Someone really needs to smack Rihanna upside her head and knock some sense into-- uhh... okay, poor choice of words. Anyway, after finally taking a break from Chris Brown after heavy criticism from the press, the public and her own family, Rihanna is very quietly back together with her abusive lover once again.

"Unfortunately, Rihanna still wants him and has told all of us to 'get over yourselves. I'm with him, so deal with it,'" a longtime friend of Rihanna's family told The Chicago Sun Times.

Rihanna recently made a big deal about house-hunting by herself in L.A., giving the impression that she was actually moving on. But it turns out she was taking detailed photos of each property and sending them to Brown for his opinion.

I guess that old saying is true: if you love something, beat the living hell out of it and let it go. If it comes back to you and isn't mangled from the beating, then clearly you can do whatever you want because this girl will put up with anything.