This is what broke guys like me, do when we have a little
time on our hands and internet access. We observe and share our observation.
Today is no different. Still broke with a little time and internet access, I go
to a public place, the kind of place guys take their girlfriends or prospective
girlfriends to, to have a good time. I am guilty of this said act, but only
when I am not broke. Sadly today, I am broke, so what do I do with my
attention, as I have no one to share it with I simply observe.
What do I observe today? Well! Simply put, girls are not too
kind. Here is the scenario.
Man A takes lady A to a restaurant to get ice cream and
sharwarma and all the things lady A wants that she would rather not spend her
money on because she is busy buying make up and clothes and jewellery, I am
assuming she uses her money (judgemental me). Coming into the restaurant, Man A
and lady A are holding hands and smiling and all chatty and touching and
rubbing arms and I am like “wow! Lovely couple”. Man A places order for lady
A’s choice and she orders mercilessly. Man A is trying not to lose his cool,
his facial expression is hiding the pain in his heart. He finally heaves a sigh
of relief as lady A concludes her order and he politely ask for “water”.
Cliché? Well the pocket don’t lie. So, they assemble at the table and from my
vantage point, I can’t hear the conversation but as lady A consumes the banquet
before her, she smiles at him and they have a very lovely lunch. Time is
ticking and I see her looking at her watch, the banquet is not yet finished but
it is obvious that lady A has had her fill. She looks at Man A pleadingly, pointing
at her watch, I am guessing she has to go cos she has a curfew or lectures or
another date, Man A is trying to be as composed as he can be, before his eyes
the waste of the incompletely consumed banquet that can feed 5000 and still
fill 12 wicker baskets, his money (borrowed or pocket money or hustled). She
gesticulates that she has to go, her pleading look begins to turn into a frown,
Man A is beginning to waste her time and she is getting offended. Man A tries
to be a gentle man and finally obliges her, they get up, Man A approaches the
counter to pay the bill but Lady A is walking briskly to the exit of the
restaurant. I laugh a little but I really pity Man A, I have been there many
times and may still visit this scenario myself sometime in the future, I really
don’t know. Man A pays and looks around for lady A, she is no where around him,
he finally spots her at the exit of the restaurant on her phone, laughing and
giggling at whoever is on the other side of the line. Man A approaches and
tries to hold her, “atleast lets go out the way we came in” he must be
thinking, but lady A is having none of that, still on the phone she takes the
lead as she hurriedly leaves the restaurant environment, Man A trying to catch
up with her as they both scamper out of my sight and back into their own
respective worlds of whatever they were before I observed. The end justifies
the means should be his consolation for the day.
I smile, I have been here before and I have observed this
particular scenario with multiple variations and multiple characters involved
and I know what is happening in each persons head. All I can say is that it is
more of a pleasure to observe such than to be in the shoes of Man A, at least
at that moment.
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