The Tin Man

Something very intresting happened a few days ago. Slish called me up at work to tell me about a recent phone call he received. This call was from a woman who I had dated briefly last year and ended abruptly. Here's a little background information. Slish, Venom and LJ (Lil Jamaica) all worked for the same discount brokerage firm a few years back. Slish was cool with this girl but she hardly spoke to me, which didn't bother me because I was with The Bitch at the time and couldn't care less besides she always seemed to have an "attitude".

Fast forward to last year I was reintroduced to LJ at one of Slish's events. I spoke to her she spoke to me and we got along just fine. So fine that she gave me her number and told me to keep in touch, which I did by asking her out on a date, several dates. She wasn't into labels and wanted to take things slow and I was cool with that. We had started becoming closer and by closer I mean intimate and we were doing alot of things together, meeting for lunch or afterwork for drinks. We have our little bumps along the way but nothing that cannot be handled. I'm thinking things are going well until we decide to take a trip up to Boston for the Fourth of July. We catch the Fung Wah Bus and head to Boston for the day. This is where I really notice a change. She being a bit stand-offish and keeping her distance from me without exactly running away. I ask her several times if she is okay or is there something wrong. She says "No" but her body language doesn't change. So I chalk it up to her being in her "moods" which will eventually pass. Get back from Boston, drop her off and make my way home. A few days later she either calls or sends me an email I can't quite remember but LJ stated that we need to meet up face to face and have a chat.

We meet in Manhattan and she is being unusually quiet. When she does break her silence she uses her gift of language and states that she can no wants to continue to see me. Her exact words were " I like the wrapper but do not like the candy inside". Now in my head my first thought was " What the hell does that mean?!?!" So clarification I ask "Are you saying you don't want to date me anymore?" She says yes and I am fuming but I remain calm and didn't protest or make any objections. I think the most I said was if you see me in the street or something don't get a funny face when I say hello. She responded with same type of statement and we parted ways for what I thought was for good.

To be continued...