It’s happened to all of us at least one good time. Even the most gangsta of individuals (such as myself) have fallen victim.
I’m talking about getting gamed. But not in a bad way, necessarily. I’m talking about running across those individuals who you might not otherwise pay attention to, but they, ya know, laid their game down quite flat.
Back in maybe 1999 or 2000 (it was that long ago, I really can’t remember), I was working at an MCI Call Center in Atlanta. Yes, Panama was that arsehole calling you trying to get you to pay 10 cents a minute to call domestically – this was clearly before cell phones. Well I had my eye on this one particular philly. I voiced this interest to a female co-worker of mine who had started working there at the same time as myself.
One day, I’d gotten the gall to approach said philly. Well, out of the blue, my co-worker friend lets me know that ole girl not only has a boyfriend but he’s one of our bosses.
Blow.Er.
Well, in my down-in-the-dumpedness, she lets me know that if not for ole boy, she’d definitely holler at me and we continue talking. I ended up taking her home that night and we had a good convo in the car. It seems that we had a lot in common and upon realizing this, we started casually dating. Who’d a thunk it?
Apparently co-worker chick who lied to me about the chick I really wanted in order to make sure she got her shot at the kid. She basically hoodwinked my ass in the name of love. In 12 countries and Guatemala, that’s probably romantic and by the time she told me I was actually interested in her.
Until I wasn’t. Too bad I got tired of her in like 2.4 days, quit MCI, became totally freakin’ awesome, and joined the priesthood. By the way, 1 out of 4 of those statements is totally false.
Anyway, the point is, ole girl really gamed my arse. She knew what she wanted and made it happen. I had to give her points for sheer audacity alone. I have no clue what happened to that chick and frankly, I don’t really care. I only remembered her because today I saw a Maserati and let’s just say, she was named after a luxury sports car.
Yes yes y’all, Panama has even given the hoodest of chicks the opportunity to drink at the well that is he. He is I and I am him, slim with the tilted brim (no really, look at my pic on the about page!).
Wanton arrogance aside, I appreciate a woman who lays her game down quite flat and gets what she wants.
So fellow VSBers, whats your best game? Rather, when did you lay your game down so strong that even you were impressed with yourself? Or when did somebody come at you in such a way that you had no choice but to give up the number or some conversation?
Speech.
-VSB P aka THE ARSONIST
Am I first???
@overit, yes
@overit,
LOL yes indeedy
@overit,
“girl, i will CUT you!”
obviously, imma have to watch it a few hundred more times….but im a big fan of telling folks not to interUP…rude
@shatani, uhh scu me sir…lol. Tis the best, quotables for life.
@overit,
imma start callin security whenever things get too complicated!
@shatani, works for me! lol.
@overit,
You had the opportunity, by being the first poster, to set the tone for today’s conversation.
Good job.
@V.E.G., if you were paying tension, ‘Am I first” was supposed to lead to a dialogue with yourself, like, “self, AM I first??” I was hoping it would lead to a lot of self reflection, and healthy competition.
@overit,
nice save.
lmao at ‘paying tension’
@V.E.G., thanks Vdot lol…
@overit, i see…like a discussion about existentialism. Ok, let me refresh on my Sartre and get back to you…lol.
@Miss Patterson, exactly. I’ll be waiting lol.
e-twin,
i am first. and sometimes last. and often in the middle. and almost always (and preferrably) the only. just depends. on the time, the day, the situation. it’s all circumstantial.
thank you for this moment of zen and self-actualization and reflection. my day can now begin…
Girl he was talkin to me while he was bunned up with lisa, pamela angela, renee and a black squirrel, with a unicorn who’s saddle was made of Phoenix feather
@Luvvie,
But was there glitter though? Cuz if there was glitter involved, I’d have to take off my earrings.
@PBG,
I would of had to take off my unicorn horn prosthesis and gore his azz with it
@Relax, Relate, Alise,
But you know, they do say unicorn blood has healing powers. The silver liquid glory…
@Luvvie, i thought that was the phoenix? why did i have a HP flashback…
@Relax, Relate, Alise,
Twist it too, cuz that ninja was disrespeckin’!!
@PBG, the glitter is not my concern, I would be livid if there was strands of Koala fur.
@overit,
I’m going in the trunk behind some koala fur. Somebody best call the law!
@overit,
Would you be livid with the person’s forehead?
@Luvvie,
I would be deeply disturbed by their facial spacial arrangements.
@PBG,
And I know I’d be offended by their visual genetic combination
@Luvvie, only if it was a fivehead.
@overit,
What you know bout koala fur son?
@Relax, Relate, Alise,
So are koalas now gonna be entered into the VSB lexicon?
And we wonder why more men don’t post. lol.
@V.E.G., I think we will be at Jump the Shark proportions once mermaids start to infiltrate
@Intellectual Hedonist,
I think I started the midget albino thing, so I am just as guilty of driving the men away.
VSB: Where men come to lose brain cells.
@Intellectual Hedonist,
i think it’ll take more than mermaids, personally…theres far too much imagination up in this biznatch!
@Intellectual Hedonist, ooooooh, i like mermaids *cue part of your world*
lmao! i was just listening to “kiss the girl” LOVE IT!
@V.E.G.,
I don’t wonder. It’s the blatant omission of p.orn links.
@V.E.G., yes you didn’t get the memo? Koalas and gnomes have been added to the rotation.
when do we get to snakes..i think albino pythons are pretty! and so does jake the snake!
@shatani,
she said jake the snake….
BWAHAHAHAH
that’s why i fux wit chu
@Relax, Relate, Alise, I actually thought about all of you when I heard an advertisement, I think it was fo the Boston Museum of Science, they were showing a mythical creatures movie at the IMAX, “unicorns, griffins, and mermaids” I was crying when I heard the commercial
@Intellectual Hedonist,
awwwww….i LOVE the science museum!!!
*missing home*
@shatani, I heard the damn commercial this morning again…”Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns, and Mermaids”
http://www.mos.org/exhibits_shows/current_exhibits&d=2674
@Relax, Relate, Alise, I must admit, all I know about Koalas I learned on some Nickelodeon show when I was little. They are precious though.
@overit, hee hee. i remember that show. they had one about gnomes too…
@SouthernGirl, girl what you know about David the Gnome? Riding on foxes, what?? That was my SHOW.
@SouthernGirl, lmao! *memories*
well you know, e-twin, we did have a brief discussion on lactose intolerant koalas who live in the outskirts of Australia at Layla Lounge. don’t you remember?? right before we discussed the hypertension of tigers who migrate from India to eastern Europe.
step your memory game up, homie.
@The J.E.M. Formerly Known As Gem, ok, but in our discussion of right handed people vs. left handed people, we acknowledged while leftys had higher IQ’s, we also had worse memories.
@Luvvie,
“Girl he was talkin to me while he was bunned up with lisa, pamela angela, renee and a black squirrel, with a unicorn who’s saddle was made of Phoenix feather”
vsb.com: where new lexicon happens
OK, another milestone in my VSB career, I expect e-daps and brutha hugs.
@overit,
What bout them church hugs where only our shoulders touch and our *$$es are sticking out? I love any excuse to burst our a Sister O’Dell special edition hat.
@Luvvie, that is an interfaith hug lol.
@overit, ok honestly you would earn those things had you actually posted something other than “am I first”, (IMHO)
@Intellectual Hedonist, aka Debbie Downer, by any means necessary!
@overit, I’m saying though. you should’ve posted with reckless abandon!
@Intellectual Hedonist, LMAO, that would have “i wanna be first” all over it. I’ve seen those comments, they are just tacky.
@Intellectual Hedonist,
I’ve advised Overit against reckless abandon. She must abandon w/great care and concern from now on.
@PBG,
You tryna say she must abandon w/ padded walls around her and a sumo suit?
@Luvvie, haha you thought they were dimples. You do know that’s where I got shot right? Went thru my left cheek and came out my right cheek. I’m a thug.
overit is thugnificent!
@shatani,
heeeeee… you said Thugnificent
“Eff Grandad!”
@PBG, my most humble of apologies to overit, I was not aware she had representation
my bad
@Intellectual Hedonist,
She’s way too delicate to be doing anything recklessly. She looks like a chocolate china doll.
@PBG,
overit is adorable. But I hardly think (from her pics) that she’s delicate. I think she can prolly kick arse. lol.
@PBG
Dont let them dimples and that ll peanut head (hehe lofff u) fool u. I KNOW Overit is a G!
as overit’s e-twin, i can vouch for her thugginess. i mean, since i’m a “Gee”, she’s one too!!
@Intellectual Hedonist,
LMAO!!
@Intellectual Hedonist,
Yeah. The first post being “am I first” is not e-dap worthy.
But e-daps anyway, overit. lol.
@overit, your next assignment: post at least 2 sentences relevant to the topic… you know i’m just messin’ with you girl.
@Miss Patterson, you know I can never write just two sentences.
lmao @ “your next assignment: post at least 2 sentences relevant to the topic”
i’d have to agree, e-twin. if you took your meds, you’d be able to pay attn to the task at hand: addressing the topic. sheesh!
*rereading all my comments for today and realizing NONE of them are relevent to the topic* i mean, we all fall short…
@Miss Patterson,
@overit, your next assignment: post at least 2 sentences relevant to the topic… you know i’m just messin’ with you girl.
lol…right now i’m like 30 comments down the page and i still havent read anything relevant to the entry
“In 12 countries and Guatemala, that’s probably romantic ”
I can vouch for my fellow countrymen and women, that what the MCI chick did was not romantic
@Intellectual Hedonist,
dammit, i’ve been foiled again with bad information. i was told that in guatemala, that’s all the romance you’re gonna get! lol…
@Panama Jackson, I’ve never been to Guatemala, but that sounds less like “romance” and more like “treachery” LOL
Then again, it really does sound like the plot of some romantic comedy starring Dane Cook or something…
i have no game…i am gameless. *sad face*
@shatani, don’t be sad. i don’t think the pressure is on the womenfolk to have game. and if we do have game it’s got to be subtle. cuz we’re ladies…right?
@Miss Patterson,
im often heard to declare, “you cant talk to me like that! im a fvckin lady!”
so yes, we’re ladies.
@shatani,
Oh noes! Not the sad face. It’s ok. Don’t worry about it. Everybody don’t need game. It’s overrated anyway.
@shatani,
oh no. not the sad face.
I will be teaching a modified (must keep the original for myself) version of my walk/stop/stare/say dayum/walk away technique at 2 pm on Saturday.
All interested parties may sign up. Free. Includes a recipe for a chocolate chip cookies and mac and cheese and proven scalp massaging techniques.
@V.E.G.,
*signs name on dotted line*
@V.E.G.,
*signs name on dotted line*
@V.E.G., can men come.. Imma sign my husband up …LOL he is only coming for the mac and cheese, chocolate chip cookie scalp massage portion though….
@Shay-d-lady,
You want him to bring you a plate back? lol. Or do you want him to learn to make them?
@V.E.G., you think Im crazy… he.ll naw I dont want him eating what you make.. I want you to teach him to make it…better yet.. never mind….you turn my husband into a stalker and I will have to kill you…
@Shay-d-lady,
CTFU
@Shay-d-lady, “he is only coming for the mac and cheese, chocolate chip cookie scalp massage portion though….”
Im still laughing at this
@V.E.G., i already got my mac n’ cheese game down. wait, perhaps i do have game! quick! find me a man that needs to be fed! i need to test this out. i’m making it for thanksgiving so hurry up! ***preferably one that looks strikingly similar to idris elba…*** (overit, i just need him for like 4 days)
@Miss Patterson, “find me a man that needs to be fed!” Isn’t this every man?
@Intellectual Hedonist,
My thoughts exactly. Chris Rock said it best: if you put a pot on the stove, a man will show up to your table. I have found this to be true.
@V.E.G., I’m saying if a man is coming over I hide the pots, they cant see a pot on the stove.
him: girl! what you got in there it smells good
me: water negro, water, I was about to boil water
@Intellectual Hedonist,
tell them you don’t have a stove…
@V.E.G but wait I have been in my remodeled house for a year without a kitchen. the kitchen was where I knocked down walls and knocked out windows. So I just didnt finish.
No word of a lie the other day I was burning some pumpkin spice candle and dude comes over.
him: you baking? that smells delicious, you didnt have to do that for me
me: I didn’t
him: but it smells so good, stop playing where you hiding it
me: in your car, while you weren’t looking I snuck out and put it in your car, why don’t you go look. Fool! it’s a damn candle!
@Intellectual Hedonist,
LMAO. He thought you’d baked him a pie…
@Intellectual Hedonist,
that is hilarious!!! ol “if i knew you were comin i’da baked a cake” lookin boy!
@Miss Patterson, talk to Gem. She might not cut you if you ask nicely.
*pouting*
i dont wanna give him up!!
@The J.E.M. Formerly Known As Gem, you gotta give him up. plus he told me you ain’t been treatin’ him right…leaving him at a moment’s notice to go all around the country…he don’t ‘preciate that!
you right about that. i’m a neglectful somebody. *hands head in shame* you can borrow him…
but i want him back!!
@shatani, like Miss P said:)
@shatani, I’ve been told my game is that I have no game.
So hey, its not necessarily a bad thing.
@8th Wonder,
ive been told my game is sharp wit and mockery…it just takes a strong man to see that as game lol
im still waitin!
LOL I worked at MCI here in the M-town in 96 I thought I was BALLIN… but anyway.. I think I got game.. its not pre planned but I do have the gift of engagement and entertainment.. if I can start a conversation with you then its on.. .. entertaining, witty, and down to earth mixed with the fearless ness to say what i want and when and kick it straight with no chaser…you know same old soup but reheated with my flavor added….
@Shay-d-lady,
oh wait, is that game?? i can do all that! im a joy! lmao…
@shatani,
A sense of humor and a down to earth personality are very attractive qualities on a woman.
Throw in a little cleavage and/or a high, round butt and half the battle is won.
@V.E.G., and some eye of newt and toe of frog. lol
@Intellectual Hedonist,
“eye of newt and toe of frog…”
Sounds like a spell. lol.
Spells and potions should not be used unless it is a crisis situation. At which point, the spirit of Marie Laveau must be contacted.
I kid, I jest.
@V.E.G., LOL!!!
@Intellectual Hedonist,
is this about that spaghetti sauce ya’ll were mentioning before??
*hurl barf spew*
@V.E.G., lol. don’t start nothin’
@V.E.G., Throw in a little cleavage and/or a high, round butt and half the battle is won.
yeah T.i.ts and a$$ in the right proportion can alleviate your need for game…
@Shay-d-lady,
My brothers have told/shown me with their dating/mating picks that perky t!ts, naturally so or assisted, and a shapely (doesn’t have to be big) butt take you far.
Shapely legs don’t hurt.
@V.E.G., and “wool of bat and tongue of dog” if all else fails (thats the next thing the spell calls for)
@Intellectual Hedonist,
If all else fails, a spell is in order.
We’d need candles. Lots and lots of candles.
@V.E.G, and a cauldron
@Intellectual Hedonist, what’s with all this macbeth chantin’ over the cauldron? are y’all witches now? lol..
@V.E.G.,
“Shapely legs don’t hurt.”
possible t-shirt
double double toil and trouble!
@V.E.G.,
i got the cleavage…i’ll have to work on the butt! lmao
@V.E.G.,
dont go lettin all the secrets out now… you just abolished my “theres-something-about-that-girl” mystery factor.
First, it’s in the approach. I have perfected the walk past, the stop, the eye lock and the barely audible but lip-readable ‘dayum’ and walk away.
Negroes have 100% of the time done the rest of the work after that.
As for being impressively gamed, I have to say it is the off the wall first comment that gets me, more than ‘game’. Here are some of the things I’ve been told* that have gotten my interest and lead to (real!) relationships:
1. I wanna give you my number, but not tonight.
2. I don’t want to boast, but I’m a bit of a musical genius (he was/is very Prince-esque; been playing 4 instruments his whole life)
3. (While zipping up my Jimmy Cliff jacket so he could read the front) Trust me, I don’t want to cover these…
*All of these brothas were first hit with my patented approach.
@V.E.G., LOL yes.. pimpin pimpin… you know these men like to be led.. a man without instruction? headed for destruction….LMAO
@Shay-d-lady,
oh, im puttin that on a t-shirt!
@shatani, it aint mine.. its a modified quote from American Pimp.. LMAO
@V.E.G., First, it’s in the approach. I have perfected the walk past, the stop, the eye lock and the barely audible but lip-readable ‘dayum’ and walk away.
LOL cause you know mine is the walk past, stop eye lock and F!@ck wit ya girl… LOL but I was young back then.. I am going to recommend your approach to my sister.. LOL in fact we just pulled the “shy sister” on this guy at lunch today LMAO he bought our wings and errythang…
@Shay-d-lady,
aaaaah. Free yard bird.
@V.E.G., yes.. it was delectable.. you know free always makes it good….and my sister is a monster…I would think she is a lot like you VEG ( yall share similar wifelike abilities that tend to induce stalkerism.. in fact this should be a super power on heroes.) so dude is in for a shocker…
@Shay-d-lady,
im mad i missed that this should be a power on heroes!! lmao
@Shay-d-lady, not the F!@ck wit ya girl…can’t go wrong there.
@overit, yall sleeping on that shyt… it works wonders I tell ya.. but you know you gotta find your own opener… whatever you feel comfortable saying …h.ell it could just be.. Hi there.. if done with the right amount of swag and se.x.iness.. you could also buy his drank.. but since we talking about game I aint trying to spend no money..just swapping spit and talking shyt.nawhatimsayin…..
“just swapping spit and talking shyt.nawhatimsayin…..”
*blink*
@8th Wonder, another quote form American Pimp… L OL I was trying to get all my faves on this post.. LMAO..
@Shay-d-lady,
lmao! i was confused for a moment…but i do enjoy talkin shyt, though!
@V.E.G.,
veggie, i have a problem with eye contact.
@shatani,
I do too, honestly. But you get over it when in heat.
When I lock eyes with people they are either intrigued or become very uncomfortable and fidgety. lol.
that’s cuz you a green-eyed bandit. mesmorizing ppl as you lock eyes with them. you have an unfair advantage! *crossing arms over chest* not fair!
@The J.E.M. Formerly Known As Gem,
the green eyes do have their perks.
@V.E.G., dayum!! on #3…dang v.e.g., you workin’ em, huh?
@Miss Patterson,
I try my best.
@V.E.G.,
“the walk past, the stop, the eye lock and the barely audible but lip-readable ‘dayum’ and walk away.”
whats funny is i did this in my mind at my current SO who I am actually getting along very well with right now, lol
@V.E.G.,
“First, it’s in the approach. I have perfected the walk past, the stop, the eye lock and the barely audible but lip-readable ‘dayum’ and walk away.”
just imagining the visual of this made my day.
@SouthernCharm,
Wait till you see it in person
*miss p checks her pocket, afro puff & the bottoms of her flip flops* i don’t think i have game, y’all.
unless…does bad poetry count? i think that worked once on a morehouse man. yeah, i’m pretty sure it did.
btw, you took me back with the mci reference. what was that other telemarketing gig every auc student had? (and why were there so daggone many of them?) there was the gallup poll and something else…it started with an m too.
@Miss Patterson, yes bad poetry count.. people feel that game is saying something spectacular.. its not its having the balls to go after what you want and say the most inane shyt with confidence.. game when written often comes off corny and ridiculous cause its not whats being said as much as the confidence attached to it…..
@Shay-d-lady,
Taking notes….”insane shyt”….taking more notes
This reminds me of a friend of a friend, now this boy is straight up outta-his-Goddaammm-mind when intoxicated. In our entourage he was famous for two of the most ourageous pick-up lines we’ve ever heard a ni99a have a screw loose to say:
1. While the girl’s boyfriend was passed out on the couch (who happens to be his friend), he walks up to ol girl, starts dancin with her (house party), and says to the girl “Look your boyfriends technically not here, so how about we cut the chitta chat and get straight to it”…i swear to Gawd…
2. Walks right up to a girl, pissed out of his mind, “I’d love nothing more than to have a sip of your p***y juice” (this was translated from my native tounge, which sounds so f***N unorthodox)
This ni99a just had my jaw gaping in disbelief!!
@sisanda,
This sounds just as unorthodox in English…
Wow…that kat has some huevos.
He deserved a throat punch.
@miss t-lee,
I’ve implemented the throat punch in everyday life and its quite effective. Has ninjas shaping up real quick! Thanks for showing me the ‘way’!
@Dom,
You are welcome. Just the mere mention will get you some instant “ack rite” outta them.
Enjoy.
# 2 Is ridiculous in any language.
@Miss Patterson,
“does bad poetry count?”
does a bear sh*t in the woods and wipe its ass with a white rabbit?
@The Champ, yes, as a matter of fact IT DOES. plus i know you ain’t talking, “mr. haiku” and run.
@Miss Patterson,
its called the “bait and bounce”, thank you
@The Champ,
does a bear sh*t in the woods and wipe its ass with a white rabbit?
‘Pac?
@miss t-lee,
“what yo phone number” indeed, lol.
to piggy bank off of VEG’s list.. some t hings said that have forced my attention
I actually had a guy tell me… Look im going to walk past you 2 more times.. on the second time tap me on the shoulder so I can give you my best mack daddy impersonation.. the first one is just a dry run….LMAO corny but it got my attention..attention he probably wouldnt have recieved otherwise…
@Shay-d-lady,
This would have worked on me, too.
Obviously, these one-off lines have to be coupled with cute-ness. lol. If a busted dude had said any of those things, he would have gotten the patented eyebrow raise that sends ‘em running.
@V.E.G., LMAO exactly…..
@Shay-d-lady, corny with wit always works on me. (not like corny to the extent of embarrassing yourself like Andy from The Office).
anyway, why is this? and nobody better say it’s cuz i’m corny!
@Miss Patterson,
It’s okay to be corny. You are in good company.
@V.E.G.,
*raising hand*
Been there still do that.
hmm….how was pattiecakes gamed? i got one, albeit weak, i still got one. once upon a time i had a crush on a guy…his friend was giving me pointers on how to appeal to his shy nature. me and his ‘friend’ talked on the phone pretty regularly and in the midst of this, he told me he had a crush on somebody too. he described her and what she was like and although it sounded kind of suspect…i gave him pointers on how to catch her interest. long story short we ended up making out and dated for a year. wait, did i game myself?
@Miss Patterson,
Were you 14?
@V.E.G., um…yeah. by 14 do you mean ‘real age’ 14? like those tests you take about all of your health risk factors and depending on your answer you could be 14, when you’re really like a lot older? then yes, uh-huh fourteen! yep!
@Miss Patterson,
You know I am now imagining a 20-something Miss P getting macked, junior high style. Makes me smile.
@V.E.G., junior high style? hey now…watch your tongue miss! don’t make me come out there! luvvie, get yr girl!! (lol)
@V.E.G.,
LMAO!!! its truly adorable!
@Miss Patterson,
@V.E.G., um…yeah. by 14 do you mean ‘real age’ 14? like those tests you take about all of your health risk factors and depending on your answer you could be 14, when you’re really like a lot older? then yes, uh-huh fourteen! yep!
lol…this is cute and sh*t
lol, that’s how i got my first gf
@kamakula, see…i knew i wasn’t alone. this method is proven to work!
@kamakula & miss Patty cakes, aren’t you both from the Burgh?
Kamakula, is miss Pattycakes one of those women that has recently or previously signed your notarized letter?
awfully suspicious if you ask me
@Intellectual Hedonist, wait…kamakula’s in the Burgh? what?! i don’t nothin’ bout that. that’s luvvie’s guy, anyway
@Miss Patterson, looks like kamakula’s got game
@Intellectual Hedonist,
I live in the burgh now. . . and spent 2/3 of my childhood in DC.
@kamakula, *pssst…k, we need to get our stories straight*
@Miss Patterson,
*gives kamakula and Miss P by bestest Luvvie side-eye*
@V.E.G., I second that emotion
@Miss Patterson,
I’ll meet you in the usher’s closet . . . as usual
@kamakula,
I leave you alone for just ONE day, and you sneaking of with Pattiecakes?? See me, see wahala o! Aight, I see how we do.
ANNOUNCEMENT to the VSBs!
I’m taking applications for a new e-boo. My current one doesn’t appreciate my awesome, and may need to be replaced. I accept dowry in the form of jollof rice and Bailey’s.
@Luvvie,
Omoge! How you dey? Don’t listen to these yeye people. You know you are the apple of my eye, the only cream in my coffee. . .
@Luvvie,
rice and irish cream?
@kamakula, do you want me to bring my french maid outfit again? i added fishnets to the ensemble. meet me in an hour…
@kamakula, yeah, admittedly, that’s the original game right there.
get a chick to tell you how to game them. lol. for some reason, it always works
Actually, when I think about it, that’s how I got my second gf as well.
We were friends prior to the event and the weekend before school restarted after the winter break, my RA invites me to this “leadership” retreat and tells me they’re looking for more people. Since I knew she didn’t go home over the break and was probably bored as heck, I invited her along.
We get there, and the ice breaker is this activity where you get a piece of paper that has something you either ask someone else or do with someone else. Like “what city are you from?” or “high five each other”. Then you wander around and try to meet everyone else. I don’t remember what I had, but this other girl there had “give each other a hug”.
Anyway, at some point, I run into her, we chat for a bit, give each other a lingering hug, then move on. Then I see her again, and we’re like “Hey, I’ve not met you, so what does your paper say?” This goes on for the next 20 minutes. After the remaining orientation stuff is over, we spend the rest of the night chatting. My to be gf meanwhile goes to sleep (apparently pissed at me) and wakes up and returns to see me still with that chick.
Anyway, after the weekend is over, me and the chick are making plans to hang out, which I share with my friend over IM. Now, we’d had this habit of discussing relationship stuff online, mostly her asking me for a male perspective on something one of her friends was going through. So, you can imagine how suspicious I was when suddenly a new friend of hers had gone to this place that a male friend invited her to, then spent the time hanging out with this other girl. But the friend really likes the guy, so what should she do?
Being the amazing guy that I am, I decided to have some fun with this
@kamakula,
Oh now that sounds like a LOT of fun. mmmhhhmmmm
I once witnessed game gone wrong:
My cousin is considered a southern ‘stallion’. Causes traffic jams with her lower half. A half-way decent guy (not her type though) comes up to her at the bar, takes her money from the bartender, gives it back to her and says something to the effect of:
“I will buy the rest of her drinks tonight.”
My cousin (taking her now free drink, pocketing her money and looking him dead in the eye): “You need to know who you can get” (and walks away)
@V.E.G., **in a soft whispering voice** playing the role of V dot E dot G dot’s Southern Stallion cousin is Vida Guerra
@Intellectual Hedonist, LMAO!!!
@Intellectual Hedonist,
that’s the Cuban chick that was on all the guy mag covers, right?
@V.E.G., yeah shes the first one I thought of (aside from JLo) who’s a$$ makes men loose their mental capacity, that is without going into the pron sites
@Intellectual Hedonist,
Yes. The menzes do love the butt.
@V.E.G., LMAO that was funny….and wrong.. karma is a bytch. but still LMAO…..Dang she could have just said no..dang you gone take the drank and his pride…so so cold…
@Shay-d-lady,
karma is a bytch. And she’s seeing it now. She is the first one among us to start showing visible signs of aging. She about died when 4 of us were out and folks assumed she was the oldest (she’s not the 30 yet; the rest of us are over 30)
I had a hard time convincing her, on a day she was really smelling herself, she is not every man’s type and there is always somebody with a betta a$$ game.
And definitely a betta personality. And more brains. Pretty girl, but…
Family. sigh.
@V.E.G., coming from a family with biga$$ itis you dont have to tell me… i got a whole side of family that have gotten by just off that…and now they all old a$$ spreading and lonely trying to learn tv vcr repair from PCDI video school….
@Shay-d-lady,
LMAO at the thought but also feeling a bit sad for ‘em.
@Shay-d-lady,
awwww, i feel bad for your fam shay-d…everyone knows the real money is in HVAC!
@V.E.G.,
“My cousin (taking her now free drink, pocketing her money and looking him dead in the eye): “You need to know who you can get” (and walks away)”
*cues Rick James, “Cold Blooded”*
@SouthernCharm, you’re pretty cold blooded yourself, never responding to my marriage proposal earlier this week.
excuse me while I cry.
@8th Wonder,
Cues D.J. Reh Dog
@WuDaMan,
Reh Dog=scary @ me.
I don’t like his face.
@PBG,
you right but it’s just so funny to me.
My bad, I just thaught it was appropros.
@WuDaMan,
That ish is downright tragic.
Especially that Blair Witch-knockoff of a video…lmao
@miss t-lee
no no the close up on the face while he was sitting there w/ what looks like glycerine tears. dieing.
@WuDaMan,
Yeah…that was horrendous.
@8th Wonder,
“@SouthernCharm, you’re pretty cold blooded yourself, never responding to my marriage proposal earlier this week. excuse me while I cry.”
aww… i just saw that. lol… in my defense, i was out e-ring shopping. someone like you shouldn’t have to pop the question. so with that said…
*opens box*
i hope those are tears of joy, because we need to do this thang da right way…
Before I even look at the ring, I just wanna make sure you’re sure about this.
Don’t-Don’t-Don’t hurt me again.
@8th Wonder,
“Don’t-Don’t-Don’t hurt me again.”
Not the teenage love.
Mayne!!!
lmao, oh e-twin…
@8th Wonder,
how could i not be sure? i went to jared’s.
DEAD!!!
lol!
Fine…
I accept and shyt.
ooo e-twin!!! *e hugs*
got the Diva Dust ™ cannon READY!!!
Yeah twinny, he liked it and dammit…he put a ring on it.
Now we have to set an e-date and ish.
@V.E.G.,
My cousin is considered a southern ’stallion’. Causes traffic jams with her lower half.
this statement is useless without pics
What up Panama. I saw your msg on the other blog, so I decided to answer on yours. Since we are talking about ‘game’ I’ll tell you a story, then you will know.
When I lived in Atlanta, me and a group of friends went to see Lauryn Hill at an autograph signing. The line was too long, so me and one of our other friends exited the line to find someone we could skip ahead of. I spotted this dark-skinned thick fine arse’d female who recently relocated to Atlanta from Bed stuy. We made eye contact, then I walked up to her and asked her in my deep monotone southern voice “Can I have you?” within 30 minutes we were kissing, touching, damn near___ when her friend drove up and told her it was time to go. Though I didn’t stay in the line, I still managed to have my Lauryn Hill album signed. (smile)
Your discretion is appreciated. (I’ll be back in the district in December and DEF for inauguration. Get at me!)
Blk Bond
@Blk Bond, LOL.. yeah I can see how the “can I have you” coupled with a deep voice and sexay swag could work..
@Shay-d-lady,
it just worked on me.
@shatani, had me fanning myself at 337 this morning, that’s why I had to go to bed
@Blk Bond, my brotha…look forward to you making it back…
and i remember that story. LOL. vividly. good old northlake mall and the infamous lauryn hill in-store album signing…
and people, this brotha right here, one of the few folks i know who i actually believe every story he tells…
@Panama Jackson, Thats hilarious I worked at MCI in Alpharetta too! Small world! Man that was the hoodest place I have eva worked at! Everybody was trying to holla at everybody! Shiii I was dating my team sup. and you prolly know who he is because he was working there at the time you were working! LMAO
i got gamed this one time by a ninja who bought me a chocolate cupcake from magnolia’s, put on some sexy norah jones music and started nibbling on my ear.
and by gamed i mean seduced. still, it was sexxxy as all hell.
i guess the gaming part comes in when i found out a few months later that dude was completely insane (to the point where when i see him on campus, i deliberately walk in the other direction to avoid his creepy a$$) and had me fooled – and by fooled i mean sprung. le sigh. i need a radar warning system for these men.
@puff,
i guess the gaming part comes in when i found out a few months later that dude was completely insan
what happened?
@puff, don’t let the chocolate and music fool you, but sh*t happens.
I think girls are the best at these little games cause when they want something they are ruthless. Like girls calling my lady telling her I’m with them at times that they saw me at phrat events. Or hitting on you right in front of your lady. Just reckless
@J. McFly, I agree with you on this one. Girls can be pretty ruthless. I was just talking to a friend of mine who has a thing for one of her co-workers who just got engaged. She’s been hitting on him big time and is trying to break up the engagement. To me that’s bad karma because if he did leave the fiance for her, he would probably do the same thing to my friend.
@Leila,
Damn straight. Why dont women get this?
@Dom,
i think they get it…they just think they are ABOVE THE LAW!!
like teenagers, they tend to think, oh that wont happen to ME.
Nah…
@miss t-lee,
word?
@shatani,
imma need you to get at me… check my blog for contact info.
we gotta get the philly happy hour poppin off
@blackberry molasses,
EARLY!!
*perfecting my phillyspeak*
@blackberry molasses,
BBMo…i hope you come back and see this! lol…i dont know how to work with google talk, so im not sure how to get in touch with ya. my email is shatani@yahoo.com
@shatani,
if you come back and see this, go check your e mail
@shatani,
is bond?
@shatani,
I’m laughing at you right now girlie…lol
One of my male friends in high school was dating this chick I really didn’t care for. They were having problems and he called me to complain. I don’t know what the hell got into me but I told him to stop messing with her if he wasn’t happy and to get with me. That shit actually worked!
We started dating the summer of high school graduation and into our sophomore year of college. But then he cheated on me so I guess my gaming him wasn’t so effective. LOL!
@Monie,
it was definitely effective. you got him! it just didnt take into consideration the type of person he was. lol
@Monie,
But then he cheated on me so I guess my gaming him wasn’t so effective. LOL!
vsb.com: where…you know what? nevermind. that would have been too mean
@The Champ,
= (
I don’t know how I should take this…
How I get gamed. Chicks can’t stop staring @ me. They get this I wanna bake you cookies n pour you some soymilk look on they face. Alls I do is say hiya and talk to em like they my cousin I ain’t seen in a while.
Really what’s w/ the staring??
Thick redbone outside of church right after church mof. Shyt she went and baked me a cake w/ my name on that shyt.
@WuDaMan, “Thick redbone outside of church right after church mof. Shyt she went and baked me a cake w/ my name on that shyt.”
LoL . .. I think a cake with my name on it would be strange . . .
@IVR,
My bad IVR. Having someone bake you a cake w/ your name on it is slang for being caked out to the extreme. circa cake Daddy or in my case cake Mama.
@WuDaMan, this post hints at what i was getting at the other day with the inverse correlation between confidence and attractiveness (physical, intellectual, spiritual) hypothesis.
panama said “One day, I’d gotten the gall to approach said philly.”
why did it take “gall?” because he was really interested in her for whatever reason. if he was less interested, he wouldn’t have put as much thought into approaching her. or, if her boyfriend was pookie from around the way rather than his boss (clear power differential), would he have retreated so quickly?
we all have vulnerabilities, and the more that is at stake, generally the more anxiety and less confidence we have. that doesn’t indicate insecurity or low self-esteem. it’s human nature and our natural instincts protetcing us.
anyone who says that their confidence level never falters is pretty much delusional. it happens to the best of us.
p.s. this doesn’t have anything to do with your comment to this post, lol. i tried to reply the other day to the thread but the website was doing crazy things. thus my delayed response…..
@kalia,
i agree. maybe he had a haircut that day. somedays a haircut, article of clothing, shot of 151, etc, can translate in your confidence, swag, or what have you, going way up…
@SouthernCharm,
Patron is a great confidence breaker. It’s also a fool maker.
Any one of my pair of knee high boots is a confidence maker. Or one of my pair of red pumps.
@V.E.G.,
biting fist w/ good reason V dot w/ goooood reson.
@V.E.G., you know, i just started wearing heels after years of resistance, and i must say that even the click they make as i walk makes me feel a lil different and stand a lil taller than when i’m wearing my moccasains…lol
@SouthernCharm, yep, or money in the bank…my fiance confirmed this one for me. he said even the most brokendown character has newfound swag when is pockets are deep….
@kalia,
Okay my point is people need to look within to feel good about themselves.
@WuDaMan, Yemen!
@kalia,
Why did it take Gall? Did you read the part where afterwards he became awesome? You see it isn’t awesome to tie yourself to the results of hollering @ a stranger. Sort of like when you go home crying to your Ma cuz somebody ran the dozens on you n even talked about her. What’d your Ma tell you, ‘Do they know me? Do they know you?’ The answere to both of those questions is no.
Now don’t get me wrong a no can be a bit of a pinch as much as a fresh fade shower clean clothes can give swag points. Bottom line I decide the altitude of this here yignuh.
@WuDaMan, i feel you…i can’t say what other people feel with exactness (hence the term hypothesis), but people tend to share some common experiences and being impacted by another person is a common experience. if people never had an impact on each other, the would would be a very schizoid place.
@kalia,
Nah there would just be a change in the game. There wouldn’t be the sully crazy faced dude hollerin about I baught that bish a drank. Chicks wouldn’t feel bad about saying no. Cuz they would understand that the dude could understand that the no has nothing to do w/ him personally.
@WuDaMan, @WuDaMan, I totally feel you and i agree that this is the ideal. i’m just saying that most of us haven’t evolved to that place where nothing anyone does or says could ever make you feel bad (unless we’re talking about a sociopath). Also, if people cant discourage you, then how could they encourage you without there being a double standard? And then again, it is important for the jerks of the world to know that sometimes it is about them- that people may not like them because of the things they do. but, in any case, i feel you Wuda…we live in and are socialized by a very superficial society and we do take too many things personally.
i mean in people “can’t” discourage you
@kalia,
Remind me to buy you n the hubby to be a Christmas card.
Yo! I worked with Panama! I know TONS of folks who worked there at the time too. (I left for Equifax though, so I wansn’t there long!) FUN TIMES!
@AT_Elleian, one of my closest peeps works at Equifax
The people who have sauntered over to my spot have already seen an example of the foolishness I have gone for.
I mean seriously… Sam’s Club Dude’s game was his looks. Shallow? Definitely. And I paid for it. Dayum.
@blackberry molasses,
awww, but you cant resist the yummy!
@shatani,
i should have resisted… it was like the poison caramel apple. sweet and shiny on the outside, rotten and grimy on the inside. poisoned me with a complex for 2 months.
Sally Jesse Raphael ala Ricki Lake comment of the day
Hey fellow vsb’ers… I have lurked for months now, and this is my first time actually speaking. So, hello and what not!
I guess you live and you learn, eh?
*crickets*
Ahem… so, anyway, about this here ‘game’ conversation. I’ve got a good one. SO, your girl was at a Frankie Beverly & Maze concert, and intermission hit. I went in search of a beverage, and I’ll be hornswaggled if the dude behind the bar wasn’t crazy handsome. It’s hella loud, so I lean in to tell him what I’d like to drink, and before I get a word out, he leans in close, and whispers in my ear ‘So, look, this is how this is going to work. You’re beautiful, so I’m not going to let you purchase this drink. You’ll think of the gesture as sweet, and you’ll thank me. I’ll say that the only thanks necessary is your phone number, and you’ll give it to me. I’ll call you tomorrow, because I’m intrigued and interested, and then I’m taking you out to an amazing restaurant and an art gallery opening. So, what is it that you’d like to drink?”
Yea… something about being told what to do by a fine as heck man… he got the number, I got the dinner and art gallery, and we dated for a little bit… until I discovered how wee his ‘man-tools’ were.
@JJ the Jet Plane,
the official welcome committee is doing… lord knows what…
so welcome
**Diva Dust ™**
and yeah, I’ve gone for something similar *sigh*
it ended BADLY
@blackberry molasses,
welcome aboard JJ!!
*snatching some diva dust to help spread around*
i heard something about a fruit basket…or a continetnal breakfast or some such. enjoy!
and uh…yeah, that woulda got me too! smoooooove…
@shatani,
e-twin… only because you ARE one of the e-quadruplets will i let you slide for SNATCHING Diva Dust ™
but next time, just ask and i will create the Shatani Edition…
@shatani, “i heard something about a fruit basket…or a continetnal breakfast or some such. enjoy!”
you know Champie aint springing for no fruit basket or continental breakfast. JJ might get an Omelette
Welcome and ish
@blackberry molasses, no you did not tm the Diva Dust.
@shay,
shonuff did
. respek the sparkly gangsta
@blackberry molasses, et.all – Thank you so much for the welcome? Said Jet Plane feels all loved and fuzzy and shyt.
@JJ the Jet Plane, I would have fell for that too. The “small tools” though, breaks my heart. I weep for you.
@Monie, I weep for myself. It was BAD. Like, baggy -regular-Trojan-condom bad.
On the flip side, dinner was BANGIN”!!!!tee-hee!
@JJ the Jet Plane, I weep for myself. It was BAD. Like, baggy -regular-Trojan-condom bad.
this is sadness. though i prob…no, def…would’ve fallen for it as well. at least you got a good meal? eh.
*perks up*
welcome and sh!t. *throws gold stars at JJ*
@SouthernGirl,
@JJ the Jet Plane, I weep for myself. It was BAD. Like, baggy -regular-Trojan-condom bad.
WOW!!!! That is bad…
@miss t-lee,
i weep for his winky…
@JJ the Jet Plane, It sounds like main man had his routine together! That, or this dude is a modern-day Max Julien LOL
Either way, that was a pretty slick maneuver
@JJ the Jet Plane, welcome! And I would have fell for that sh*t too, after looking around for the cameras
@JJ the Jet Plane,
I too would have been GAMED.
@JJ the Jet Plane, yeah wee man tools are bad bizness..I too have been hoodwinked like that.
@JJ the Jet Plane,
sheds a single tear at the thought of a wee man tool.
@JJ the Jet Plane,
welcome and sh*t
In my youth, I could game a dude quick. In fact, that’s how I got my nickname in high school. In fact, I probably still could if I wanted to…I just don’t. The thing is it’s easy to game someone you aren’t interested in. I feel like manipulating is wrong…my good-hearted nature won’t let me-darn it!! It’s so much better when a man does something for me and it’s genuine.
If I like a dude, I totally become shy and my conscious game disappears (but my genuine personality kicks in so it’s a win-win). Luckily, I still have never had a problem pulling em. Lol If only I could use my powers for evil…darn being a good girl.
@The Queen,
well, shoot, im sure a few of us here would be HAPPY to use your powers for evil!! lmao
@shatani, OK I ADMIT IT
I was once on the dark side and used my powers for evil.***breaking down in tears*** it was so worth it, but afterward I felt so guilty I couldn’t even speak to him again.
@Intellectual Hedonist,
Once!
*turning pale walking softly on the earth away from IH*
@Intellectual Hedonist,
imma need you and the queen to make with the stories dangit!!! i need to know what the powers are and how to use them…i will report back with my results!
@JJ the Jet Plane, I would have fallen for that too. The “small tools” though, breaks my heart. I weep for you.
My bad…Panama asked for examples. I prefer to keep the documentation of my exploits to a minimum so I’ll tell you the time I got gamed…
I dated a guy randomly (against my best instincts) but he was gor-ge-ous. I figured why not. Come to find out he had a girlfriend…well 3 girlfriends. They called me on 3-way at work and we all found out the truth. None of us knew his real name, and his job at the Dept of Justice…let’s just say he delivered packages to the Dept of Justice. The three of them set him up…surprised him real good in front of his friends. I don’t get down with setups…I just told him off on the phone. He continued calling saying none of it was true, that he was single, and a Dept of Justice employee. He continued to leave flowers and notes on my car for a good 3 months. Once threatened with a restraining order, he left me alone.
Anyway, the best part was that about 6 months later, I saw him downtown on his bike delivering packages…in his uniform. My Mom and I laughed so hard in his face and well, for the rest of the day…he fell off the scooter/bike and tried to turn around and drive the other way. I wish I had a camera. Overall, his fineness and seeing him on the bike made the whole experience worthwhile…I still wonder what his real name was. Lmao Good times.
@The Queen,
I saw him downtown on his bike delivering packages
considering the rest of your comment, this statement reads like a big-ass euphemism/double entendre
“A friend of mine” conned a girl into givin him a sloppy floppy by showing him the Supahead Video and then sayin it was great. The chick then said she could do better. The dude challenged her. Next think you know, she was going for the gold. And this was all pre-meditated on his part.
@Slim Jackson,
wow. this is admirably FOUL.
then again, she was dumb enough to go for it. its one of the oldest tricks with a new twist.
@blackberry molasses,
i’d just like to put out there that (A) im not watchin porn with a flyazz dude for no damn reason and (2) many a dude can be snagged with impressive mouth gymnastics
i would submit, that maybe she’s not as dumb as we thought. just some food for thought.
@blackberry molasses,
She fell for that, because she wanted to fall for that.
He just realized an oppurtunity and took it.
Hilarious.
@Slim Jackson, I overheard a some cute chicks talking at a bar in Adams Morgan, and this one said the Superhead video was overrated and she could do it way better than her.
Talk about INSTANT POPULARITY! Apparently every dude in the bar could hear her, because 80% of them headed over there with the quickness!
@ListenToLeon,
now SHE got game! lmao!
@shatani, LOL I’m sure she didn’t pay for another drink that entire night!
@Slim Jackson,
Nah, She wanted to do it beforehand too. If a chick isnt into a dude like that, she’s never going to let him even put the video on.
@Dom,
Yep.
@Slim Jackson,
She wanted to do that. You just gave her an excuse.
@Slim Jackson,
“And this was all pre-meditated on his part.”
Sounds like it was pre-meditated on her part as well
@SouthernCharm, The ish is hilarious no matter what. It was like he scored in the bottom of the 9th inning (baseball), or with 5 seconds left on the game clock (football or basketball).
@Slim Jackson,
yeah, it’s one of those, “let me see if this ish works,” immediately followed by, “omg… i can’t believe that ish worked!” lol
Last the f*ck night!! I’m sitting here replaying the whole evening in my mind with cartoon bubble above my head with “WTF?” in it.
As of 3PM yesterday, I was well on my way to having the ‘break up’ conversation. After all, this has to be done before next week cus once you get into the holidays you can’t break up until the spring. Anyhow, in my mind, we’d part, say we’d still be friends, etc. At the end of it, he somehow flipped it all around and there’s a 90% chance that he’ll be meeting my parents next week.
I got gamed!
@Hostess, How is this possible? How did you get talked into staying in the relationship and stepping the relationship up to a new level? Please explain…it’s not too late Hostess to get out. lol
@The Queen,
you know what…ive seen that happen before and i STILL dont know how it happens!!
Hostess, break it down for us! helps us to see the signs so we dont suffer a similar fate…and then for the love of fried chicken, get the hell outta that relationship!
@shatani,
did you just say Love of Fried Chicken…
*Drooling on my tie.*
@shatani, “or the love of fried chicken,”
Oh LAWD! LMAO!!!
@The Queen, When I started in, I think he saw what was coming. When I present my very organized and detailed list–bullet points–he had very logical reinterpretations of my reasons. Then changed the subject to the holidays and how much my parents will like him. I don’t recall what happened next!
And, uh there was food and wine.
@Hostess,
damn…i wouldnt be surprised if he just threw down a smoke bomb and vanished right in front of you!!! thats some jedi mindtrick ish, right there!
@Hostess,
Uhm food n wine @ 3 p.m. did this date happen in France or Italy? What kind of lushtastic! He put that 4 year old game on you. Cuz who wouldn’t smell the thursday lunch dump date coming (I’ve seen seinfeld). Truely the simple things shall confound the wise. smh
“Cuz who wouldn’t smell the thursday lunch dump date coming (I’ve seen seinfeld). ”
Lol Mad True!
@Dom,
Wu is mad truth!! lmao…thursday lunch dump date. aint that a b!tch!
@Hostess, Aww man! My first Blog Crush got gamed…
…by someone other than me!
You know I’m secretly rooting for all of your relationships to fail, until you give me some.
LOL
j/k…a little…
@ListenToLeon, sound a little gamey to me LOL!!
“After all, this has to be done before next week cus once you get into the holidays you can’t break up until the spring. ”
The He** you cant! January 1st means A New year and New Booty!
And if thats too soon MLK Day only serves its purpose when all are free at last. Thank God Almighty…
@Dom, lol
@Hostess,
ctfu
You gone learn why your ‘storm out’ is clutch. You can’t break up w/ nobody. Lmao
“I got no game it’s just some b****es understand my story” – Nas
For real forreal, my best moments have come when I just said something that was just silly and clever enough to work. Observation is the key for me.
Also, I try to remember to word things so they’re not in the form of a question. That way, she has to think about it instead of saying “no” off the strength of instinctual defense mechanisms. I’ll “tell” a woman out more often than I’ll “ask” one out!
@ListenToLeon, “Also, I try to remember to word things so they’re not in the form of a question. That way, she has to think about it instead of saying “no” off the strength of instinctual defense mechanisms. I’ll “tell” a woman out more often than I’ll “ask” one out”
Now thats good game!
@ListenToLeon,
leon, can we get an example of telling a woman out?? that sounds intriguing! could a woman tell a man out?
*takes out laptop for note taking purposes*
@shatani, just basically replace questions with statements.
Ex: Say you’re at a bar, and you meet someone. You would like to talk to her somewhere less crowded, so you mention someplace up the street casually. She says she likes it too. I’d try to avoid saying
“Would you like to go over there with me?”
and say
“We should go there. It’s a little more laid-back than this place.”
or, if I already know she’s feeling me, just say
“Come on, let’s go check it out!”
Basically, I try to eliminate as many thoughts of “I just met this fast-talking, high yellow negro” from entering her head as possible!
@ListenToLeon,
just basically replace questions with statements.
***wondering whether or not leon deserves demerits for basically giving away to the masses the secret to the best game possible***
@The Champ, On one hand, I know that it’s mostly women on here, and that was a tip passed down from generations of brothers with game. On the other hand, it’ll still work, because most people won’t remember what I typed when it gets down to the get-down! Some advice is like the martial arts in a sense: it’s only as good as it’s practitioner!
But still, the risk of losing my stripes is enough to get me to stop talking! LOL
@ListenToLeon,
awww, dont listen to mean old champ! im definitely intrigued by that method…i have no doubt that even though i know now, it would probably still work on me. i like opportunities to not have to make my own decisions! lol
@The Champ, its not a secret when you already know. lol. sh!t like that works on me when I let it work. I know what you’re up to. If I think you’re cute, I’ll play along.
@ListenToLeon,
you just ran game on me with Nas quotes, lol, … how you durrrin’?
@ListenToLeon,
“I got no game it’s just some b****es understand my story” – Nas”
“It’s mandatory, see that p*zzy, they hand it to me…”
Props on the Nas reference.
@ListenToLeon
I got “told” out a few times…now that I’ve caught on, it’s not as easy for guys…but the first few times i was all “huh? we’re going out thursday? ummmm….ok, i guess i’m not doing anything that night”. i ended up getting to know some really nice guys that way.
@missjess,
welcome and sh*t (i think)
a friend “revealed” that they had a crush on me* and then months later agreed to provide me with herbal** refreshements at the celebratory rites of our alma mater.
they used this time to take advantage of my innate attraction to awesomeness and become the best friend i never even knew i had. at which time i realized that they had been subliminally running game on me for 12 years. i was hoodwinked and now i’m stuck with them. not that i’m complaining about it.
*This was not hard to believe considering how awesome I am and how intelligent they are.
**… and physical
@Deviant,
Devidy Doo Dad Did you just Declare that you Decided to wife your school life long classmate?
@WuDaMan,
i made no such statement.
@Deviant,
Thank you for the clarifycation.
@Deviant,
I was gamed once on the promise of herbal* refreshments. Spent the next several months cooking and massaging scalps.
*And physical
Let me tell you a “game” that must be stopped… the can I give you a massage? “game”, please stop it. It worked on me in undergrad, but please do not insult my 29 -year old intelligence with that mess… Ol’ Jerome Fubu-PellePelle-MCM game lookin’ boy…
@Relax, Relate, Alise,
Yeah that ish is lame. Along with the “let me rub your feet” game as well. Stop that ish…lol
@Relax, Relate, Alise,
This reminds me of that Little Brother song, “Step It Up.”
“Remember when you got your first apartment, and you used have chicks over? What was the #1 line you used to always use when you wanted to try to get ‘em naked? Baaaaby, do you want a massaaaaaaaaage?” lol
you can’t attract Cristal with a Boone’s Farm mindstate.
@SouthernCharm,
LB quoting …. swoon….
@Relax, Relate, Alise,
Co-swoon.
@SouthernCharm, “you can’t attract Cristal with a Boone’s Farm mindstate”
i agree..when i was just a little princess blanket (pre fab duvets) i would rep the champale..champale does not bring the boys to the linen closet..it just doesn’t.
@Princess Duvet, why are you trying to attract boys to “the closet”? that just seems bad all around
@Intellectual Hedonist, isn’t the linen closet where shams and dust ruffles go..or am i still tardy to the metaphoric shabby chic party lol.
shout out to the queen of paisley print..rachel ashwell.
@Relax, Relate, Alise,
The right dude will always be able to game you. They make you feel like a little BITTY girl and have you falling for little girl sh!t.
*sigh*
lmao @ the massage game. yes, i can’t believe ppl still do this!!! ….and by can’t i mean can becuz honestly i agreed to such an offer just last week lol. i’m a sucker for a back rub. i don’t let just anybody rub me down, but if he’s gotten the green light to even step inside my domain, well then…. yeah… *hangs head in shame*
@The J.E.M. Formerly Known As Gem, *also hanging head in shame* those massages are a slippery slope (pun intended)
lmao yessssssir!!
@The J.E.M. Formerly Known As Gem,
i dont enjoy massages…ive never had one that didnt hurt. im unusually tense!
“So fellow VSBers, whats your best game? Rather, when did you lay your game down so strong that even you were impressed with yourself?”
its just running through every high thread count of my dust ruffle..been like dat since birth…
other than that i use a little neurolingustics, hypnotic, red bottom lou lous, and sweet potato pie with the homemade crust…so tight…sometimes i just wanna do my own @zz. lol
“i can back it up”-bey
@Princess Duvet,
im scared o’ you! lmao
@shatani, if i couldn’t do me..who would????
@Princess Duvet,
Hey Ladyyyy
bag it up n dump it girl bag it up n dump it
hmmmm *self reflecting again* when did Gem of the Ocean get gamed?? i think i’m with V.E.G. on this–i appreciate when a good looking man has a good opening line. something that seems natural and genuine (even if it’s not lol). sometimes game seems to forced and rehearsed. if you gon come wit it, come correct and professional with your ish.
anyway, i remember this spring i was at a party in Pgh. towards the end of the night this guy comes up to me, standing next to me, a step or two behind. he started “whispering” in my ear. he was making small talk but i was “ret to go” and just put it out there that i had plenty of male friends and didn’t need nor want to add him to the line up. he proceeds to say he wanted to be on my team and he was willing to come to my “training camps” and put in the work so he could be a starting player. at the end of all this he was like “just put me in coach, give me a chance.” it seemed so silly and ridiculous at first but he made me smile and i gave up the digits.
he ended up being more than disappointing and just a terrible addition to the franchise and i had to do a trade. we still cool tho.
@The J.E.M. Formerly Known As Gem,
you know, Jem (you are truly outrageous!) silly ALWAYS works for me. a dude that can laugh at himself is my kinda dude!
plus i love a good sports analogy!
girl who you tellin lol
@The J.E.M. Formerly Known As Gem,
I’m am loving the football analogies. I probably woulda got “got” as well…lol
@The J.E.M. Formerly Known As Gem,
Awwe ‘why must I cryyyyyy’
lol
@The J.E.M. Formerly Known As Gem,
he ended up being more than disappointing and just a terrible addition to the franchise and i had to do a trade. we still cool tho.
i heart this analogy.
rock on, J.E.M.
thanks BBMo. and rock on i will!!
…now where is my electric guitar??
@The J.E.M. Formerly Known As Gem,
more proof that the right sports analogy works for every situation in life.
@The J.E.M. Formerly Known As Gem, awww that’s cute, “put me in coach”…lol
Lol I love this topic, since we kinda touched on it at the Happy Hour.
My best game story actually happened a few months ago.
I was standing alone in this club, watching television (Don’t ask, lol), and this guy comes up behind me and whispers in my ear “Damn, you are wearing that dress. Let’s go.”
And then he started to walk away, no turning back to look or anything. Now guys…I don’t think I have to explain to yall that I have a pretty good BS meter. Generally most things guys attempt get the side-eye, but damn, I’m a sucker for confidence.
My legs started moving, and I didn’t even realize it, lmao. Next thing I knew, we were at the bar, he ordered me a drink, and we talked for damn near an hour after that. He was definitely real smooth with his.
@8th Wonder,
Yeah, that would work…
@Dom,
Especially if we’re only going to the bar. Pssh…no exuberant game needed for me to get saucy on somebody else’s dime.
@PBG,
I do love your saucy game mh mh mh
@WuDaMan,
I know.
@PBG,
Speaking of getting saucy. It may be time to pop some e-champagne Bottom of thread 11. Hurry I’m getting verclempts. The Ocho n ding a ling is gone get mrrried. maybe.
@Dom,
The whole time I was walking behind him saying to myself, “8th, what the hell are you doing, how he gon’ tell you let’s go and you just following a mofo, no questions asked….”
lol.
@8th Wonder,
Hey I once heard that a slice of white light bread has the equivalent of 8 Tbs of sugar. Was that on purpose Ocho Pan?
I’ll never tell.
*tapping fingers, staring at the ceiling trying to think of a good game story*
*comes up empty. exits vsb*
I remember one exchange at the club a while back.
*SC, already lit, at the bar waiting on another drink. Attractive female steps beside him to order her one. Then she proceeds to pull out a square and smoke.
SC: you know those are bad for you
Chick: i know. i know. but i only smoke every once in a while when i drink
SC: you don’t even look like the type to smoke. that’s something bad girls do
Chick: i am a good girl though *smiling*
SC: *staring then turning away* naaaaaah, you can’t be a good girl with a square in your hand
Chick: *smiling more* for real, i am a good girl
SC: well, that’s funny ’cause i’ve been lookin for a good girl…
*will smith turn & stare into the camera: cha chiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing!*
*eventually gets her number*
didn’t really want her and never called her. good practice though.
@SouthernCharm,
Lol @ will smith. The Fresh Prince would be proud!
“didn’t really want her and never called her. good practice though.”
*smh*
Ninjas kill me with that.
@8th Wonder, you know I was thinking this same thing. Then they wonder why we dont want to give the digits. Cause people like Southern Charm done charmed them and wasted it.
@8th Wonder,
yeah, i probably shouldn’t have wasted her time or mine, but smoking is a deal-breaker for me. oh well!
@SouthernCharm,
e-dap same here.
Smoking is nasty, agreed.
as a public health professional i too cannot condone the smoking of ‘death sticks’
@8th Wonder,
Now I don’t feel bad for practicing and never calling either…lol
@SouthernCharm,
I love moments like this. The ebb n flow is like some sort of gadget you get from spencers. Good times.
aww… i worked at that MCI call center too!!!!
man, all my game is fire and has always managed to get me what i want!
@ladebelle,
man, all my game is fire
this sounds like a personal problem
@The Champ,
Actually, her real name is Dylan Dylan Dylan
I’m a happily married man and never get really got into gaming women for sex….
…but for home-cooked meals and tasty desserts….
Last Thanksgving, a co-worker of mine makes this pumpkin/cream cheese loaf that was off the chain. I compliment her sincerely on her culinary excellence and thank her in front of the whole platoon for her time and efforts.
A couple of days later, I’m working with another female from my platoon who been off from work for the past few days. Sometime during the course of the evening a conversation ensues…
Me: ” Hey____, did you get a chance to have some of that pumpkin loaf ____ baked a few days ago?”
My partner: ” Nooo, can’t say that I did.”
Me: “Really? Man, I KNEW I should’ve saved you a slice! It was right tasty…”
My partner: “sounds like they were good-shame that I missed it.” *rolls eyes slightly*
The next night comes. As soon as my partner walks through the door…
My partner: “Did you bring dinner tonight?”
Me: “Nah. Why?”
My partner then goes to her car and produces mad tupperware filled with home cooked goodness and THREE desserts from her oven. She plays the whole thing nonchalant like “This? This was nothing…” I then thanked her for her time and efforts, complimented her on her culinary prowess and told the platoon how nice she was with the skills. Now when I check the fridge at work, I get ‘special’ paper bags with cookies and pastries from both women like Nike Dunk exclusives. Dudes stressing me for the warm, gooey double chocolate chip joints like “where’d you get those?”*
*I’ve done this for years. It has worked on Carribbean mothers/ grandmothers, Southern aunts, girlfriends, my wife and female-co-workers. As a matter fact, it’s never failed. Conclusion: A sincere, WELL-TIMED compliment goes a long way with women.
@ThePhiladelphiaNegro,
I’m a happily married man and never get really got into gaming women for sex….
…but for home-cooked meals and tasty desserts….
i wonder who does which more often: women gaming men for restaurant sh*t, or men gaming women for home cooked sh*t
@ThePhiladelphiaNegro, Question?????
**standing with hands on hips**
Does your wife know you have women giving your their baked goods?
Cause honestly I think I would have issue with this
@Intellectual Hedonist,
LOL! She most definitely knows! So much so, that she was watching me write this post and laughing at my foolishness..
@ThePhiladelphiaNegro,
This cold has me a bit verclempt for what evuh reason. Baked goods from a loved one. OOh I’m glad turkey day is almost here.
i think “game” gets a bad rap. for many people, the word has a negative connotation, but for me its anything you do with the intent of making someone more intrigued, sincere or not.
for instance, the simple “bait and bounce” thing i did with my ex-fiancee (see her studying by herself, write a haiku about her studying on a note card with my name and phone number on the back, hand it to her and walk away) served many purposes, including
1. showing that i was considerate enough not to interrupt her studying (although, in hindsight, the handing of the card still interrupted her)
2. showing that i could read and write and sh*t
3. showing that i assumed she was smart enough to kn0w what a haiku is
although this was (somewhat) sincere, it was just as much “game” as a guy who offers to buy a woman a drink, and nonchalantly pulls out a black american express card to do it.
“i think “game” gets a bad rap.”
I agree. I think thats because people mistake game for lying.
You don’t have to be a liar to have game (unless that is your game, in which case, kill yo’self) at all. All it means is that you have found the best way to market yourself to whoever it is you’re trying to attract.
And there’s nothing wrong with that.
@The Champ,
I think that since we call it ‘game.’ It gets that negative conotaion that corelates to the ‘players of the late 90′s. Some flaw stuff a conning get over type would do.
When in actuality it should be conoted with the good times that comrodery brings.
Lots of things in our cultures are like this. Take The Blues for instance. People think that it’s all about sad sad music when it is actually about celebrating life. Anybody going to see that Chess movie? *raising hand*
@The Champ,
I’m surprised Kitkatquisha ain’t hop hurr talm bout “I ain’t gots to game nobody to gets mine, cuz I’s sophisterated and cuh-lassy and sh*t”
@Relax, Relate, Alise,
excruize me that is sophristricated. *rolling eyes* She must have went to publick sckool.
Is it me or did we get pranked today. Everytime I look @ the recent comment section it keeps saying (insert tag name) on four flat tires. lol I don’t even want to comment n e more. Panama… I mean Ashton Kutcher Come Out!
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