Food for Thought I wonder how many hands would go up if I asked, How many of ya'll check yo mans phone at least once maybe even every chance you get .For some of you probably all the time but rarely only a few might of had the mere thought of going through it to feed that little voice in your head. You know the one that will wake you up if his phone should so much as beep while the both of you are asleep. The one that has you up saying "Umm is it 2am in this nigga over here checking his text messages? Who the hell is that?" Which probably started the spark that has now become a seed of uncertainty. Nowadays you could really learn a lot and I mean a lot by what is in some ones iphone or blackberry. For instance whenever your dude phone rings or beeps does your eyebrows raise with intense curiosity as to who it might be especially if its after 9pm? Do you know the different ring tone or alerts for his phone? I don't care how secure you probably think you are but sometimes a women's intuition will steer you right. I'm sure its been thought about at least once. In for you ladies who never acted upon this crazy impulse I commend your strong will power cause I sure am one of the ladies raising my hand right now. No one I know likes to be lied to or made a fool of. So I'll give you my take on Truth or Trust when it comes to your mans phone. Just don't do it!!
I use to think I'd find all the answers I needed there. That's cause one day I made one of the dumbest mistakes a girl could ever make and read his messages. I don't know when or why I felt the urge to know what mysteries lurked in there. Could've been because he stayed on it or the nonstop ringing but mainly maybe because he guarded it with his life. Whatever the case was, one night I was caught off guard and was hot when some broad was on the line talking about she was his girlfriend..Umm pause say what!? I then had to know what was going on. Immediately I was hooked. I was now what you called a phone bandit sneaking around late at night to take a peek at who my dude was talking to every minute of the day, getting funky ass attitudes when it did ring or beep cause I really needed to know who he was texting and talking to better yet who was hitting him up and why. I started off by just checking messages and trying to guess the voice mail password then calling numbers not stored in his phone with my number blocked to see if a girl was gonna answer. So yes if you were one of the broads he was being friendly with back then 9 out of 10 it probably was me calling in hanging up in your faces.. lol.. so sad but so true. Truth be told there are so many others out there like me who once did this so I'm glad to know I'm not as crazy as I thought I was. I would do retarded shit like wait until he'd use the restroom or took a shower in begin my search. You probably would think I was a little Mc Guvyer do the drastic measures I would take like waiting up until he fell asleep in army crawling around the side of the bed heart beating so fast, praying he didn't wake up in see what I was doing. Especially wit not one clue of what I'd say if he woke up at 3 in the morning and I'm layin on the floor crawling around like a damn fool. For those who know me I'm pretty sure your picturing this dying laughing cause you know I really did this shit . Sitting back now I laugh at how ridiculous I must have look doing all kinds of sneaky ass James Bond moves,such as cracking codes, hiding in the closets so I could go through the messages in call logs breaking my neck to check in see what he was doing. Yeah real thirsty I know ya'll so please don't judge me. The shit some women do for they niggas I swear they had to be crazy in love ..or maybe just being young and dumb even though there are a few of ya'll old ones out there to. This was all because I built up an insecurity within myself cause of a damn phone. They say seek and you shall find and in some cases I did only to hurt my own feelings when I'd find either a basic conversation down to even a random naked picture of some lame ass ratchet broad. Of course I'd blow my cover once I'd find anything and an argument would soon surely follow once I confronted him. I would get the "Why you going through my phone speech in how disrespectful is that". Though he had a valid point didn't justify it. Ladies that will be there excuse. See I set myself up, since I made the decision to go through his business only to turn around in still stay in the end. Despite my findings on what I would say was incriminating evidence much to my surprise I only drove myself crazy and became paranoid bringing out an obsession that was very unhealthy. Even if he was doing nothing I still needed to validate my reason on looking, Always having to seek out what I thought was the truth. I allowed this crazy paranoia through the course of my relationship to be dictated by his stupid ass phone. When instead of just communicating with him and sitting down and talking to him about what I was feeling. Yes men will be men but as women we tend to live in denial sometimes about some of the shit we put up with. We tend to build are own insecurity and become so paranoid that we don't even care to notice what we're doing with are own confidence which is putting it in the hands of someone else. That we're much like them and in ways we are disrespecting them by invading their privacy especially when we find nothing. I use to be a strong advocate on going through a mans phone. I was so good at it my home girls would call in ask how could they too break the codes on the phones or check call logs without even having his phone in hand. I would create excuses within myself such as; it gives me a piece of mind and his business is my business cause we live together. When in fact its not! That's that mans business if he decides to give out his number or do anything in his phone that could possibly break are relationship even if its in your name its still his business. Why set yourself up for sabotage if it was meant for you to know you will. Don't add to the drama that he may be producing. We sometimes live on learning the hard way rather then just asking when something's bothering us and dealing with it. If you have to check up on your man like a kid then maybe you don't need to be in a relationship with him. We should all know by now a man is not perfect they cease to exist. We need to build on trust instead of finding reasons not to trust. Communication is the key to a healthy relationship with out talking how will you know your man and how can you trust him if you don't know who he is as a person? I love this quote "How will you know what you don't know", it simple if you don't go through his shit you won't know. Not saying play blind if you know the truth, bring it up,work it out and move on. Don't go searching when the signs are there already. My older home girls had to tell me all the time. So I'm now sharing my experience with you all through this blog. Build your trust and if he makes a mistake in breaks it,know he is only human. So you then should try to build with the broken pieces if you can or if its worth saving. I don't condone the snooping at this point nor am I justifying wrongness on a mans part by saying not to check his phone. I'm simply saying it'll only further confuse things and will have your mind playing tricks on you most of the time. In today society with all the temptations around and available social networks as outlets to meet new people. The phone has now become not your only problem if it is one you'll have to check everything. After the phone next it'll will be the emails ,twitter, facebook etc. Then you'll become so involved with this it can turn into an obsession. Leaving you no time to have a life of your own cause your to caught up in his. So you have to have faith in your man to do the right thing. We all know its hard to trust someone especially if they let you down before. But like my momma always said "What you do in the dark will surely come to light". So let the truth seek you and you become the bigger person and leave that damn phone alone. You'll know if its meant to be or if its time to move on.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
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OMGEEEEE.... JONDELLE you hit this shit right on point... & honestly I feel this is me your talking about i'm sure every 1 feels this when they read it but I used to do the same thing but dont bcus I found myself feeling insecure about me when in all it wasn't me but I love this blog....
ReplyDeleteYou hit the nail right on the head! I pictured myself about 4 years ago the whole time i was reading. Great blog!
ReplyDeleteWell said... the TRUTH has spoken there is no point in snooping if you know you ain't leaving. And there is not point in forgiving if you still find your self snooping.
ReplyDeleteYour personal scenario reminded me of Angela in Tyler Perry's new movie why did i get married too" but she was far worse she came to the same conclusion as you if you have a problem just confront it head on. I like to live in my own utopia where I think everything is ok. I've learned from my other friends mistakes and them ruining their own relationship that snooping is not the answer confronting him head on is better. Yes, it's hard to trust when you've been hurt previously by cheating but if you say I forgive you and youg guys move foward that means putting behind all your insecurites and start new with a fresh slate and a renewed sense of trust.
ReplyDeleteWowwwww I think no one could right/say it better! I loveeeeee your blog Jondelle, I never read blogs but Im sure one of your #1 Blog fans LOL.
ReplyDeleteSome one needs to tell the truth out there & thank GOD its you. You should be having your own page in a magazine though. I think that magazine would be sold so well bcuz of you LOL.
Keep doin what you're doin!
I have been in that closet with my super spy gear and i am well aware of it but it is there business. Men are simple creature's of habit if they do it once it will happen again find me a man that doesn't cheat, flirt or try and i will show you one very good liar ;)Women have to realize he will do what he chooses and it has NOTHING to do with YOU its is and always will be His decision to lie, cheat and jeopardise his relationship and it will always be YOUR decision to stay the key is to no the game when you start to play that way the rules are established there can only be a winner and a loser and that too is the womens decision ,see ladies we hold the keys and we can't be fucked over unless we allow it never be the victim always be the victor ......
ReplyDeleteI can't even lie I been one of those women who had a constant urge to check my mans phone. Im nosey so I want to know who you talking to when you at my house. Who blowing you up besides me? I'm very confident in myself but females so file now a days you can never be to careful. You just have to have that trust in eachother. We have all the power little do men know because when it's all said and done we make the decisions...live and learn from your mistakes.I don't recommend anyone checking there mans phone because that only leads to problems and more problems after that. But never settle yourself for less. If he aint doing right kick his ass to the curve because there will be someone out there for you who will love you unconditionally and treat you how your suppose to be treated. You have to know what you can tolerate and what's just not acceptable.
ReplyDeleteJondelle I'm glad you can admit you were one of those women because most people would deny that they didn't. Atleast you keeping it real and admitting what you have done and learned a lesson from it. And to me if you can admit your flaws out to the open that shows a definition of a woman.
smh cause im goin through this rite now but the only thing is my situation is crazy im n love wit a man thats not his self smh now im trynna piece it togetha but im killin myself doin so
ReplyDeleteI COULDNT AGREE MORE W/ THIS POST!!!! i too was that female in my last relationship.. and that, among other things caused the end to that chapter of my life. i learned from that experience, and tell all my female friends now that they shouldnt go dwn that path of checkin their bf's phn/fb/twitter.. i didnt knw how crazy i was until i was outta my relationship and saw one of my friends log onto their bf's fb (she also figured out his pswd) ..she LITERALLY spent an HR goin thru ALL HIS STUFF ON THERE.. and when she told me she does that at least once a day, i realized its MADNESS!!
ReplyDeleteits sooooooo true ladies, you can be doing so much more w/ your time! Communicate the issue before it becomes a HUGE prob!
luv ur blog Jondelle! :)