Schooling

I had a reasoning session with my biggest brother last night, it was a learning experience. He has always been, what I would call, the ultimate player. he doesn't engage in emotion, he is like a spirit, he breezes in rocks your world (I hope him a represent) and then like a twig in the wind he disappears....there are no ties, he doesn't eat from any of his girls, he goes home even if its 5:00 a.m., he doesn't maintain her in any way shape or form....he is a PLAYER.

Against this background imagine my surprise when he turned up at my gate with relationship woes. I knew he was with some lady or another, I didn't know that they were serious......turns out he has been living with her for the past 2 years...WOW. It was hard to wrap my mind around the concept and after laughing up a storm I gathered myself and was the ear he needed at the time. Di man mash up.

We drank a bit, beer for me, unchased Appleton for him (it really does taste better without the chaser.....in fact I will drink the chaser after a shot or two). He wasn't weepy...he couldn't live that down, cause bad man nuh cry and I would certainly remind him about it in better times....just for the laugh. I listened as he cursed her on the one hand for searching his phone and going out of her way to hurt herself, and on the other, thinking aloud about the bills he needed to help her with since the end of the month was here.....WOW. I had to ask if he was sure he wasn't in love......he laughed and chastised me for even thinking it. I continued to listen as he again spoke about her sweet attributes and her flaws. I am convinced I am not good at interpreting stuff in relationships but it sounded like love to me.....mi nuh mek him none the wiser still, mi jus' mek him gwaan talk.

She and I share a birthday or sign or sumpn' he informed and commented that he should have known better than to mess with her given this fact. I had to question why. Turns out he thinks I am a harsh person in these matters....a budding Player he said. I let it slide cause it wasn't the night to challenge him on that revelation. I summed it up as an erroneous interpretation which I would clarify one day.

At the end of the session (3:00 a.m.) I told him to take all the time he needed cause we all need to take a break sometimes. I can't help thinking about it though....and I concluded that even the greatest of Players get bowled a googly once in a while. This made me feel better about the game I lost and I accept now that life is interesting like that.