want to wait a YEAR if this is the man that turns you on and that you really want to be with… WHAT ius waiting a year going to accomplish!!!
HELL, in a year this man would’ve found some “Fire Puss” somewhere else and left your ass by then… OR worst, make you the “Other Woman”

What she said was ok. I mean how about waiting until you married to give it up??
If you can wait a year, you can wait until brother put a ring on your finger.

Did she say she made him wait a year cause she didn’t know if she didn’t know if she wanted d#ck or pu#sy?
lol! I’m just kidding! Good 4 her but she is crazy as hell! She must have had 1 hell of a vibrator!

Player just didn’t have the skills to liberate them drawls after the third date!

Believe me, the only reason he stuck around was because of all her dollar signs!

She didn’t give him the monkey, but I bet she gave him a car or some bling!

The one year rule! hehe!

But if you believe that you are not giving any nooky until you married, you can do that. It is not impossible. Some dudes are a trip, they dont want a woman to make them wait, but if it too easy then she a slut. Now waiting is hard. But you are in control of your body and situations you put yourself in.

I guess he is different so he waited for her which is a good thing. A year sounds too long but for ALICIA KEYS, i think the wait will definetly be worth it, but then again, maybe she was getting it from her REAL love??

#33 and #36, you speak the truth for real.

looks to me like a control thing, or she is unsure about her sexuality, just my opinion. Every since the first time I saw Alicia, something said to me, bisexual, or gay, just like something says that about Missy Elliott.

You see what some brothers on here are saying…she’s worth the wait. That’s the point. All these young girls giving up everything so fast…and then end up in dysfunctional relationships. A year is nothing when you want to be with someone for more than just that ass.

Now, y’all talkin! #41

One year and a day rule! hehe!

Was she a virgin?

What’s so special about her rule?

Fantasia didn’t wait a year and she’s on Lifetime this weekend! *snic*

Speak the TRUTH #33 & #36. What did Alicia REALLY accomplish with this? She waited a year. So? She’s still not married to ole boy. He just got a few extra months worth of information, a production deal, and the Krucial Keys website or whatever….AND he now has the booty for FREEEEEE! What has he bought?

And he waited…..SUUURRRREEEE! Does she really thinks he didn’t not have sex with anyone during that period? Then she is one naive ass bitch.

Bullshit! I look at it this way, if I hit it the first day or a year after, I still hit it - it doesn’t matter.

I understand that females want to display some principles, but it defeats the purpose. Because, if I aint getting it from you, you can bet your last two quarters, I am fucking somebody else. But to you, it will seem as if I waited.

The Duke has spoken! hehe!

The year wait ain’t really about who else he’s f@cking–its about making sure your not just a notch on his belt and that he’s worth opening the legs for–people can front on who they are for a while, but if you go 4 seasons with somebody you’ll see the real them. So my hats off to A. Keys

WOW!!! thats really amazing…You go A. Keys!!!

haven’t they known each other a lot longer than a year? i thought they met when she was like 16 or something. wouldnt she have known who he was by the time they got involved?

Ladies, I’m sorry,a year?! Yall ever didn’t see the package ahead of time, and he finally slips it in, and you were MAAAAD disappointed. LMAO. I need to know what size I’m spending my time with at least within 2 weeks. CONDOMS PLEASE!

LMAO @ #6

my girl Alicia K!,lol @ 6, anyways for Christina fans get your copy of Back to Basics now!, its amazing so far its critically ALBUM OF THE YEAR, if you love true hiphop beats by premier support the album.

that’s right! go-on licia! keep dem’ goodies to yo-self girl!

I am amazaed at the comments from the men! Who cares who you screw while a woman handles her biz?!?!?! And whether or not Mz Keys and dude get married, if she managed to keep herself clean for a year then I’m glad for her. Anybody can get a quick f@!k, anytime, anywhere, but can you keep your stuff to yourself for 30 minutes? That ain’t no knick knack you got between your legs!!!

LOL @ #6, 17, and 21

I did that once made my BF wait a whole year and later on after we broke up he told me that he couldn’t wait that long so he cheated. You don’t have to wait that long in order to get to know someone because what more do you know in a year that you did not find out in 6 months???? Shit 3 months or even one week and you will know if you can vibe with this nigga or not.

I commend Alicia Keys for doing what she did. She probably has expierenced relationships in the past of getting involved sexually too soon and the outcome wasn’t great. Her waiting out a year allowed her to get to know her man well enough to see if hes really worth giving up her “womans worth”

waiting a year…that pure class
why a year though?? why just not do it at all

agree w #50

I Like Alicia Keys, but I don’t think this is a good message to send to our daughters.

I cosign Post # 45 Jqueen.

So WHAT, that she made him wait a year…
She STILL gave it up to him, and HE DIDN’T marry her !

And he won’t…Why…Because she gave it up to quick!

Women, it’s your JOB to make a man wait. !!!

Your Mother told you to make him wait.
Your Father told you to make him wait
Your Pastor told you to make him wait.
GOD told you to make him wait.
What is there not to understand about that???

Why do you (women) change gears once you meet a man. ???

He’s not going to respect you or marry you if you give it up.
Why is that so hard to understand?

He SHOULD wait a year…Heck; he should wait 2/3/5 years.
Why: Because YOU (female) are WORTH it!!!!
And, if a Man “wants” you, he should marry you!

Man, I don’t understand women anymore…
It’s all about SEX…Whatever happened to COMMITMENT??

Dag, this is a sad position for a women to take.

Abstinence before marriage will strengthen the relationship, and give you (the couple) the fortitude to make it through the tough times.

Once you get married, you’ll have plenty of time to enjoy the fruits of the marriage bed!!

Listen, live your life, do you.
This is only MY Opinion.
Use it if you like.
If you disagree with what I said, just keep it moving, ignore it.

Peace

I know she was good and tight after a year..mmmmmm

wow i respect her even more now, very POSITIVE role model. Alicia is just a positive person through her music and her life.

I dunno about a year but ladies, if it don’t feel right you just shouldn’t give away the Putang. A woman knows when she’s feeling a man and when she’s not.

Anyway, I think Alicia’s message would be more valuable for younger people. Like I said before, I doubt many adults would get anything out of it as many of you have said because once the skins have been stretched it hard to resist going back for seconds. But the babies can certainly benefit. And, they need this type of message the most.

It was beautiful enough to wait for marriage…?

^^ It wasN’T beautiful enough to wait for marriage…?

LOL @ 61

A year is her personal preference for Alicia. All Im saying there are men out here that can control their bodies to stay abstinent (sp) and respect their bodies. God wants you to save your body for marriage. Women are not the only ones that can do this and the only ones this is expected of. If you believe you are a man and do not have bodily control..that is a lie. It is a choice you are making because it is so easy to succomb to the flesh then to crucify it. Natural is making love to your wife or husband…not before then.

Props to Alicia! THey look cute together. If they got married and have kids they would have a cute family.

It’s a really sad day when people can actually believe that making a person wait for a year isn’t a good thing, or that men are such slaves to their carnal desires that they can’t wait for the one’s they love without going to poke someone else on the side. The generations before us did it. We aren’t animals.

This has nothing to do with getting married. She might not want to get married at this point, but that doesn’t mean she wants her body violated by a guy that didn’t deserve it. If the man actually waited a year (and it IS possible to go without sex for that long), that says a lot about his character. I’m pretty sure that, after a year, if he was fuckin’ someone else she would have known: men aren’t slick and Alicia’s no fool. Sex is shoved in our faces by the media so much that it seems like you can’t have a fulfilling relationship without sex for a long period of time. Good that Ms. Keys showed us that you can.

Marriage is nothing but the great excuse nowadays, anyway. Too many people get married just so they can poke, or because they got knocked up, or for reasons other than genuine love, and then they get trapped in their unhappy relationships. So waiting for marriage really doesn’t mean much anymore.

So, what? He’s free to violate her after a year? What does that prove?

I guarantee you he had something on the side.
Any guy will tell you sex regulates attitude and after a year of not getting any most guys would be straight buggin. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a wonderful gesture and I applaud them but after the first month most guys would be working on a backup plan or walking around irritated and frustrated as hell (forget the holding and cuddling crap).

Waiting a year only proves that she has this nigga whipped. To be honest he should have been able to talk her out of the panties after the first month.
Like I said….good for them but if she’s not making him wait until marriage it’s just an exercise in control.

BTW: I guess her body’s not beautiful enough to make him wait until they got married.

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOO MICHAEL THATS TOO GOOD!!

I DONT BUY THIS STORY, WHY DO WE CARE??

IF SHE DID THATS NICE BUT WHY BROADCAST IT?

WHAT IF SHE DIDNT WANT TO GET MARRIED!!!! WHY DOES EVERYONE ASSUME THAT EVERY WOMAN WANTS TO GET MARRIED? IT’S 2006 PEOPLE & 1/2 END IN DIVORECE-IT REALLY AINT ALL THAT.

i dont like the use of the word “violated” in the context she’s using it. that word has a negative implication to it. if its consensual, its not a violation no matter how long you all wait. but thats just my opinion.

haha so tru #64…

what bothered me is that a lot of guys on here keep sayin if they can’t get none then they will go else where for it…but after awhile it just made sense…there are two types of people in relationships, those who want to have fun and spread “lust” to the world…and those who want to find that someone to spend the rest of their days with…if your one lookin for commitment and a dude tells you he cant wait then he aint the one for you point blank…

K.I.M (keep it movin!!!) that’s what ladies need to do if they can’t find what they are lookin for…there is no point in settling for anything less.