I Gotta Bone to Pick...

I was on my way to work this morning, and sitting at a stop light, I saw one of my mother's good friends pass on the highway.  I got tickled to myself as I saw her, thinking about the many crazy things that she has been known to do and say, including lies that she has told about one of my friends and myself! I was tickled at first, but then, the more I thought about it, the more I realized how much just looking at her pissed me off! Then I realized, damn, I've held a grudge against this woman for almost 20 years! LOL! And I was cool with it...She'd just better be glad I was a RESPECTFUL teen at the time, and I wasn't old enough to check her ig'nant azz...

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Then I thought about the old man from my neighborhood that came to my job and accused my boyfriend and I of passing him a counterfeit $100 bill. Now, keep in mind that this man has known me MY WHOLE LIFE! Hell, my father even shot at him some years before I was born (yes, Pops was a G)! So, this man knows my family well.  So for him to "come for me" was a total surprise! Not to mention that I work a GOVERNMENT job, and here he is, accusing me of passing counterfeit money! Out of respect, I didn't curse him, as much as I wanted to, but I did calmly explain to him that
the day that he claims I passed him a fake $100 (to make change), I was in another county, saying farewell to one of my BEST friends, who was being removed from life support.  But because the young woman had a similar build to mine, and drove the same car, he said that it was me. Needless to say, about a week or so later, the story on the front page of the paper was of a couple going around passing counterfeit $100s, and neither of them were my boyfriend (at the time), or myself.  Now, did this man come back and apologize to me? Hell no.  Did he send an apology via my mom or ANYONE else? Hell no.  So, believe me, when the old man kicked dirt, I was still holding one helluva grudge!

Me, staring at the funeral procession from the old man's home, still mad! lol!
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Have you ever had, or are still holding a grudge against someone? Why?
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That Ol' Throwback Kinda Love

So, I was talking to my girl friend the other day, and we heard this classic R&B single by Karyn White, "Can I Stay With You", come on the radio.  Oh, we threw our hands in the air like we were in church, and Karyn was the pastor! *Preach!!!* That song brought back so many memories! "Never felt so good before, never dreamed I would explore, making love in the positions that you've got me doing...."  We continued to talk and reminisce as the song played, and the subject of "old loves" became the topic of conversation.

Now, I'm going to be honest. My girl Lisa and I did some HEAVY dirt back in the day!  I wouldn't say we were hoes back then, but uhh....we were hoes back then! lol! But tasteful, tactful hoes, though! We're reformed hoes now, as we've put all of that way, way behind us, but sometimes, it does feel good to reminisce.  One rule I had back in the day, though, was to never sleep with the same person too many times, because you will most definitely "catch feelings", and falling in love was not the name of the game.  Still, sometimes it happened, and we definitely had friends that we caught feelings for...

So, Lisa tells me that one of her "old flames" had sent her an email, and that they had been chatting back and forth via email and texts, and sometimes by phone.  She's married now (we both are), and as much as she loves her husband, she confesses to me that she has never stopped loving her old flame.  He was such a special part of her life. He helped her through some very traumatic moments in her life, and he's always been her ideal man.  Due to circumstances beyond both their control, their lives took separate directions, and they both ended up marrying different people. Yet he's always held a special place in Lisa's heart.

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She hasn't made a move yet...so this story is subject to change at any moment. And I most definitely will keep you updated.

Do you have an old flame that still burns in your heart?
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