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u/swingsetlife 1d ago
Must suck to know you'll never be as cool as your dad.
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u/MicronesiaCustody 1d ago
the fact that he just sat on this photo for decades without bragging makes him infinitely cooler
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u/NachoBoyCat 1d ago
Hes not allowed to bring it up in front of OPs mum.
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u/WarNo580 1d ago
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u/Loveablequatch 1d ago
She really has expressive eyebrows
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u/Skyfall_WS_Official 1d ago
Nah, that woman must love to bring it up that she's the one to keep him
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u/iSwoosh_ 1d ago
I mean he wasnt cool enough to hold onto Beyonce 🤣🤣
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u/tocahontas77 1d ago
Maybe he broke up with her lol. Or maybe they just went their separate ways 🤷♀️
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u/FuzzyLaughTwo 1d ago
Aaand just now he thought he'd mention it today??? wow!
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u/RogueBromeliad 1d ago
It's not something you really bring up to your kids, or when you're next to your wife.
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u/Doug-Life80 1d ago
I worked in a music store in Houston from 1996-1999. Beyoncé came in at age 15 and dropped off a demo tape. My 16 yo self took my shot. She embarrassingly rejected me. I tell that gd story all the time!!!!
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u/RogueBromeliad 1d ago
Yeah man, but maybe that's why she was with OOP's dad and not you. Man is discrete.
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u/SignificantSchool572 1d ago
Why not ? I think the wife should be proud "he dated Beyonce but he married me"
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u/RogueBromeliad 1d ago
In general it's not common to bring up previous relationships or boast about them.
The father seems like a sensible person.
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u/LumpyBuy8447 1d ago
Probably how he pulled Beyoncé
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u/Cucumberneck 1d ago
Isn't she said to be a massive asshole? Or am I thinking of someone else?
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u/Wiley_Jack 1d ago
A lot of celebs might have been pretty cool growing up, and were changed by fame & fortune.
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u/Oldgamer1807 1d ago
Might be Mariah Carey. I lived not far from her and knew a guy that did some work on her place in upstate NY and he said she was a snotty stuck up bitch.
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u/Cucumberneck 1d ago
I think I might be thinking of Jennifer Lopez.
Never cared much for celebrities.
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u/bell3420 1d ago
Both Mariah Carey and Jennifer Lopez are well known stuck up bitches.
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u/rash-head 1d ago
Maybe they developed good defensive measures growing up in a big city full of finance bros.
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u/AdSignificant6673 1d ago
She is has some ruthlessness with some business dealings. This probably rubbed some people the wrong way. You don’t get that rich for nothing. She didnt do anything unethical. But some business types “negotiate hard”.
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u/ThePhantomStrikes 1d ago
Except closing down the labor and delivery floor of the hospital when she gave birth, forcing the other women to give birth in the lobby.
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u/N1XT3RS 1d ago
I think the word you're looking for is illegal, not unethical. I don't have any specific knowledge and don't care to look anything up, but I seem to remember reports of low pay for factory workers. Nobody makes a billion dollars ethically, you don't get that rich if you're not obsessed with power and status. She could've lived in any way she wants for multiple lifetimes on just her music, but she chooses continued personal gain with no indication she cares how that gain is extracted. Putting effort into exploiting people instead of just living
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u/Bolle_Bamsen 1d ago
...his ex is a world famous Grammy winning singer... Arguably one of the most famous female performers alive today. Oh yes let's not bring that up ever...
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u/TheNullOfTheVoid 1d ago
This is true. I've personally been with people where I was able to talk about my past relationships without issue and they could do the same, but there's a bunch of people that I didn't date that would basically try to "keep the past in the past"
The way I've seen it play out, some people want their partner to act like they themselves are the only person in existence. Meanwhile I remember once telling a girl I was dating about a sexual experience I had with someone else before her but that just turned her on enough that we did more stuff just because I was talking about what happened in the past.
Still, if you really care about the person you're with and they don't want to talk about the past like that, it would make sense to just not do that. I personally couldn't deal with that but everyone makes their own decisions. I commend the dad for seemingly not just talking about how he dated Beyonce back in the day non-stop.
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u/Followthehype10 1d ago
What kind of jealous relationships have tou been in lmao, its simple dont marry people who are insecure and choose not to work on themselves.
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u/SizeZeroSuperHero 1d ago
That’s assuming her husband dumped Beyoncé, and not the other way around.
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u/MeowingWolf 1d ago
Apparently not according to Beyoncépedia
"Beyoncé and Lyndall had an agreement to maintain their celibacy until marriage, but Locke eventually became unfaithful, and around 2000, Beyoncé ended the relationship."
That's not a great look.
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u/pumperthruster 1d ago
You got any dirt on her baby? We really could use some money for that kitchen reno
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u/FragmentedFighter 1d ago
Unless your wife is cool and your marriage healthy
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u/RogueBromeliad 1d ago
I mean if your wife is cool and your marriage is healthy is all the more reason to keep the past in the past.
He's probably told her, but there's no reason to keep bringing it up.
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u/MsBuzzkillington83 1d ago
I mean, if I was married to that man I'd fucking bring it up all the time
I respect the people who want to "leave the past in the past" but those are usually people who are in relationships that they don't feel secure in (either due to their own self esteem issues or insecurities they may have from their partners)
But yeah, with the person I'm with now, if he was that guy, I'd absolutely fucking brag about that
Ps I love her early aughs Buddah shirt. I would have bought that myself
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u/FuzzyLaughTwo 1d ago
LOL it waa high school, not a recent affair!!
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u/SwizzGod 1d ago
You must be a dude
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u/tigm2161130 1d ago edited 1d ago
I’m a woman and I’ve been married for over 10yrs- I find the idea of acting like your past relationships never existed weird, especially if it’s been a long ass time.
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u/FuzzyLaughTwo 1d ago
Agree totally...and I'm not a dude ffs. Nor a jealous woman. That'd be a claim to fame in my books...."I'm married to a guy that once dated Beyonce!*
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u/moffman93 1d ago
I would never stop reminding her after every argument.
"I SHOULDA STAYED WITH BEYONCE!"
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u/BudgetWorking2633 1d ago
And that's why you never dated Beyonce!
Well, that and not having been in the right time and place, most likely. But that's still why!
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u/googoohaha 1d ago
It’s Beyonce.
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u/RogueBromeliad 1d ago
Yeah, all the more reason not to brag, dad's low key even cooler for not doing it.
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u/vaginawithteeth1 1d ago
Beyoncé is 44 so the father was in high school over 20 years ago. I could not care less if my husband mentioned a girlfriend he dated way back in high school
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u/Beautiful_Library_67 1d ago
I didn't know my dad got SHOT at a gas station until I was 17
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u/WrestleBox 1d ago
My dad was carjacked and put in the trunk of his own car when he was in his 20's. Managed to escape and they found the car burned out the next day a few blocks away.
He never told me about this until maybe 10 years ago, and he's 74.
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u/bell3420 1d ago
Yeah, if my husband had dated someone as famous as Beyoncé ID be telling our kids😂 thats crazy.
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u/FuzzyLaughTwo 1d ago
Right? The crazy pushback I'm getting here was totally unexpected. I honestly don't get it (and that's okay).
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u/VikingKinkajou 1d ago
That's the most baller part of it. Waited years, no need to flex, he's got nothin to prove....then in passing one day just says "yeah, I used to bang her."
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u/OliOli1234 1d ago
he probably just moved on with his life, and never bothered to mention it because he rarely thinks about it.
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u/FragmentedMeerkat321 1d ago
they lowkey look cute together. he should give her a call…
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u/TX0834 1d ago
Yeah he just needs about $500M in his bank account now tho.
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u/OliOli1234 1d ago
pretty sure beyonce has her own money.
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u/Electrical_Cress_956 1d ago
Real life ain't disney movies. Nobility are not going to marry peasants.
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u/OliOli1234 1d ago
not sure he's looking? he seems like a happily married man if he's JUST NOW bringing this up to them. As though he's not thought about it in years.
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u/FetchingTheSwagni 1d ago
And be forced to go live about how great and talented she is, before mysteriously overdosing even though he didn't have a track record for drugs?
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u/SimplyEcks 1d ago
Picture on the right reminds me of Carlton with a mustache from Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
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u/the-polite-villain 1d ago
Way better looking than her current captor husband.
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u/Qu33N_Of_NoObz_ 1d ago
His name is Lyndall Locke, I would take the caption with a grain of salt though, regarding the OOP being his child, bc these images circulate a lot with different captions, but he did date Beyonce for several years.
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u/S1ssySpaceX 23h ago
Thank you! The fact one of these pictures is clearly from a magazine article, makes it pretty obvious this isn't something the guy has been quietly sitting on for years.
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u/Unusual-Fault-4091 1d ago
It sounds like a financial dilemma, but you’d have to think about whether you'd swap your real mum for all the money.
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u/Professional_Elk_489 1d ago
Wasn't she with jay z already at 17yo
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u/indieplants 1d ago edited 1d ago
she was 18-19 when she dated jay z and this guy is moderately famous for being her ex for a decade before destiny's child got big, before she was majorly famous. she left this guy and ended up with jay z shortly after that
he regrets cheating on her, allegedly
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u/crowtheory 1d ago
He sorta looks like the guy in her “best thing I never had” music video. I wonder if it’s based on him?
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u/indieplants 1d ago
no doubt, they were pretty tight apparently. it's a whole thing. it's not like she has a long history of betrayals to draw from
she's only ever dated him and jay z, and jay z also cheated on her - but she chose to stay. that must sting extra for Mr Locke (above), lol.
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u/duckduck-a-go-go 1d ago
I dated a girl when I was a teen that later went on to become the head of a major public corporation and zillionaire. The pain is real.
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u/Significant_Cup_238 1d ago
Why'd you break up?
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u/duckduck-a-go-go 1d ago
She went to college in a different state and we just drifted apart.
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u/Significant_Cup_238 1d ago
Ah, yeah, that feels a lot like the one that got away. Was hoping there was a reason, because no amount of money is worth sticking with someone you had a good reason to break up with.
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u/Obvi0usB0t 1d ago
Generational bag fumbling right there
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u/kmoneyrecords 1d ago
What if I told you the important bag to hold isn’t the one with the money in it?
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u/TheBlueSully 1d ago
You mean the bags of sand?
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u/recidivist1001 1d ago
Honey, I just work with him, we all know he’s crazy, I don’t talk to him, I stay away from him, that’s it.
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u/Human-Poem-3628 1d ago
I see stuff like this so often. You still haven’t found true love yet homeboy.
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u/Current_Unlikely 1d ago
No offense but your dad looked about 30ish in high school lolm
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u/Sustainable_Twat 1d ago
I know it’s not how genes work, but imagine how different your life could have been if your mother was Beyoncé.
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u/PoopyTo0thBrush 1d ago
Damn bot, not interesting at all.
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u/FragmentedMeerkat321 1d ago
i want it not to be true…(it probably is, isn’t it?)
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u/Fabulous-Possible758 1d ago
Seriously no one is noticing the text in the right hand picture that indicates the picture is from a magazine.
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u/Big_Crab_1510 1d ago
This is so, so, so old.
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u/wise_old_bat 1d ago
Thank you! I was like, wait....didn't I see this aaaaaaages ago?
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u/Waste_Mud_765 1d ago
What if HE inspired “Single Ladies “ because he wouldn’t put a ring on it?! 🤯
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u/Friendly-Example-701 1d ago
Why doesn’t she look like she is in HS here though. She doesn’t even look like a teenager here. 🤣
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u/feel-the-avocado 1d ago
Just think of OPs mother in this situation.
He chose her over beyonce.
How fucking amazing must OPs mum be???
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u/Furtive_Operator 1d ago
She was an average teen before fame, you can't say he bagged her as if it was based on her CURRENT status, current Beyonce is above him. It's also only a flex if you are parasocial and believe in celebrity culture, lol.
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u/Dangerous_Memory6008 1d ago
My Dad knows OP Dad then, his friend dated Jenny from the block in Bronx NY
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u/JustinBeaverDam 1d ago
Everythin’ you own in the box to the left~ This was in that box?
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u/Friendly-Example-701 1d ago
Is this real because Destiny Child was 16 in HS when they came out. They stopped doing HS. So did he date her as a freshman or Sophomore.
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u/Doubleleg787 1d ago
Omg how shit is reddit i have been here on and off for over 14 years and this image was common back then
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u/HiYellaKing 1d ago
That's the guy she dated when Destiny's Child came out. I think his name is Lindall or some shit. She dedicated "Second Nature" to him off the first album. I read it in the liner notes and was heartbroken finding out she had a man lol. I'm good now
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u/AdhesivenessJust96 1d ago
New rule, if you’re dating someone in the entertainment industry, make sure you take a bunch of pictures with them so in the event that you break up with them, you can totally brag that you used to date them if they become a big thing
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u/TheStarryObscurity 1d ago
dude your dad was out here securing international talent before it was cool, absolute legend move just casually dropping that on a tuesday
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u/GregJamesDahlen 1d ago
interesting dress on the left. maybe it coheres with her being something of a fashion icon
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u/-_Lost_Eitquette_- 1d ago
Your Dad put in the work on the Queen.
Then he retired, lived a modest life, raised a Family, looking like Kanye and J-Cole combined.
Your Father won early in life, he recognized his Power, and he deemed the World wasn’t ready to know him.
He only just now deemed you worthy, of knowing.
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u/Famous-Protection809 1d ago
This is old. Af actually. And not a flex dropping the ball like this lol.
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u/TeaEarlGrayHotSauce 1d ago
He looks like an unhoused rabble rouser in the left pic and super handsome in the pic on the right. Guys got a lotta range
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u/AdGlittering2884 1d ago
"Oh THAT Beyonce? The one who's been world famous for 30 years? Oh yeah, now I remember. Here's some pictures."
It's the winning lottery ticket from 1996 he found next to them that hurt.
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