Friday, 16 October 2009

  • Freak Flag Friday: "God's Watching Us"

    Editor's Note: We've all been there. Bad dates with strange people. Relationships that turn sour when you find a collection of decapitated Barbie dolls in his closet. So we have created a series called Freak Flag Friday. It's a place to share the weirdest of interactions and dating disasters. Feel free to submit your own Freak Flag Friday story here.




    When I was in high school, I used to talk to Alex on the phone every night. He was kind of like me, except he liked Weezer and went to an all boy's school. He was also a serious bible thumper, or rather, his mother was. She'd interrupt our phone conversations with a sharp "Time's Up" (I guess she'd allotted him a certain amount of fun each day and our conversations about what we had for lunch were pushing the limit). We'd inevitably  hang up and I'd call up my best friend, "That woman is ruining my life!" Apart from being dramatic, I was apparently on the phone a lot in high school.

    This phone game continued for months. We were at a stand still until one fateful night. I don't know how or why, but Alex was allowed to go his school mixer. As the night came to an end, I was sure I was going to get a kiss. Finally!

    I closed my eyes and craned out my neck. I was probably not bold enough to purse my lips. And then I heard those three little words, "God's watching us."  I guess you can never underestimate the effect a mother has on a child.

    A few years later, he would be involved in an undisclosed incident involving the police, his girlfriend, and whipped cream. That's what happens when you listen to Weezer.

    Have you ever dated a mama's boy? How did it impact your relationship?

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