Sorry guys, one month later and I am still blogging about Suspect. **SIGH** This time around I am the one who is away and have been away for over a month. The occasional text has evolved into daily texts, emails and [gasp] phone-calls. The telephone love has morphed into pep talks and how-was-your-day conversations. We’ve had a couple of thrilling visits and even a glitzy cocktail party date. My girlfriends have taken a ‘as long as you know what you are doing’ stance and some of them even seem to like him now. Truth is I still eh know what I am doing but I am enjoying it. 
So one cool November morning I am treated to this dose of baffling suspicious manspeak:
Suspect: so where will you be for Christmas and New Years?
Me: I told you already, the family vacationing in Grenada this year. Where will you be?
Suspect: that’s really too bad, I am going to a big do and I had hoped you would be in the country but that’s fine.
Me: Hmm.. was that meant to be an invite, Suspect… cos it sucked..
… silence… then he changes the topic and continues speaking
Me: so when and where is this shindig anyways sweetie?
Suspect: its New Year’s Eve and its at *****… but you won’t be here…
Me: NEW YEARS EVE?!? wow! is this like a big fancy ball?
Suspect: yes, its an annual event, black tie charity ball… but you won’t be here…
Me: sounds pretty cool Suspect, so am I invited or what?
Suspect: [sighs] yes you are invited Spicey.. but you won’t be here, will you?
Me: wow, a New Year’s Eve ball… that’s so fab, thanks for the invite babes…
Suspect: you are welcome Spicey.
Soooooo.. what to make of this? He really sucks at communicating but he did invite me out on New Year’s Eve didn’t he? from in November!! this is a big deal, right? right? I am unsure both about the invite and if I want to change my travel plans for him. Perhaps I shall wait until it comes up again. I am going to see him this weekend…
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That wasn’t an invite…that was a oh i invited you/but really I didn’t!
is that why i always get myself in trouble? cus mi tink thats an invite an mi woulda tell him seh mi a come same time…
maybe u shudda ask him if that was an invite cus u waan know if u muss change u travel plans and see wah him seh…
that was nothing but a weak guilt trip on his part. true to form: THAT WAS SUSPECT!!!!!
lost in translation hmmmm where have I heard a similar phrase before. I would invite anybody to anything that is so far off unless I thought there was a chance that they wouldn’t be there which in your case hmmm
Poor Suspect. Everybody so suspicious of him…
An invite that you have to wrangle out of him is not an invite…it’s not even manspeak… Dude just doesn’t know how to come out and ask you, or he’s guilting you like someone says. Don’t change your plans for him.
Don’t wait for it to come up again and try to feel him out.
If he wants you to be by his side New Year’s Eve, let him man up and say, “Spicey, I would love to have you next to me when the New Year starts, would you consider changing your plans?” or “What would I need to do for you to consider coming to this charity event with me?”
Let him do a little work, man.
You both speak English right? No reading between the lines then. You deserve to be asked properly. If he wants you to be with him, he would ask.
depends if you enjoy games – if so, tell him your plans have changed and that you’ll be around for new year so you;’ll be able to go to his party – then watch his face!
haha, u invited yourself after turnign him down. We all play games, thats the thrill of it all for us.
You are so much like me, or i’m like you, well anyway, if we knew each other we’d make a good team, hehe, keep up the good work
u guys continue to crack me up as always
Welcome Animal Facts.. make yourself at home!
maybe I should have mentioned before that Suspect, for all his ‘playa’ ways is terrified of rejection and as such, always asks things in a strange backwards / negative way which doesn’t allow for the answer to ever be NO. This was not his first sucky invite
but it was certainly the earliest. Anyhow, I have decided to go to church on Old Year’s with the family instead. I know they will still be around in 2009.
love to you all!! XOX
Poor guy. Enduring such painful sarcasm. All he wanted to do was invite you out. But the word “ball” got you to reconsider, didn’t it?
hey Spicey, where are you?
Gosh I just love the drama of your life, hehe. I quite agree with Simple.