Hook me up

My name is not Patty! I ain't hookin' nobody up! 


"Hook a brotha up!" 

Ummm... Naaaww... You got it!

So my good guy friend just reminded me of something. I typically hate playing matchmaker with friends. Associates? I can deal with that...but not friends.

My home girls used to lament the fact that I know all of these guys, but never introduced them to anyone. You darn right, I didn't! There was no point. I tried it before and the outcome had me caught in the middle.

The best I can do for you is put you in a situation to meet the person yourself. I am going to at all times be hands off. Do not ask me about what he thinks of you or if he's interested. Why? Because I know the truth! Yet it is not my truth to tell.

The same goes for my male friends. I would never hook them up with anyone on purpose. I refuse.

My friends are great people, do not get me wrong. However, I typically know the good...the bad...and the down right humiliating about them. It will never fail that the other person will want to know all of that as well.

Even in situations where one person is my friend and another is not, I will not play matchmaker. My loyalty will at all times be to my friend, whether he/she is right or wrong. I will check them as a friend, but trust and believe I will be on his/her side...and the offended party can go on about her/his business kicking rocks.

So, I do not get in the matchmaking business when it comes to friends. Yes, it can be annoying to them. I remember the first time I tried to play matchmaker...I think it may have been freshman year in high school.

I had a guy friend who I had been friends with since I was in kindergarten and he was in first grade. LOL
Then my new gal pal told me she was feeling him. Initially I didn't want to have any parts of it... but after a few convos with each of them, I thought it was a cool idea to get them together...

Ummm...boy was I wrong!!!!

Little did I know, my guy friend was crushing on me. He picked the most inopportune time to tell me... They were together, and for some odd reason he decided to reveal his inner crush. WTH?! I was pissed! LIVID!

So what do you do? I did not want him to hurt her or keep carrying on. I told him off and ended our friendship right then and there. So, like a dummy, I felt compelled to tell her.

Did she thank me for the information? Did we lock arms in solidarity against him? Did she go off on him?

Well...what actually happened was: SHE WENT OFF ON ME!

In her mind, I had set her up. I knew all along that he wanted to be with me. I did this for kicks and giggles. I'm not any kind of friend. That's what she said.


WHAT?!

How did I get caught up in some mess that had nothing to do with me? That guy had never shown the least bit of interest in me what so ever...none that I could see. Yet I was labeled the bad gal. No ma'am and no sir!

I know you're like, "But that was teen age years...let it go!" Nope! I'm what they call a cautious Capricorn. LOL... WE don't let anything go. So I stay in my lane when it comes to hooking grown friends up. Now...if you aren't  a friend of mine... cool. I got you. If things don't work out, I have nothing to lose.

Oh, trust...none of my friends have hooked me up in the past either. I honestly would not want my gal pals to hook me up with anybody. Happened once...and that's all I'm going to say about that...

My homeboys would have never hooked me up with anybody... And it was because they knew too much about me... I'm not going to tell what they knew here...you'll have to read about it later...in the book.

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