It’s 12am. I’m nestled in bed watching Nick at Night and the phone rings. Immediately all kinds of thoughts run through my head. Who’s sick? Who’s hurt? Who died? Why did I start thinking the worst? Because no one calls me after midnight. No one. My peoples know that I have an old soul and enjoy an early bedtime. Any phone calls would be for an emergency.
I pick up the phone and say, “Hello?” A guy on the other end says, “Hello.” Now lets pause for a second. There are only three men that I talk to on a regular basis and the voice on the phone was not one of them. “This is Will. We met last summer,” he says. Excuse me? It’s now 2014 and you are calling me and we met in the summer of 2013? Who does that? Why do guys take your number, don’t call or call you eons later? In what dating handbook is that OK.
I’m glad it wasn’t an S.O.S. call but annoyed that this dude has the nerve to call me and interrupt the umpteenth time I’ve watched this episode of Friends. Really?! Where is the home training? I quickly tell him that I do remember meeting him but that was ages ago. I also inform him that my situation has changed and I’m not interested. He tells me that maybe he will catch me the next round. And although it’s his mother’s phone he’s calling me from, to take down the number. Sir? Not only do you finally call seven months after meeting but you want me to take down your mama’s number? Why don’t you have your own phone? I get Verizon is a little pricey but I’m sure Metro PCS or Boost has something in your budget.
After he informs me that he doesn’t have a phone, I ask him if he is working. In which he replied he works at Ricky’s. Now for those of you that live in NYC should know about Ricky’s. But for those that don’t, it’s a really cool but pricey beauty supply store. They sell the majority of the natural hair products that I use and some of my other favorite beauty goods. Now you know before I got off the phone I had to inquire about his discount. Which I learned is 40%. Dang…that’s a great discount I thought to myself. But I quickly snapped back to reality and my annoyance. On the low, a little part of me wanted to take down his mama’s number for that awesome discount. But I didn’t. I do have principles.
Wearing: Forever 21 Blouse | Forever 21 Pleather Pants | JustFab Booties
Wait…while writing this post it just dawned on me. I wonder if he was calling for a booty call. Now I’m insulted thinking about it. The dating scene is so hard to navigate through. I like to think that it’s just regional and the men in NYC are the worst. But my girlfriends from other states says that it’s the same everywhere.
Why don’t modern men know how to court a woman? Did their parents fail them?
Does dating suck where you live too?
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I am over here in stitches! “I get Verizon is a little pricey but I’m sure Metro PCS or Boost has something in your budget.” Killinem! About that 40% discount though, I dunno girl, I dunno, I woulda at least went for coffee so I could get some curl butter! LOL!
If he can’t afford a phone, how is he possibly going to pay for coffee?? LOL But lord knows I could use a 40% discount on my hair products.
Toya those pants are the BOMB!!! I have to have them in my life!!!! Where is the info???
I quit dating boys and in 2013 I started dating men and they know how to behave 🙂
Thanks! I bought the pants at Forever 21 but they don’t have them on their website anymore. 🙁
Toya those pants are the BOMB!!! I have to have them in my life!!!! TOO CUTE!!
I quit dating boys and in 2013 I started dating men and they know how to behave 🙂
LMAO!!! Wow the nerve! Trust me, I think there is a worldwide epidemic of dating foolishness, so it isn’t specific to NYC. What I’m mad at is he had the audacity to hold on to your number for months, just to call from his momma’s phone. Lol!! I would be hollering!
Right?! The audacity! I’m just trying to figure out what about me attracts this kind of nonsense. LOL
WOW! This story is hilarious. LOL! Smh, the nerve!
On another note, I love your outfit – great pants! 🙂
~Whitney
http://www.whitneynicjames.com
LOL!!! Absolutely hilarious. I would have been just like you with that 40% off… Like, wait, what… How much of a discount? LOL! So funny! Loving those pants!!
40% is a bomb discount.
Yes dating in NYC is a nightmare, and you will meet some interesting characters! This post was hilarious! Lol
I have stories for days of all the characters I have met. Goodness!
What in the world?!?! I’m impressed that you even answered the phone at 12am! I didn’t know that the dating scene was this pathetic. He called you from his mama’s phone after midnight. No. Just, no.
He was pathetic. I’m holding out hope that it isn’t the dating scene.
Cute story, ridiculous guy, cute pants! xxo! 🙂 Emerald
Thanks Emerald!
It makes me wonder why you gave him your number in the first place? Did you think at the time, discounts??
I see it all around me especially with younger girls on the streets, on the subway — no social screen– so we can’t always blame “modern” men/boys. Many women set the tone for how we are treated. Not being, judgmental. Just sayin’
In any case, it’s a funny story!
When we met, we actually talked for about a half hour. He told me a different story about his occupation that night. He seemed harmless. Of course I knew there wouldn’t be a love connection but you never know. I have had some really good times with guys I’m not in a relationship with. I’m always open to making friends as long as they stay within those boundaries.
The nerve! Are you sure he isn’t from LA?! LOL! These men. The sad thing is, he did it because he got away with it from a woman in the past. I am so tired of these women with low standards messing it up for the rest of us!!!!
Your outfit rocks! I’m surprised you entertained him for so long after finding out who it was. I only take emergency calls at that time also. This post was hilarious!