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Jim Jones & Chrissy Lampkin Have Honest Conversation About Marriage—And It Appears Chrissy Is No Longer Interested

<p>Whew chile&comma; the back-tracking&period; If you’re a long-time fan of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Love &amp&semi; Hip Hop” then you no doubt remember <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;chrissy-lampkin-talks-about-her-return-to-love-hip-hop-new-york-after-7-years&sol;">Chrissy Lampkin<&sol;a> pressuring boyfriend Jim Jones multiple times to marry her&comma; even going so far as to propose to him back in 2011&period; Well&comma; based on the most recent episode of the series&comma; it appears that she has changed her mind about tying the knot&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Jim Jones and Chrissy Lampkin have been together <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;madamenoire&period;com&sol;1128713&sol;chrissy-jim-marriage&sol;">almost two decades<&sol;a> at this point without getting married and seeing most of their friends jump the broom instead&period; Since they have returned to VH1’s &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Love &amp&semi; Hip Hop” for the first time in several years&comma; the two are letting viewers in on what’s been going on in their lives lately&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One thing that won’t be going on is marriage—at least according to Chrissy&period; In the latest episode of the show&comma; Jim decides to make dinner for Chrissy for the very first time in the 16 years they’ve been together&period; As they enjoy the meal&comma; Jim brings up the prospect of getting married and looked genuinely surprised when Chrissy stated that she’s not interested in it anymore&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She elaborated on her feelings&comma; telling Jim this&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;From inception&comma; people have always had something to say about our relationship&period; It’s partly my fault because I proposed to you&period; After that proposal&comma; we didn’t get married because we weren’t ready and you’ve asked for marriage after that and I wasn’t ready&period; We’re still together&period; We have a crazy bond&comma; nobody can tear it apart&period; We’ve been together&comma; what&quest; A million years&quest; And if marriage never happens&comma; I don’t feel a way about it anymore because marriage doesn’t complete us&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; Jim had a different opinion and told Chrissy&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;But I do want to get married&period; I believe every woman who’s in love or is in a strong relationship that we are deserves to have that&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Apparently&comma; that wasn’t enough to convince her and she followed up saying&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I don’t feel that way&comma; and I know that sounds crazy&period; In the beginning&comma; I thought that was the end-all&comma; be-all&period; I thought that was natural progression&period; But at this point&comma; what is that going to change for us&quest; I just want you to know&comma; I’m with you&period; If it ain’t broke&comma; don’t fix it&period; I know people that get married and then divorced in a year&period; They get it annulled in six months&period; We’re fine the way we are&period; I just think a marriage will put extra pressure&comma; and I just don’t want to put those types of demands on our relationship anymore so right now we’re not on the same page about marriage&comma; and that’s okay&period; S&ast;&ast;t&comma; we ain’t been on the same page about that ever&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"B752P2pB-nT" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Naturally&comma; many on social media weren’t buying Chrissy’s reasoning for not wanting to marry Jim&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Roommates&comma; what are your thoughts on this&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"56640" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;jim-jones-chrissy-lampkin-have-honest-conversation-about-marriage-and-it-appears-chrissy-is-no-longer-interested&sol;" data-secure&equals;"48a9db8d67"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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