| | i saw a small sign kinda early that shit was gonna be doomed and that was when it was automatically assumed that i was gonna forego watching the opening games of the 2008 playoffs in the comfort of my own home in order to watch them in a home i'd never been to and around two people that i never had a conversation with before. NEGATORY, as my friend Saturdai would say.
i've never claimed to be a music encyclopedia, but another sign that shit was gonna be doomed was when i was sworn up and down that the song "What I Am", which i know for a FACT was originally recorded and released by Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians in 1988, was ACTUALLY a remake of a Sheryl Crow song. or that the hip-hop classic "Poor Georgie", whom everyone knows was recorded by MC Lyte (well not quite everyone), was ACTUALLY by Queen Latifah.
c'mon now.
if there's something that i don't know, and if someone is trying to educate me on something (without talking down to me as if i'm a 2nd grader), then i'm gonna absorb it and be like "okay, i learned something new today" and keep the conversation moving. some people don't know how to do that because they just HAVE to be right, all the time, and even if they end up making an ass of themselves they swear that they're right until the end.
well the end for me came Tuesday evening when i abruptly discovered that i'd been kicked to the curb by "Miss-Tra Know It All" thru an entry on Facebook that implied that i was a cheap bastard with no money who needed to sneak her change from the valet in order to pay for drinks at other clubs later that evening. read for yourselves.
"When your date asks you to change her bill and you say "Okay, I'll give it back to you in a minute." DON'T be sneaky and instead use it to tip the valet and purchase drinks at the bar...leaving your lady with no change and no money at the end of the date. Ya, guy she noticed that sneaky move."
me? a law-abiding brother who happens to make way more money than you make? sneaky? come on now...
for those who must know, the actual scenario in question came in February when i decided to put on my "good clothes" (as Little Brother would say) and take "Misstra Know It All" to Redfish (one of my favorite restaurants here in Atlanta). dinner came out to over 150 bucks due to us pigging out and doing a lotta extra wine sipping but since it was my idearrr to go there, i took care of the bill with no prob. i paid for dinner with my card and when it was time to get the car outta valet all i had were a few hundred dollar bills in my pocket so i asked "Misstra" for something small in order to tip the valet. she gave me a 20. i gave the valet 5 and as i entered the car on the driver's side, i slipped the remaining 15 bucks in my pocket and commenced driving to another club.
due to the extensive wine sipping i shouldn't have been driving in the first place but she had no clue where i was planning on taking her so she let me drive. now generally, if your mind is on your money and your change, all signs say that you'd ask for it upon getting settled in the car before arriving at the next destination, correct?
well let's just say that collectively our minds were in places that didn't have shit to do with money.
next destination Verve, where after roaming through the top two levels we go to the bar on the bottom level and knock back 3 Patron shots plus a Heineken apiece. think you can purchase 6 Patron shots plus 2 Heineken beers for 15 bucks? didn't think so, but show me the spot where you can and i'm there every weekend.
final club destination for the night was MJQ, a spot where i like to go because you're guaranteed to hear some hip-hop that you won't hear anywhere else in the city. we both have 2 more Patron shots and i chase it with a Red Stripe while she chooses a bottle of water. think you can purchase 4 Patron shots plus a beer and a bottle of water for 15 bucks? i think not but again, show me where you can and i'm there every weekend.
if your mind was on your money and your change surely you'd have asked for it before leaving my place the next day right? i thought so.
the moral of this story is, don't paint a picture of me as a cheap bastard with no money who needed to sneak your little 15 dollar change from the valet in order to pay for drinks.
15 dollars? are you fucking kidding me?
the real shit that pissed me off about reading all this was that the shit was written and posted on Facebook Monday morning at 11:51am, 3 months after the shit actually happened. plus the fact that she posted another rant shortly thereafter about how to treat a "Virtuous Woman" such as herself. i swear i'm not making this up, here's her rant right here. it's a good read but kinda preachy so i'm not gonna post the whole thing because most of it doesn't pertain to me so only the "good" parts will make the cut.
"Miss-Tra Know It All is tired of the men in ATL!!!! OMG I rather stay single till I'm outta this dating hell hole! Men here need to go back to their mamas!"
I feel the need to elaborate on my outburst (I'll keep it short but not sweet). It's likely I'll step on some toes but no one has said anything and the truth will set everyone free. I've been on dates, I been introduced/ approached...but Men in ATL have this attitude about them that they don't need the black woman, the black women needs them. Men that are from ATL or have been here long enough to feed into the hype of the men: women ratios are really kidding themselves and selling themselves short. Everyone here is "fittin' to do this or "tryin" to do that, or "gonna" do this. Everyone wants to be a celebrity, be a promoter, and be a music artist.
The truth is, you've lost yourselves and you've let down generations behind us, and the Black men....AH the Black men (ATL only) NEED to wake up and GET A CLUE! Obama's efforts should've at least done that. Forget chasing the rainbow of fame (ITS TOO LATE AND YOU'VE MISSED THAT WINDOW!). Get in the game where you can have an impact on decisions that affect our people!!!!
Men here know the right things to do, they WERE raised right. They choose not to because they believe the hype that they have time, they can juggle the women, they can do it without her, and they don't see why the roles can't be switched. Let her ask me out, let her pay for dinner, let her open the doors, let her call me, let her COURT me, let her DATE ME!
The truth is...the bible outlines a "Virtuous Woman" and if you are a man that has been blessed to even meet such a woman you treat her as a such. Treat her like a queen; treat her the way God intended her to be. Treat her like a mother, treat her like a sister, and treat her like an heiress. It's heartbreaking to see so many virtuous women in ATL so jaded and I see why. It's your fault men and its time to own up to that and take back your Black woman and keep the heritage of the strong Black family alive. Stop acting like you don't know what chivalry is. Don't blame the Black women that have compromised. They just lost hope on what they knew was right and couldn't wait on you. So they conformed to less of who they really are just to please you.
If Black men were more concerned with how they treated Black women than their "flossin capacity" or "looking important" our future families would be stronger and better.
yo!
all the time this "virtuous" muthafucka has spent in my face SINCE THEN and she never thought to inquire about her little 15 dollars? is this "virtuous" muthafucka serious? nah, she can't POSSIBLY be serious about this shit. the nerve of her, a grown ass 30 year old woman, being tacky as hell by attempting to air me out in a public forum such as Facebook over 15 dollars from a date that happened 3 months ago. you need your "virtuous" ass whooped by your mama.
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