Chris Brown, who allegedly punched & bit Rihanna, is "reflective & saddened," also "really happy"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Rihanna and Chris Brown are back together, PEOPLE has learned exclusively.

The pair have reunited almost three weeks after Brown, 19, allegedly battered the “Umbrella” singer on Feb. 8, a source tells PEOPLE.

“They’re together again. They care for each other,” says the source. The on-again couple are currently spending time together at one of Sean “Diddy” Combs’s homes.

Adds the source: “While Chris is reflective and saddened about what happened, he is really happy to be with the woman he loves.”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29437112/

[kwassa]

1. Back together? this makes me ill.

The sick cycle of the beaten woman who goes back to her abuser.

of course, the story has to be true.

[ogneopasno]

2. "...with the woman he loves so much that he beats the shit out of her."

Stay classy, Chris! As Michelle Bachmann would say, "You be da man!"

[Metric System]

3. Wow, that's a really great message she's sending to young women in physically abusive relationships.

[oregonjen]

5. I learned while trying to help a good friend being verbally abused

by her husband that it takes on average 7 tries before a woman finally leaves the abuser. The abused one is sick and scared, too.

[tekisui]

8. She is like too many in abusive relationships.

Unable to walk away, for whatever reason. It's so sad, but she is just like so many.

[AyanEva]

4. *facepalm*

I figured that would happen.

[PM Martin]

6. Ms. Rihanna is not respectable.

Never let your daughters look at her for a role model.
Stupid, Stupid Girl! :eyes:

[sandnsea]

7. We need better education

If you want to work on a relationship with an abuser, go ahead. Just do it in separate homes for at least 6 months. That should be the standard means of getting a woman out of an abusive relationship because it will take that long for her to get her identity and self worth back. For fleeing women with no money or no control of money, 6 months would be much more reassuring than a few nights in a shelter too.

[tekisui]

9. The only togetherness they should have the opportunity to have

is conjugal visits. He belongs in jail.

[Orrex]

10. Why is this fucker not in jail?

If I picked some random DUer to beat the shit out of, I doubt I'd be released and walking around "really happy" just a few days later.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

11. He sent her an iPod, a bracelet, and some other crap for her birthday

He's sorry. The gifts prove it. People never send iPods unless they are genuinely repentant.

:eyes:

[AyanEva]

12. But how many Gigs was it?

That's the pertinent question.

[Orrex]

13. Good point! I'm sorry I misjudged him!

:puke:

I wonder what he'll buy her the next time he beats the shit out of her.


He's sorry that he got caught, he's sorry that he's been publicly identified as an abuser, and he's sorry that he's lost his endorsement deals.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

14. You nailed it...

..."He's sorry that he got caught, he's sorry that he's been publicly identified as an abuser, and he's sorry that he's lost his endorsement deals."

Beyond that, color me a skeptic.

[Fleshdancer]

15. and so the cycle of abuse continues

I'm sick of this. I'm angry at the men who do it, I'm frustrated at the women who go back, I'm pissed at the public reaction to this particular case, and I know everyone will eventually go back to thinking this is a normal couple. Others will joke about it if they haven't already.

Disclaimer: I have never been abused. I do try to understand and, from what I've read, getting out of this cycle has to be one of the hardest things for a person to do. Do families and friends not intervene in situations like this? Is there ANYTHING that can be done to help the abused cut the emotional ties? The way our society currently deals with domestic violence DOES NOT WORK. The numbers are too high and yet we tolerate this crap.

I'm sick of this shit.

[emilyg]

16. Sad.

[Quantess]

17. First, Chris Brown was the poor role model.

Now Rihanna is a poor role model, too.

Shame on them both!

(edit spelling)

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

18. Just proves that money doesn't buy brains....dignity.....

.....a conscience.....common sense....etc.

[Codeine]

19. Who cares?

Talentless, producer-created dumbshits both of them. By going back to him she's given him the all-clear to kick her ass. They're both pathetic.