Now as for me, Jubilee, the dating scene has been rather sparse. That’s only because of the examples I have in my own house. I have a dad who totally loves my mom and brothers who consider the feelings of the girls that are interested in them: and if they don’t have those same feelings, they don’t play with the girls emotions. So when a brother steps to me and he’s all about the game, you better believe I don’t mind my brothers stepping in then. We’ve had plenty of action these past few weekends because there was a miscommunication between me and one of my girlfriends: she told the friend – of the guy I really like – that I like him. Only thing is, he’s the biggest player this town has ever known. So he’s been showing up at events where I am on the weekends in the hopes that he can finally hook up with me. Not gonna happen. So my brothers have been on bodyguard duty for the last month. I’m hoping tonight he will get the message because my dad says this has gone on long enough and it’s time he had a “talk” with the young man.
“Jubilee, I didn’t know he would take it this far. Seems that when you said no the first time he would have gotten the message. Girl, you know I’m all the time getting those two mixed up. He hangs around Joseph so much that you’d think they were joined at the hip. But after last night, I wouldn’t blame you if you never spoke to me again. I’m really sorry he did this to you. I mean, the things he wrote about you on Facebook was just low down and plain nasty. Nobody in their right mind would believe that mess, would they? I don’t believe it. You’re my girl and if you’d done half of what he wrote, we’d have already talked about it. What can I do to make this up to you?” asked Melissa.
If I have to repeat what my so called friend said again, I think I’ll scream. My brothers are out for blood; constantly on Facebook looking to see if they can locate his whereabouts. I’m doing my best to make sure they don’t leave the house on the pretense of “just going to the store” when I know they are looking for him. And then there’s my daddy. The look on his face when he read what was posted about his baby girl, I just wanted to cry. He took me in his arms and told me he loved me and he believes my side of the story. But when he got his hands on that young man, that would be a different story. Who really came to bat for me was my mom. You know what she told me? “Jubilee, the only one that can make a difference in your life outside of God is You! Don’t let what one person say about you change the way you think about yourself. I know you want me to change, but when I was your age, I believed that person in my life. Then I met your father and he taught me how to trust in love again. So right now baby girl, it’s up to you how you let this situation affect your life. I want you to hold your head up, be proud of the woman you’re growing to be and find it in your heart to forgive that young man. Because the next one you meet just may be the one you’ll spend the rest of your life with: and he doesn’t need to pay for something he wasn’t even here to participate in”. I listened. So here I am now meeting with his friend Joseph – the one I really liked.
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