It was over before it started...

Welp, Jamaica was cut from the roster. I love early cuts. No one is attached, so walking away isn't personal.

So what lead to Jamaica's downfall? Well we were supposed to meet up for a date, one in which we had talked to each other about just an hour and a half prior to the scheduled meet time of 7:30pm. Well 7:30 came, no Jamaica. 8:00 came, no Jamaica, no phone call or text. 8:30 I called and left a voicemail. 8:45 I sent a text. 9pm he was unofficially released, barring extenuating circumstances such as death, arrest or hospitalization. However those circumstances had an expiration time of midnight. When I finally heard back from him, it around 1pm the next day and it was by text, which read, "I am so sorry. I was speelling." Ok, first of all what the hell is speelling? And secondly, was the best excuse he could come up with 18 hours later? Honestly he could have kept that message because I don't communicate after a cut but I do enjoy a good lie every now and then. He didn't even try to envoke his imagination...

Here is an important take away from Jamaica's slip. My time is important to me. I am a single mom, full time employee and part time graduate student. Setting aside time to spend with someone is a big deal because that means I have to get a sitter, rush to do homework, etc. And it is for these exact same reasons that I am just as considerate about the time of others. Since we were fairly early in our dating adventures a simple call would have been acceptable. The excuse used wouldn't have really mattered to me but definitely noted as a means of identifying patterns of behavior going forward. SN: I am a phone call type of girl. A text would have been ignored even though I sent one, mainly because I ALWAYS call first.

Dudes are always asking me why am I still single. They are usually quick to label me as picky or high maintenance but Jamaica is a perfect example of a dude doing something stupid which got him teliminated from my life. A phone call could have avoided this outcome. Isn't that the same thing our parents used to say?