Women Are Like Oranges

Day 164: Several years ago I actually heard this and watched as the presenter who stated that, "Women were like Oranges and men were like Apples." Of course , the crowd went crazy as we all sat on the edge of our seats with anticipation of how this scene would play out. And play out it did as he broke down all the emotional stuff we as women deal with when we get into relationships.

Earlier today a girlfriend of a very close friend called me on a three-way with him to pull me into a very sensitive disagreement. I was shocked he allowed her to call me as I had only met her over the phone. He knew I thought she was loony to be dating him. But, for some reason he encouraged her to include me in their mess. He said, "I know you will be a voice of reason and can help us both resolve this because I love her so much." Ohhhhhhhh.

As I listened to the girlfriend who was doing most of the talking, I was reminded of the Orange & Apple story. Over the years, I've told him that whatever he has that makes women lose their senses with him I hope to never run up on it. Once he convinced two women he was in intimate relationship's with at the same time to move in together with him. Talk about silly women...

Of course today was about another woman he currently lives with and the one on the phone is waiting for him to move out and marry her. Huh! She's ranting and all the time he is so calm, professing his love and not wanting to disappoint her. He even threw in how he really believes they will be married by January no later than April. All the time I'm thinking about that Orange.

So the story of the Orange & Apple goes something like this. These two people meet in church and the man is not a good looker. He approaches the woman and she is turned off by him and tells her girlfriend how she would never go out with him...never. Sunday after Sunday he approaches her and tells her how beautiful she looking and other niceties. But she is not attracted to him and wants nothing to do with him. One Sunday she decides to move to another side of the church to get away from him. This Sunday no one notices her at all. The following Sunday she moves back to the other side of church and he sees her and tells her how much he missed seeing her last Sunday. Next thing you know he has her number and they are dating.

A few months go by and they are inseparable and she starts to fall and all the while he's peeling her layer by layer. Visualize the orange-and every week she reveals more of herself and falls a little harder- layer by layer until she's completely uncovered. As soon as he got her where he wanted her he told her it was over and she was hurt and shocked. The man who is like an apple has a hard cover and you have to take him on one bite at a time. Moral of the story, if you don't like ugly men then don't date ugly men or you will end up with ugly babies. In other words, if you say you don't want to be in a relationship with a man while he's still in a relationship with another woman then wait and don't compromise.

While my friend said as many of the right things as possible I could see him as that hard core apple. The girlfriend tried to sound tough, but I knew she was in deep and has been totally peeled back and was now uncovered. There was very little room for mediation as they both are delusional and she most certainly will take a hard fall.

I heard a very smart, clever and professional woman on the phone who hears the truth between the lines but chooses to rationalize the grey areas. I'm sure this is not her first time attracting a man like my friend. She fits the pattern of his five baby mama's who all fell for the same Okie Doke . Or did they get exactly what they were looking for?

Compromise always comes at a huge price and when it's a matter of the heart it's even costlier. Stop settling ladies......wait.