You lose
Lots of things happen in the span of two weeks. My Aunt Lea died. It was sudden, but she was almost 90 years old. But before I left for New York, I went to a happy hour. First, none of my friends were there. I guess because they are all practically married, I shouldn’t expect them to be there, just don’t send me an email saying you were going to be there and then not show up. Second, I bump into a guy that remembered me from years ago. I ignored him, and then I remembered why I was supposed to forget him. But it gets better! I am walking from drug store and this guy in a car yells for me. Since I live in a cracked out neighborhood, I never pay attention to anyone yelling. I keep walking, and he drives over. I said, “No thank you” and kept walking. He yells over and says, “Hey, didn’t you have braids and work at a club? Don’t you remember me?” I responded, “Lots of people have braids” and kept walking. I am not stupid, guys will say anything about cutting or dying your hair and then they jack you. Then he says “Yeah and you knew Jen and Jeff. You still scrunch your nose up like that and your glasses move” I kept walking, those are popular names. “Jeff had red hair. You still don’t remember me?” he asked. Oh yeah, I remembered him. I remembered hanging out with Jen and Jeff, Paul (the guy in the car) asked for my phone number and never called. “Oh yeah. What was your name?” I asked. See boys and girls, I remembered his name and who he was, but to win the game, you have to insult him. “My name is Paul and your name is Nae I think,” he says. Yeah jerk, that’s my name. “Yep, that’s my name,” I said. “I was driving the other day, I saw you and walking but I didn’t know it was you,” he adds. “Oh yeah, I live around here,” I said. “Yeah I do to. You look good,” he said. Yep, that’s right, you lost out, let’s put salt on the wound. “Well, I gotta go. See ya around,” I said, smiling, and as he was saying “Wait up!” I walked on. The moral of the story is never waste your time with a guy who never called back. It feels good to making them realize they lost a good thing.
