Jet Blues: Vapors’ Crazy Potential

My girl Vapors, gotta love her to death. This is her story…

Vapors used to date, be the girlfriend of, a guy called Crazy. Vapors and Crazy would break up every so often. And during their spats, she’d ‘kick it’ with another guy– Potential. Unfortunately, whenever a time came where she had to decide if she’d spend her time with Crazy or Potential, she’d choose Crazy. Ya see, Crazy was in school. Crazy was ‘on her level’. Nevermind that he was crazy and the whole campus knew–hence the nickname CRAZY.

Vapors was cold. She’d do stuff like call Potential and have him come visit her. But before he’d get there, Crazy would show up. So when Potential would buzz her to let her know he was downstairs, she’d ignore him. In fact, Vapors confesses this is the only guy she’s ever done wrong. And why did Vapors dog Potential out so much? Lemme see, when they were seeing each other, when he was at her beck and call, she was wrapped up in Crazy. Also, Potential hadn’t gone to school and was a car salesman. He was good as a play thing but not good enough for her to seriously date. Which is amazing considering he was around even after she and Crazy were done. A good friend. Met her family and even helped pack her stuff up when she moved across country. Unfortunately, by the time Vapros was done with Crazy, she was in law school and Potential had a girlfriend. Then again it didn’t matter that he had a girlfriend because Vapors still wouldn’t have dated him. She was in law school and he was but a car salesman.

As the years went on, they lost touch. That’s Vapors and Potential. Vapors and Crazy still stayed in touch even though he was crazy and would eventually go on to marry and divorce but maintain his craziness. Through out the years, Potential would cross Vapors’ mind. She tried to contact him but her e-mails bounced. She tried to use her access to databases to find him. But nothing.

Jump to NYE 2005-ish. Somewhere during the first week of 2006, Potential crossed Vapors’ mind hard. She sent another e-mail but it too bounced. For some strange reason, Vapors ended up looking in her junk e-mail box. What did she see?? An e-mail from Potential. Not just any e-mail. The e-mail contained pictures. Pictures of how he celebrated NYE 2005. Those pictures included: a driveway where two Bentley’s were parked, three married women sitting on a couch, and some other fancery. She checked the pictures and saw that Potential had on a wedding ring. Could this possibly be Potential’s home? His wife?

Vapors–can y’all tell why she got the name?–e-mails him telling him how she’d been trying contact him for years. He writes back and somehow the two end up talking. On the phone. Next thing you know, he’s calling her ‘Baby’ and letting her know he’s open for a ‘hook up’. Vapors must’ve knew she was wrong because she neglected to mention this resurfacing to one of her clostest friends–Hostess *eyeroll*–for months! Vapors did, however, mention it to another friend who told her, “Oh well his wife is Hispanic. That doesn’t count.” Da hell?

When Vapors told me this, I was shocked. Sickened even. Because the way Vapors put it to me, her focus was on, “That could be my Bentley. That b*tch stole my life.” But me, being the level-headed, not racist (the chick who said a Hispanic wife doesn’t count is white), good friend told her to get over herself and not be a gold digging whore. Yes, those words exactly. I think I hummed, “Back then you didn’t want me…” Cus it’s super appropriate.Not only that, but had she taken Potential seriously, even saw him as something more than something to do when Crazy was acting, uh, well CRAZY, there’s still no way to know he’d have gone on to gain such financial success. Further, if he’s willing to cheat on Conchetta with Vapors, he’d do the same thing to Vapors if she was the wife.

But this all brings me to my main point. No, it’s not that gold-digging is bad. My point today, boyz and girlz, is that you don’t date potential. You don’t deal with someone based on what they might-could be down the line. Like them now. Like them now enough to be with them now. Sure it would be nice if your car salesman with no degree gets into real estate and blows up. But don’t be with him just because you think that’s going to happen.

My other point is that people should be judged by their character. Had Vapors not been blinded by his lack of education, she would have been able to see other good things about him–which probably would have been over-shadowed by his wandering penis as he had tried to get with her a few times even when she was done with Crazy and he had a girlfriend, who he was living with and eventually married. So really, everything worked out for the best, as God would have wanted. Vapors didn’t end up with Crazy or Potential.

The moral–cus I’m all about morals this week: Don’t date a persone because of what you think s/he might grow up to be. Pursue, date, marry, breed with, the Hostess based on the person she is. That’s all I’m saying. Oh and Vapors, when you read this, stop trying to be a gold-digging whore. It doesn’t suit you. And I am one to judge considering I’m from Detroit–home of the Sack-Chasers. I know well of what I speak.