These days, I have a new BFF and her name is Naté. We enjoy similar music, gossip blogs and she supports my stalkerization of both Robin Thicke and Method Man. We’ve bonded with issues over being the only black person in the workplace, folks misspelling and mispronouncing our name and how our accent marks have become the bane of our existence.
The only thing is, Naté and I have never met.
See, Naté is the girlfriend of my coworker Matthew. He’s a quiet, ordinary white fella who sits near me. I didn’t think one way or the other of him when he started working with me, but my eyebrows went straight to the ceiling when I saw the picture of the beautiful sistah on his desk. I tried to keep my surprise on the inside as countless numbers of our colleagues went up to him, ogled his girlfriend’s picture and told him that he was way out of his league. Yeah, I don’t work with the most sensitive people.
Anyway, it’s no secret that I check ybf on a frequent basis for my gossip fix. But one day Matthew told me that his gf told him to tell me that the site had a mention of Robin Thicke that I needed to check out. And sure enough, there was a link to a story on my man, in all his glory. From then on, Naté has been golden with me.
Since then, Naté, via Matthew, has become my go-to person in the office. It’s not unusual for me to say something like, ‘Hey Matthew, I hate that new song by (insert famous R&B artist here), what does she think? (She agreed)’ ‘Hey Matthew, is Naté wearing her black to support the Jena 6? (She was and so did he)’ And he’ll say, ‘Hey Strength, Naté wants to know if you think Paula Patton is pregnant (I have noticed a belly bump).’
Maybe one day I’ll meet Naté. I do get a kick out of her, via Matthew. We keep telling him to bring her around, but they live too far away for socializing outside of the office. Or so he says. Truthfully, I wonder if there even is a Naté. Maybe Matthew is embracing that inner black woman that dwells in us all.
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6 comments:
I've never met her, but I love Nate, too! And I love me some ybf. It's the best way to find out what my future husband Terrence Howard is up to.
Oh, ybf is such the obsession! Terrence Howard was once my man, but we broke up. You can have him this week, maybe I'll get at him next week. =) What'd u think of Grey's?
"Truthfully, I wonder if there even is a Naté."
My thoughts exactly...that's hilarious.
Wasnt Terrence Howard hooking up with Kim Kardashian or something?
Did he cheat on you or something?
haha
love your writing...wish you did it more often
Hmmm, I'm not sure about Terrence Howard and Kim K, but anything's possible! We only broke up cuz I saw a not so hot photo of him recently. I need my men to look on point AT ALL TIMES!!
Thanks for the compliment. I'll try to write more.
this is soooo cute. nate is funny...if she even exists. because i mean, who does that? i think he just wants to seem interesting. and hot black chicks with average white guys instantly makes them interesting. lol.
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