MAMA? Times are tough for everyone. People are living check to check. Gas prices are high. Salaries are low. Our children need more from their parents, longer. The economy has us ALL on edge. People are losing their jobs and their homes. We all are making sacrafices to survive. It's not odd that a man has a roomate. It is odd when that roomate is your MAMA!
I was buying a part for my car. He cracked a joke about my 10 car freshners. We instantly hit it off . He worked downtown at a building near mine. After a few phone calls, we met for lunch. Lunch time started to become OUR time. I looked forward to seeing him everyday. We had alot in common. There was also a strong attraction. Kissing him just felt right. Some weeks went by, we were getting a little too hot and heavy for lunch. I invited him to my place. One thing led to another, we woke up the next morning in my bed. He started to hang out alot at my place. We were together everyday and night. I realized that he had never invited me to his place. I was starting to wonder. I told him I wanted see his spot. He told me that his mother was staying with him. I guess the look on my face said "why"? He proceeded to explain all the financial difficulties she was having. He really wanted to be supportive to his mom. He was a good guy. It was only a temporary situation. He's was at my house everyday anyway. A couple of months went by and I finally met his mother. She was an articulate business woman who was excited to meet me. I was a little confused. She didn't seem down on her luck. The house was a lot nicer than I expected. When he went to the restroom, his mother began thanking me for taking him off her hands. I laughed and told her "you must be tired of living with your son"? She chuckeld and said "I don't LIVE with my son, this is MY house". "I was thanking you for letting him live with you". UHHHHH..
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"A scrub is a guy who thinks he's fly
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If you live at home wit' your momma
Oh yes son I'm talking to you (baby)"
No Scrub: TLC
The bad part about this story is, he felt compelled to lie. The fact that he lied indicated that he was uncomfortable in the situation he was in. In short, he made himself look like a clown. In this day and age, a man who lives at home with his parents is not necessarily a scrub. With concerns about jobs and job security at all time high's, staying at home may not be the most bachelor savvy thing a man can do, but it may b the most fiscally responsible given a particular circumstance. i bet if he was just honest, then she would have been more understanding of his living arrangement. But unfortunately he took on the shape of a lil boy with his little white lie lol
ReplyDeleteThe writer understood that the poor economy forces many people to adjust their lifestyles. They were together day and night in HER home for over two months, giving him the opportunity to learn who she is, but she did not have the same opportunity to learn about him until she forced the issue. The man's mother told her that she hoped that the writer was taking him off of her hands. Clearly he is not an asset in his mother's home even though he has a job. He told the writer that his mother was having financial problems and that he was providing her with living space. That is not a "little white lie." It is a LIE, plain and simple and an indication about his moral character. The song "No Scrub" talks about men using other people's assets to make themselves look good -- perpetuating a fraud, which is exactly what this man did. He therefore fits TLC's the definition of SCRUB.
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