Like I told you before, I live on what you’d call a compound. Within the compound are little apartments we call villas. Well, most folk have roommates, including me. There are males and females and a handful of Muslim women, so it’s a small community of folk that see and hear each other all the time.
Men folk and women folk match themselves up together and if you’re thinking what I’m thinking, when it don’t work out, everybody and the pet dog know about it. Therefore, it ain’t too pretty ’cause everybody’s talking ’cause that’s part of life here.
Well, you remember that time I posted something about being a holla back girl and posted that video by Gwen Stefani? Go back and read all about it if you want but Holla Back Girl is my roomie. Turns out, this fella she’d been kickin’ it with dropped her like a hot rock. I’d feel sorry for her if she wasn’t a bitch but I don’t. I don’t know folks. I tried to like her real hard but I don’t. She’s miserable, made even more miserable after getting dumped.
So, the lowdown is that during a poker game, she messed around and blurted out, “Who’s Gandhi?” Folks, boyfriend, dickfriend or whatever the hell he was was sitting there. I told her, “He couldn’t have been pleased when you said that. That’s like me saying I don’t know who Martin Luther King was.” This trick goes, “Who’s Martin Luther King?” Everybody in the room is stunned and she’s the only one laughing.
Anyhow, when I told her Dickfriend couldn’t have been pleased with her, she said he liked when she didn’t know things and gets pleasure in teaching her things. I’m thinking I know this man better than her without him being my Dickfriend ’cause in my brief encounters, he’s stimulated by intellectualizing and I live and hear this woman on a daily basis, folks. She ain’t the one for nothing brain-based. Just a couple of weeks ago, she said he told her that if they ever left Saudi, he’d have nothing to do with her. Straight up. I told her, “So that translates to him saying you’re something to do while he’s here.”
Now, get this, folks. It’s gonna blow a hole in your socks. He’s at the poker game last night and not only did one other fella who was there call her dumb but so did Dickfriend. Talk about a shitty feeling.
I can hear her in the room bitchin’ now in Afrikaans.
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I think the girl is pretty pitiful. But then, I think the guy is too. I can’t put up with stupid just to get a little nookie. I don’t think either one of them is a candidate for Mensa. Sure, she’s dumb. But he seems to have embraced dumb for a spell and now he’s being a real arse by publicly denigrating a woman he had “spent time” with. It’s enough to make me celibate.
Yeah, he’s being an arse. I don’t know how else he could’ve humiliated her more. Now, she asking around to folks, “Do you think I’m an intellectual or no?” She’s been given nos so far. My thing is, if you gotta ask…
Wow. Kinda sad.
What’s sadder is her wanting to go back to S. Africa and teach at university. I find it hard that she even graduated from one but that’s just me…I think.
They both wrong, we all know it. Problem though, she is more wrong than him. Sorry but that is just the honest truth. You can be non-intellectual and still have functional knowledge of the world around you and recent history. You can be non-intellectual and still have morals and ethics, some self-pride as well.
We are not all put on this earth to be the same, not all of the same intellect or capacity to learn even. She is clearly not even using her limited capacity to expand her knowledge and now is asking for others to validate her limitations.
Very well put. I say it is more her fault too. Yeah, they’re both wrong but we all know who turns out looking worse when something like this goes down.
Aw man. So many girls think that by acting dumb they become more attractive. It’s the Marilyn Monroe disease. Shake your booty and act all wide-eyed at every little thing that comes outta a man’s mouth. Problem is once they’ve had enough of you, well that’s it.
It’s a way to get used. She needs to come up with a more honest approach to being herself and pick up a history book once in a while. Still, feel sorry for her a bit. She thinks she’s in a play acting a certain way all the time. Until she can be herself and like that person in the mirror, it’s all gonna be that way for her. Still, I’d ‘accidentally’ trip the butthole that was laughing at her. He’s got serious karma coming his way and I have to tie my shoes a lot.
Believe me. She’s not play acting. She really is this ignorant. Everyday there is confirmation when she speaks. I’ve gotten to the point where I’m not longer surprised but rather, I expect stupidity.
It might not take psychic powers to read a couple like that. the writing was on the wall.
Yeah, on the wall in big graffiti letters.
Oh that’s sad!
Crap, I hit reply under the wrong comment. It’s a knack.
On feeling ssy I heard the other day that 98% of women in Afgh are illiterate, Seems in some Islamic countries they treat their stinkin camels better than their women.
I can have sympathy for the Afghan women but this person I speak of isn’t middle eastern. She’s from South Africa with a university degree, that I pray was bought because she’s not representing her country well at all.
Ohhhh, Tots! You are one freakin’ soothsayer, you know that! Of course, in a compound like where you are now, I would expect nothing different from any of those males!
And you know, the guys are talking and now, so are the women. Shame…
I take it this isn’t an American woman? If it is, better leave her over there. She won’t do well back in the states.
Oh, no! The other American who was here thought very little of this person. She’s from South Africa, actually. She’s not doing well here, so yes, she’d fail miserably in the states.
Maybe someone could ask her “Who’s Mandela?” If she flubs that one, well, I don’t think university teaching can be on the cards. I second what Zencherry said. She is sorely in need of a more honest approach to being herself. How awful she must be feeling about being herself at the moment.
Well, she’s knows who he is but I’m willing to bet she only has surface knowledge. Actually, she is being herself. That’s the tragedy.
Tots, you are clearly in league with Ghandi and Martin Luther King for embracing the non-violent and not smacking her stupid ass, and then his. If a person is simply stupid, it is one thing. If they revel in being stupid, well that a whole ‘nother league of stupid.
As they say, stupid is as stupid does.
I’ve had to disassociate myself from her. For that reason and others. You know, I can’t be walking around here with folk who have a foot perpetually hanging outta their mouth and all.
Yes, ma’am. It’s so damn unladylike!
Think I’ll pass on the invite to come over for a few days. These two just ain’t fit company for anybody. Geez…
Awww, George. Though, I understand completely.
Totsymae – I’ve been messing around with some life challenging events so I have a question. Did I miss a disclosure about what you are doing? I’m captivated.
Yes, you can read about it in Meeting Ambassadors and Whatnot, as to where I am. You should join me though. I’ve met a few Canadians here and they’re very nice, funny and like you, down to earth.
I’d LOVE to join you! But could we get a different roommate? I’m not sure I’m as tolerant as you! Man, this is so hard trying to figure out what on earth you are doing. Are you doing art instruction? That’s it! You’re teaching Arabs how to do life drawings! Totsyangelo…but I can’t figure in the phone interview…
We could tie her up and gag her, then throw her in the desert with a bottle of water. You know, try to keep it humane and all.
Not teaching art. It’s a good idea though. Maybe I need to look at more Arab art but I haven’t found what I’ve seen that interesting.
Yikes. Totsy, it’s sad when women take pride in being ignorant and think their man will like them all the more for it. They might at first but even the most shallow man will eventually get bored with such a woman.
Awful! I second Monica’s sentiments. It’s one thing to plat the dumb girl. It’s another thing to be one. One of them is silly. The other, awful.