I found myself with a unique choice to either take the high road or teach a former backstabbing high school ex-friend a lesson.
I did not choose the high road.
Let’s just say that I had always been there for this “friend” – a listening ear when her family was having issues or having her back when she was the object of unfairness. However, this “friend” never reciprocated and even let me fall through the trapdoor of racism as she quietly stood idly by. What was truly unforgivable to me was how easily this “Brown” friend turned a blind eye when I was suffering from blatant anti-Black racism at school. She was very quick to forget all the times I had supported her so right after high school, I washed my hands of her.
Long story short, that ex-friend and I ended up working at the same establishment a summer or two later. It was obvious that she was totally smitten with one of the guys on staff and unfortunately for her, it didn’t take much to innocently distract him.
Yes, I totally distracted him.
He never ever gave her a second look for the entire summer.
Yeah, there wasn’t even any need to overdo it like…
The guy was never hers so it wasn’t like I stole him, right?
Funny enough, by the end of that summer, she apologized for how she had acted years before (which showed that she knew exactly what she was doing at the time) and wanted to rekindle our friendship. If you know me at all, you’ll know that I politely declined…
What’s the most out-of-character choice you’ve ever made?
Marquessa 
Jump on a bus to Philly to see a man I met online
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👀👀👀👀 Whoa…
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Yep. Never again. He did do anything to me and I stayed at a hotel, but that’s something I will never do again
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That is a very good point. I was thinking of things to write as part of my A to Z Challenge IF I end up doing it and that was one of the points…don’t ever put yourself out for a man – let them come to you.
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Absolutely. Lesson learned ❣️
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What a horrible friend she was to you. I feel she got what she deserved. And good for you to declined her.
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I believe that from a young age, we show who we really are. And she wasn’t a true friend.
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I’ve done some very out of character things recently, too…
https://jrvincente.com/2021/03/28/31-questions-day-29/
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Sounds awful. People have a way of showing you that they don’t deserve your energy. When that happens, I remain cordial, but you don’t get the same access to me that you once had.
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Exactly.
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I cannot stop laughing at this one! You vamp! 😀 😀 😀
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No vamp. 😁All I did was talk to him like he wasn’t anything “special”. Haha
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I should probably not admit this, but there have been several occasions where I should have taken the high road but I did not. Does that mean taking the high road would be out of character for me? That’s terrible!
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