I'm the "Bag Lady" and he should be like "Those Previous Cats"
I don't know what it is people but I am feeling in the mood of talking about love and relationships. This month and last month I have been faced with some somewhat serious relationship issues. Now I am the one in the middle that looks like the ass! Not the man this time!
Just recently I had the opportunity to make a relationship florish with an attractive, talented, smart, and caring man. He wanted to give me his time, but most times, I was simply to busy. I could not visit because I had too many activites...you guys remember when I was AWOL on MySpace...yeah busy!!!!
He asked me to spend time with him and just be there. Now since I was majorly busy, I took this as if this fool was trying to stop my darn life and make me concentrate on his life. Ummm yeah I did that before and it was called marriage and engagement....I was not going back there.
But what really got me about this man was that I could not figure him out....he did not display the same characteristics that the other two had shown....he was different indeed. Yet I did not fully trust him. He just did not totally display what I wanted to see from a potential "boyfriend".
One thing that I did see from him was him being spoiled. Now if you don't know this by now, I am a spoiled, rotten, woman! I demand a lot of attention from my man, my family, hell even my friends! But he was spoiled...Oh no! That was not going to even work...he gotta go!
So I gave him the cold shoulder, some excuses, then left it alone. He left me....he did not seem mad, but I could tell he was not happy with me.
So I contacted my honey a little bit after that episode in our sitcom and he totally flipped on me! He let me have it! I of course, being the Leo that I am, kindly let him have it back with a battle of quick words and harsh comments! See I am not a fighter with force, but I fight with my words. I learned that the things I say can make a grown man break down to his knees.....but anyway....back on the subject.....he was angry and said, "Never speak to me again, you are selfish."
Hmmm. Me selfish? I never ever thought of me being selfish. Who the hell does he think he is calling me selfish!? Why I oughta.........
Alright I let it ride for a while, us not talking and everything. Then I just happened to send him a IM...."Hi Baby, I miss you." Why did I send this man that? This sent him into a rant. I won't even go into the ugly details!
But I eventually got him to talk and I explained somethings to him. I let him know that I have been hurt in the past and I normally get the "jump" on the relationship. I try to end the hurt before it even starts. See I could not read him and that was scary. I did not see qualites of the others in him, and that scared me.....so in a sense I sabotaged this possible relationship...I ended it!
I remember a song by Erykah Badu, "Bag Lady".
It was one of my favorite songs. I see why. I have my back pack, my luggage, my carry on, and my "hoe" bag with me in every situation with any man. And I am going to go in that bag and see if he can "fit" any of the belongings from the previous cats.
Yes I know that this is wrong but it is what I do. I may be doomed in this forever until I can learn to put those bags into a bonfire and let the go up in smoke.
I believe that a great deal of women are like this. We compare how a man treats us, spends time with us, makes love to us, etc. to how the other cat used to do it. We have to stop and give the next man the chance to be himself.
Well I am all burnt out on this....I am getting ready to grab my bags and chitchat with my "homeboy" and try to see if he can fit anything the other cat had on.
Peace!











