All Behind a Phone Number

693-6077 is my fake phone number. I go by the name Shelia or Kelly, depending on the atmosphere. I'm not a pop culture defined baddie or sexy woman and even I many times when with others leave restaurants or night events with my phone powered down or hidden and turn it on once I am in the car. One of the reasons why is in the video below. And believe it or not, men like this are out there. And few people are addressing them about their actions.

So, Melvin has a problem. He got upset because a lady he met didn't call or text him back within hours of him calling her. What if the "she" he called was busy doing anything other than waiting for his phone correspondence? She went to sleep. She watched TV.  She went to church for a night service. She went to class. Like this female humans couldn't possibly have a life. And even if she was blowing him off, his voicemail rant didn't make him more mature or nicer than her. He just looks like a butthurt a-hole.

*deepest of sighs* Again there are many Melvins out there. Melvins are just men who somehow, someway, think they are entitled to your social time. Melvin doesn't want to wait. And Melvin doesn't handle rejection well. Melvin can look like any man out there. Melvins can be our relatives, friends, co-workers, neighbors, postmen, bus drivers, sandwich makers, cashiers, CEO of companies, HR managers, or any type of male people in our lives.

Dating interactions are a gamble. But do you pitch a fit at the dealer win you lose at the craps table? We all know Melvin. But how many of us are helping Melvin stop this behavior in a healthy & helpful manner? Sorry, teasing is not really constructive to Melvins, in my opinion. Yeah, I don't imagine seeing a lot of those stories popping up in the comment section & inbox.

But I know too many ladies like me who find it necessary to have a fake name & number system in order to feel a little safer in this world. These stories are becoming too common. And Melvin's behavior could get worse. He left a message to one lady. There was a lady who lost her life because she rejected a man's advances.

Oh, and Melvin happened in Offline land.

As Always Talking to You in Adult Terms!