Monkey Boy Part II
OK. Stop what you’re doing. If you did not read my Blog yesterday, you have to go back and read it before you read this one, because this is Part II! Go on… You’ve got the time!
So, anyway, back to Monkey Boy… He did not realize in the timeliest of manner that he had offended me past the point of no return.
I had never saved his number in my phone; so unfortunately, I answered it a few days after “the incident”. Again, you really must go back and read yesterdays post to get this AT ALL! Now, any sane man would have picked up on the fact that I was being very short and very blunt. But this just seemed to amuse Monkey Boy.
A few minutes into the conversation, he says, “You know you miss these eyes.” Can’t you just taste your breakfast?! I’m going to want those minutes back at the end of my life, y’all. I swear.
But we haven’t scratched the surface yet! Keep on reading. He went on and on about how I had to be missing him, and how he knew I wanted to see him. Finally, irritation set it. And I don’t really get irritated too easily. So I tell him, “Look. You may think I’m missing you, but you don’t know me. I’m a hard nut to crack, and I’m not even on the verge of missing you.”
He starts HYSTERICALLY laughing, which of course, irritates me more. So I reiterate, “I’m not kidding.” He tells me, “No. That’s not why I’m laughing. I’m laughing because that’s what Mike said.”
Mike being one of my gym buddies. He goes on to tell me that Mike had told him, “You won’t ever get anything from her. She’s a hard nut to crack.”
The moron tells me this! Even if I had been the slightest bit interested, I wouldn’t be now! I would question his every intention. Because along with telling me what Mike said, he lets me know that pretty much every guy at the gym knew he was trying to get me to go out. So at some point along the way he crossed the line into some territory I just didn’t care for. He was no longer wanting to date me for the right reasons. It was because he let every guy in the gym know he was trying, and he had to save face.
So, now we have moved from MORON into COMPLETE MORON! But sometimes, we just don’t think, do we?
How many times did I grab a piece of cake without thinking of the consequences? What about skipping the gym on Monday, not thinking about the fact that I HAD to miss it on Tuesday due to a work meeting?
Or how about mindlessly grabbing candy from the jar at work? When I look back across my life, my biggest mistakes, be that in diet, exercise, or life in general, started with this phrase: “I just wasn’t thinking.”
Because you know what? I know Monkey Boy just wasn’t thinking when he sent that text or spoke those words, but he can’t have those moments back. And I know y’all didn’t think I was going to turn that story into anything other than a story, but I did. And do you know why? I THOUGHT ABOUT IF FIRST!
Before you go off your diet or skip your workout today…think about it first.






September 23, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Just keeps gettin’ better and better…. wow.
September 23, 2008 at 3:47 pm
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Smart girl (and great blog, by the way!) I have the exact same philosophy when it comes to guys at the gym: NO LOVE. I am not in there to impress anyone or to hook a man- I look like death warmed over for that very reason and laugh at the women who show up in cutsie matched outfits, full make up, hair, and nails. I actually had one guy, whom my fiance and I call ‘Lumpy,’ come into the weight room and brag to me that "Not many men look this good at 36! I bet I could make you feel 18 again!" to which I replied, "I much prefer 37 to 18 any day!"
Lord, girl- keep up the funny and put him in his place- publicly- as soon as possible. I will definitely be back!
Jamie
September 24, 2008 at 11:26 am
Well…I AM fly paper for freaks! What can I say?!