the ABW ep - a dating PSA

| 5 Comments | No TrackBacks

This goes out to all my ABW's (angry black women), and the men who love them.

An anonymous friend told me this story, and in the WTH moment (see story below), we tried to decipher her motives...I have my opinion, but I'll save it for after.... Ladies & gents, I'm definitely looking for your thoughts as well. Mine follow.

Without further ado: the ABW episode
I met “Brandy” a week ago through a mutual friend. She works in my friend’s office building where I occasionally visit. I said “hello” and she shot back “I’m fine” and pretty much ignored me. I came back the following day, to meet my friend for lunch, and she continued to be very dry.

“Good afternoon,” I smiled.

“Hi,” she fired back.

“How are you doing today?”

She sighed, “I’m tired. My feet and my head hurt. Why?”

“Just asking,” I answered. “I hope you feel better.”

“Ummm Hmmm.”

Initially, I thought she wasn’t feeling me—until the mutual friend gave her my number and she called. We talked briefly and it wasn’t a bad conversation at all. Brandy was a 25-year old receptionist/part-time college student/single mother finishing up her degree.

This woman is extremely attractive from head to toe: 5’5”, size 8-10 with caramel skin. Her body is very voluptuous and she has thick, black shoulder-length hair. She got a little “street” in her that came out in her relaxed vernacular; but hey, I could appreciate her keeping it real with me.

That weekend, she came over to my house and we talked until the sun came up. When she left at 6am, she kissed me goodbye. It was one of those soft, innocent kisses indicative of two people who share a budding attraction.

A few days later, I was driving home from out of town. Brandy called me on my cell phone and we chatted away until I reached the city limits. She told me that she was “waiting” for me outside my house and she was excited to see me. I admit, it did wonders for my male ego.

I pulled up to my house and Brandy was leaning against her car in a form-fitting butterscotch blouse and low-riding cream slacks that revealed a hint of a fuschia thong. She looked good. I got out of the car and she immediately greeted me with a kiss on the lips.

“I missed you,” she said.

“It’s good to see you too,” I replied. “C’mon, let’s go in the house. It’s hot out here!”

We walked into the house and I turned on the A/C. She helped bring my bags in before going into my bedroom and sitting on the edge of the bed. I took a quick shower while she watched television. I told her I was sore from working out and she offered to give me a back massage. I laid across the bed and she did her thing- all the while, we’re talking, laughing and joking. After about 15 minutes of massage therapy, we found ourselves making out on my bed.

“I want you,” Brandy whispering within her panting. “I want you, baby.”

It didn’t take long for that butterscotch outfit to hit the floor along with her panties and bra. We took a brief pause for me to locate a condom and put it on. Brandy and I were having mind blowing sex on top of the covers. If I were to take my most vivid fantasy of she and I intertwined in a session, it wouldn’t even come close to reality.

“Baby, I wanna ride,” she said.

“That’s cool,” I whispered. By now, I could feel the sweat running off the sides of my back.

Brandy gets on top and starts riding me like she was qualifying at the national rodeo. Her breasts were swinging against my face and the room was saturated with screams and moans. That’s when it happened.

“Oh shit!” she yelled before going into a panting, pouty voice. “Baby, please take the condom off, I wanna feel you…please just take it off so I can feel just you!”

My brain, my dick, my entire body went…”HUNH?” We were going at it a mile a minute and, in the heat of passion, you request that I remove the only thing that stood between me and child support court/visitation rights hearings? It all made sense though: good guy + good job = steady check; Brandy must have thought I came from the Booboodafool tribe. The loving was off the chain, but we’re talking about my life! Most guys would have slid off the rubber in midstroke, but what happened next was a thing of beauty.

“Listen,” I said in between rhythms. “I really like you…I mean, I’m really digging you and everything. But I’m not ready to have any more kids. You feelin’ me?”

This was my intuitive reaction and it impressed the hell out of me. It wasn’t so much that I had said it, but the fact that it was my FIRST thought/reaction.

Brandy kept on riding me and, a few moments later, she responded, “Okay…I feel you.” This is where she started bucking and gripping until she came all over me. Suddenly, as if she had just come out of a hypnotic trance, she looked down at me. Sweat was dripping from her big breasts onto my stomach. You could see the feeling of shame and embarrassment cover her face like an emotional veil.

“I can’t believe what I said to you,” she covered her mouth. “Oh my God. I am such a ho! I can’t believe I said that!”

“It’s cool, Brandy. I mean, I’m not judging you.” I assured her.

“But I can’t believe I said that! I’m disgusted with myself.” Brandy slid herself off of me and took a deep breath. “I gotta go home.”

Now, why is it AFTER she has an orgasm- she has this revelation and is ready to bounce? I kind of had to respect her gangsta in the situation…but not before she respected mine. I asked her to lay back down on the bed and pause for a minute. She obliged.

“Look, Brandy. Sometimes we say crazy shit in the heat of the moment. I can’t fault you for that.”

“But I don’t even know you to be going there!” she blurted.

“Which is why I said what I said,” I replied. “Now you know, any other brother would’ve taken that condom off with the quickness…or at least thought about it.”

“You’re right.”

“So that should at least let you know that I give a damn about you and me.” I concluded.

“But what does that say about me?” she asked.

“It says that I put it on yo’ ass!” I laughed. “And I’m not done.”

“Oh, you’re not?” she smirked.

“Hell nawl…”

We went at again for another hour or so until the comforter was just a damp, sweaty mess. I could tell that she was still feeling weird about what happened earlier, but whatever. Afterwards, she got dressed and I walked her to the car. She drove off. I walked back into my house. Only three words described the whole experience…what.the.hell…

My thoughts: note that Colonel Abrams song "I'm trapped" is playing in the background.
My gut reaction - this is a hood-rat-come-up. My friend has a decent job, makes decent money, and is the proverbial "package" - he's a good guy, with potential. This chick is trying to get a brotha caught-up, for real. My other guy friends have told me hole-in-condom stories before, so it doesn't really surprise me. Don't let a degree, career, house or car fool ya - this is an older trick, and some women must figure that that book apparently hasn't gone out of style, yet. Even PhD's have some hood-rat in them.

But the more I think about it, the more I'm like "da hell is she thinking?!!!" I mean come on, this is 2006 - getting pregnant isn't the only concern here, and like my friend said when we were talking about it - that piece of a$$ wasn't worth his life, and it certainly shouldn't have been worth hers.

Sisters, sistas, sistahs - I ain't trying to be condescending, patronizing or holier-than-thou when I say we have to do better than this. But COME ON...at the minimum, why put up the whole ABW defense, like you aren't taking any BS or prisoners, to (in less than a month) be throwing the raw goodies at a relative stranger. RAW. Wait, did you hear me? I said RAW. This, my good girlfriends, is part of the problem. My friend here is nice, a virtual sweetheart and has sense. He sees her as a person, and not an object, even if she put herself out there. Some brothas wouldn't have been this nice, or entertained her again.

*SMH* dayum.

No TrackBacks

TrackBack URL: http://sagaciously.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt-tb.cgi/205

5 Comments

Hey Saga,

I've been lurking for a while and just wanted to say hello.

I'm not sure ole girl was trying to trap your friend, I just think some women have been taught through previous interactions that offering your body up "raw" is the best way to keep a man.

As for the sista in this story, she appears not to possess much self-esteem at all. Her aggressive/take charge moves during the act on the surface suggest power and strength, but her request to have the protection removed really showed her submissiveness, which she thought would earn her some brownie points. Perhaps, that's the kind of relations she's used to having.

As for the guy, it seems that he didn't know too much about the girl when they got in the sack. And when I say know her, I mean knowing who she really is. What are her thoughts, dreams, aspirations, fears, goals, etc.? What kind of relationship was she seeking? Does she want kids-now or in the future? Is she honest? Can you trust her? Do you understand each other? Could you possibly see yourself in a long-term relationship with her, which may lead to marriage? And these questions go both ways for women trying to determine whether they will spend some time with a guy.

This incident doesn't take the good guy status away from your friend, because I believe we are all learning. But I just wished that we all (men and women) could take more time getting to know each other before we take big steps.

As a former math major, I have a craving for things to add up, and this doesn't.

Clearly ole girl is running some kind of strange game on your boy. He has more sense than the average bear, but BEST believe she isnt done.

Its funny how brothas are so quick to trust their WHOLE life....to a thin piece of latex.

She put it on him....he may not have knocked her up...but he may still be trapped. Good sex can have that effect on a brotha. ask me...i know.


The ABW defense is to thin the herd. real dudes just weather that storm...like waiting out the sunstorm to see the rainbow. shit..she aint angry @ me.

I skraight up feels you on this one. What the hell was she thinking? Wait, don't answer that. I know what she was thinking: I'll be set for the next 18 years. Yeah, that hood-rat came swimming outta her. LOL I'm glad your friend kept that raincoat on. He sounds like a smart man.

*LMMFAO* Not the RAW GOODIES *LOL* That line is classic as hell! It's sad to see that the HRCU is still alive in well in 2006. But on the real, this goes beyond pregnancy and child support...it's about overall health.

And even though she went from rigid to raw in less than two pay periods, what does that say about the guy? His body is just as precious...just a thought.

Leave a comment