Funny Fridays

Usually for Funny Fridays I find a humorous clip of something from YouTube. But I had an incident that happened to me that I thought was rather funny at my own naive expense. Now, this is not "roll on floor laugh your ass off" kind of funny. You may chuckle or you may just simply think "wow". But regardless, I will share with you, MY funny Friday.

So for those of you who don’t know me personally, let me give you some insight about me first which may help you understand my confusion. I stand at a good 5'9 and some change. Almost 5'10 but not quite there. I'm somewhat slender, with a nice pair of hips to match. Ok? Got it? Good! Ok, whether male or female, gay or straight, 80% of conversation starters with me usually begin with how tall I am. The convo could be anything from "Dang! You tall" or " how tall are you?" or the infamous, "Do you play basketball?" Every blue moon I get "do you model", but basketball is apparently all I'm good for even though im not that great of an athlete. Usually I'm always confused by the basketball question. Like, do you mean do I play for a H.S team, a college team, WNBA or just for fun? Like seriously, why is that the first question out of most peoples mouths! I have other talents too! I would be rather handy at a Zoo cleaning Giraffes, but NOOOO! No one ever suggests that. Anywho, so with basketball being the question I get all the time, maybe you can understand where I'm coming from.

So, I'm at getting out the car on the parking lot of my grandmothers apartments when this man in an SUV pulls up.Now, while I'm not wearing a summer dress with heels on, I thought I looked nice. Casual, but still girly. You know, boots, jeans, nice shirt...etc. My hair was even down! But yet this man feels the need to ask "What team do you play for"? Now keep in mind, most men assume that I hoop anyways so of course my innocent mind thought he was talking about hooping. I replied " I don’t play for a team". He paused. "You don’t play for a team?" he asked. "No." I laughed. He then asks, "can I be on your team?". I laughed again and told him to take it easy and have a good one. I walked away.

So, most of you probably got what he was asking right away. I didn’t. But in my defense, that phrase is not common with me. You have NEVER heard me use that phrase to describe anyone. I'm not that politically correct! I'll straight up say he/she is gay, lesbian, carpet muncher, down low, fruity in the booty…whatever comes to mind. Yeah, i may be more wrong than pigs eating ham, but oh well. Plus, I don’t know how that phrase is properly used. For example, if I play for the other team (men) does that mean I LIKE men or does that mean I'm on the mens team and like Women? It's confusing to me.

So anywho, the bright light didn’t go off until later that evening when I was with my boyfriend. We were at dinner and what happened that evening crossed my mind. Just as I was about to tell him what happened, it clicked! "OH! Ok! THAT'S what he meant! Duh". I told my bf and he felt the same way. Like I should have known. But again, I don’t use that phrase a lot and of course with the term "team" being thrown in there, I thought he seriously meant basketball! Oh well! That was my funny moment! Don’t you dare judge me!

**P.S. I'm still not sure what team you would classify me with, but it's the team that likes men!