
I just got raped. By the medical profession. The medical mafia. Where one doctor sees you, refers you to a specialist even though he knows there is nothing wrong with you, but the specialist is also from some little child-rearing village in India. You see said specialist at the break of day on your fucking weeekend, only for doctor #2 to tell you in less than 5 seconds that there is nothing wrong with you, but still rapes your pocket of $400!
I feel totally violated! Just to clear something up though - the specialist was not the fertility doctor, but rather an orthopaedic doctor. I apparently just have a normal, stress-ridden, I-need-a-vacation spine! $400 I could have spent on some shoes or a new outfit. Steups.
So that episode of Oprah I mentioned was really powerful for me cause it highlighted that
1) there are millions of dumb women out there
2) men like these dumb women cause they can do as they will with them, thus leaving the not so dumb women like myself, manless, sexless and snuggle-less
3) I think more like a man than even men themselves know
Oprah was talking to Steve Harvey about his book Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, a book I think I am going to buy to share with my girlfriends cause they do some dumb shit.
And Lermie is screaming out loud - What is Steve Harvey doing? Why is he revealing the secrets???
As they discussed some of the points in the book, some of what I will call gospels, I sat there and nodded and mmm-hmmed and almost "amen'ed" cause the shit he was saying was just so true and I thought, why don't women get this? The woman who asked about being obligated to have sex with a man cause he bought dinner was just one of the women out there who don't get it. I got it. I have been getting it for years. When Steve said women should not lower their standards just cause they got older, I wanted to tape that shit and blast it across the airwaves to all the women who have told me I have too high standards. I nodded when he said not to go overboard with the standards thing - I am not anal about shit like height, putting the toilet down etc. There was a group of women who had LISTS...long, long lists outlining this so-called perfect man. I am not like THAT. But there are just some basic shit I require - respect, honesty, drive, all his hair (lol...not going beneath that bar again...tried it, and it sucked) and good decent values. Is that too much to ask, for crying out loud??
Don't get me wrong. I do dumb things too but not too many. One thing I will in fact admit to doing and being part of the dumb sisterhood for is the whole closure thing.
Women want closure. Women love closure. When a woman has been "he's not into you'ed" by a man, she wants to know more - why aren't you into me, what did I do, who did you meet, when did you realise, how did I mess up, where did it go wrong?
I am totally guilty of wanting closure. Lock me up and throw away the key. I don't get men just thinking they can walk into your life, stick their dick in you, and then without warning, or explanation, leave. That gets me. That sends my blood boiling.
But as Steve said, men don't do closure and women need to get this. Men pay for that dinner and write it off as a loss and move on. Cause there is another woman around the corner who may give up the pussy for some chicken dinner, or who may just be what they'e looking for, as opposed to you, the dumpee, the no-closure heifer.
And I listened to Steve and I said, "okay, I understand that men just move on...that's cool." Do I agree with it? Hell no. I find it a bit hard to just move on. In fact I get damn vex cause I think I am da shit. lol. And I wanna know why, what, when, how etc. To this day, Baldie has not contacted me to say, "well, I just did not feel you" and that annoys me. It annoys my ego that this not-so-great fucker did not think, I, Tamale, was fantastic. lol. It is an ego thing for me. I make no apologies for this and will take my criticism for it. But I tell a dude when I am not feeling him. I tell him what he did not have to make me want to be with him. It's not hard. And they always wanted to know, so why is it wrong for me to want to know? I know there are other sordid sardine in the ocean but that does not help my closure issues.
But I promise to work on it. Everything else though - I might as well have a 10-inch penis cause I think like a man and I get the rest and wish women would get the rest. Like why do men cheat? Cause there will always be a woman out there willing to be the other woman, without regret or remorse. That's so simple. Why do we pull our hair out over it? We are our own worst enemy and one day we hopefully will figure that shit out.
Oh...I am getting too passionate about this. I have a date with my cookbook. Let me keep it.


But Tam, you are the "da shit" and don't ever go thinking otherwise! And NEVER lower your standards.
ReplyDelete"Cause there will always be a woman out there willing to be the other woman", god bless their cotton socks!
ReplyDeleteMy most successful relationships have been when I would put out of my mind and didn't think about ever seeing him a.
ReplyDeleteI know most men and women (raises hand) cannot stand clingy. And I have been guilty of that in the past.
Oh clingy...I think sometimes I am too un-clingy, too accomodating with giving a man (and myself) time and space. But I think clingy is worse. lol
ReplyDeleteHT, I don't think there is a real universal truth in human relationships. Nor do I believe that any self-help book is worth the price of the paper it is written on.
ReplyDeleteOprah, has been talking self-help since the 80's, and she's still just as jacked-up as the rest of us, psychologically. Her only real talent is that she is a brilliant and savvy business person.
You say, you're "da shit" and I believe you. However, if you've been to my blog and watched my video posts, you know I am not "da shit." I am shit.
So, what's the connection?
You're young, beautiful, intelligent, highly educated, witty, charming, etc.
I'm middle-aged, fat, not-so intelligent, uneducated, and as you can see, not at all witty or charming.
Yet, neither of us can find true love. Why?
Honestly, I used to think it was because I am not like you. Because, I am NOT 'da shit'.
Now, I think it's just simple math and chemistry. Neither of us has, as yet, met Mr./Ms. Right.
Simple. No magic. No mystery. No curse. No nothing. It just boils down to being in the right place, at the right time.
If Steve Harvey found has a formula that works for him, groovy! Good for him. Hope he sells a million books. But, that doesn't mean it'll work for you or me or anyone else.
Good luck. I'm on your side and pulling for you. :)
On ya Tim. Ever considered replacing Oprah? You'd make a fortune!
ReplyDeleteI happen to agree with a lot of what Steve had to say, and these are things that through experience I have come to learn and come to hold to as mantras - so it's not me picking up someone else's spiel.
ReplyDeleteI don't think Tim is saying you are buying into anything just as a fad, though. I totally get his point. Nothing can be pigeon-holed - you happen to identify with this guy (seems like I would too since I've been accused of being "too much like a guy") but others you would probably spit on the book and laugh at it. I think people find what they put out - I wonder if there is anyone on that island cool enough for you? Maybe you should branch out!
ReplyDeleteI just re-read your title and thought of Lorena Bobbit.
ReplyDeleteWow, what a girl, You are Hot to Read and I would bet you are Hot to gaze at and Hot to sit next too, Enjoyed the Read Edear.
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