“But theres something that gets under my skin….And all I know is I cant let go….And that’s the way it is…”-from “Missing You” by Mary J. Blige July 12, 2007
Now playing in my atmosphere…”I Never Dreamed You’d Leave In Summer”-Stevie Wonder
Part 1…Back Havin…
I believe one of the most important rules of friendship…especially during adulthood…is not giving your friends one sided accounts of your relationhships….specifically the BAD accounts.
You see the funny thing is…we remember the bad a lot more readily than we can point out the good. Call it human nature or whatever you life, but its a fact. So it shouldn’t be surprising that your girls aren’t gonna be so quick to forget when that mofo did you wrong….had you up all night…wailing about how he and all men are dawgs and that you don’t ever want to see him again.
Can you really expect your friends to doing toe touches when two weeks later…you’re back with him talking ’bout how happy you are with him and that your love is stronger than ever? Naw babygirl…cuz see…friends…friends don’t forget.
You see me…I’m upfront with my friends…I don’t give advice and I don’t like being in your romantic relationships….soooo…don’t ask me advice about you romantic relationships. From time to time…I’ll share this tidbit of information with their significant others, If she comes back to you with some off the wall concept about what yall should or should not be doing in your relationship…she didn’t get that shit for me…cuz I simply don’t give a damn about what’s going on in your situation.
Heartless…slightly…
Real…very.
Shit…I’m not the one that has to look at that fucker and decide if he’s lifemate material.
I mean on the few occasions that I have gotten involved in my friends romantic situations…it hasn’t gone very well and I remove myself immediately…or as soon as possible….because like I said….I don’t have to decide if that fucker is lifemate material.
Ok…that and I have a 6′1” complex. Which means…I’m not afraid to step to a dude…especially when I think he’s out of line. Vicious…yo…that side of my personality is not to be ramped with. My philosophy…take a broad on that’s your size…
Recently, I found myself in a situation where I saw a strong black woman…become a fragile…broken person over the loss of her signficant other. In the name of sisterhood and the fact that I love her inside-out…I bore that pain with her…only to have my girl end up back with that piece of manure.
Now…she knows clearly..how I feel about him…not only because I haven’t bitten my tongue about it, but also because my face does this snarled…stank look when he’s in my presence. However, I recognize that’s she a grown woman…clearly living her own life…so out of respect for her…when she brought him to dinner the other night…I didn’t give his ass the two piece to the jaw that my inner Tampa was chanting in my ear that I should do. Instead, I insisted that he take his ass to the bar since our table was for 5 and him and his friend would make 7.
He clearly knows that I don’t like his ass either, but he said her friends have to learn that he’s changed. Quite frankly, fucker…you ain’t got to prove it to me. You just handle your business…cuz…I still owe you two licks. 50 feet should be the minimum amount of distance that he should keep himself away from me….lol.
Friends don’t forget your tears or your pain…friends also don’t punish you for the decisions you make. They love you unconditionally…and mumble nasty things under their breath when that mofo’s in the area…lol.


