Typical Jamaican Woman

[Nunya]

Coworker had a house warming at which her Jamaican beau was present. Him and I were the only Jamaicans there. I was in the process of moving and neva waa go, but she badger mi an badda mi til mi say yes.

Got there, told her I could only stay a minute and that I'd asked David to pick me up in an hour.

So people started trickling in. Her man arrived. I began chatting to him, asking him questions like where in Ja he's from, blah blah. He's asking me the questions back so it's all good. I thought.

Then I asked him, so what're your intentions concerning coworker. She overheard and freaked out. told me I was being awkward.

The thing was, she had been going on and on about dude for ever! She didn't know what his real intentions were and though she likes to think she's ballsy and plain speaking, she's not. I asked her, before the party, if she wanted me to find out for her. She said to me, you can't ask someone that. Why not? You just can't.

So you don't want me to ask, I ask her. Well, it's not that, she says. It just seems an awkward thing to ask (she likes that word - awkward).

Anyway, I was on a deadline, I needed to be up out of there, so I just asked. I thought she was outside, but she heard me and started freaking out about me being awkward. And she yells at him to not answer. He just sat there looking bemused.

I chalked it up to her being young and was grateful when David pulled up.

[kia027]

Our posts posted at the same time. I see why she naively made the 'typical Jamaican women'..

Man is weak to even make that comment. Not making assumptions but it kinda come across as a man who is dating a non black woman


Love your response to her! Although she may not have appreciated having her and her guy called weak but cho!

[Nunya]

Next day, she wanted to know what I thought about her guy. He seems nice enough, I said. Can't really tell after only just talking to him for a minute.

Well, he thought you were a typical Jamaican woman she said with a hint of disparagement.

Oh really now. And what exactly is a typical Jamaican woman, I asked her.

Well the questions you were asking him, I mean, who asks that?

People who want to know the answers? - I was genuinely puzzled.. You knew I was gonna ask that ish.

She - Well yeah, but I just... it was so... OMG, It was soooo awkward!



I said - I can't deal with weak woman. You say you want one thing, you'll agree to one thing, but when it comes to fruition, you back down.

She says - I don't know how any man deal with you women.

Me - You mean Jamaican women.

Her - yeah. Like, how does anyone deal with you guys. You guys are crazy. Even (har man) says that Jamaican women are something else.

Me - It takes a strong man to deal with us. We are not you. you are weak. You don't know what the f you want, and if by some small miracle you do, you are too chicken to ask for it. A Jamaican woman's strength and directness frightens you and shows you up. And that's why you want to label us crazy and awkward. What're you gonna do when you meet his mother? Call her crazy and awkward? LOL!

She walks away muttering that she doesn't know how anyone can deal with a Jamaican woman...

[Suesumba]

"you women" - - typical jamaican man must have told her sooooooooooooooooo many things about the typical jamaican woman. she's neither black nor jamaican noh true?

[Nunya]

Yeah, white Canadian. Who's only into Jamaican and African men... and I'm sure there's been pillow talk especially when he needs to assuage her insecurities...

[Peasie]

Mi tink she was quizzing the man so much after the party that him just tell har 'Cho man. Nunya jus ask mi bout tings. So woman stay.'

Then she probably responded with, 'but I'm not so awkward, am I?'

Shi outta awdah to come follow up wid you di nex day.

[Xavier]

Interested discussion. You did her a favor asking this question and his silence speaks volumes. If his intentions was to buy the cow rather than just getting the milk he would have spoke up quickly...I have heard the stereotype comment before that the Jamaican women are 2 times the woman...

[Suesumba]

Nunya is typically not a typical jamaican woman dat *facety and renk* gyal oodan ennup wid har face backway fram di typical jamaican ooman bax.

[Xavier]

I have to ask...What is the typical Jamaican woman?

[j-kid]

Dat ah di laass time shi invite yuh tuh wan ah har functions.

Anyway, I was on a deadline, I needed to be up out of there, so I just asked. I thought she was outside, but she heard me and started freaking out about me being awkward. And she yells at him to not answer. He just sat there looking bemused.

What're you gonna do when you meet his mother? Call her crazy and awkward? LOL!

[Peasie]

I have to ask...What is the typical Jamaican woman?

You mean to ask what is the stereotypical Jamaican woman, don't you?

[FLUFFY]

chrrrrrrrrrrrrrps

Like she seh fi go cause deep down she really want to know and when you do it she yell across room ova it?
He probably just gave her such answers maybe from hearing "awkward" too much during pillow talk. Like which sensible woman no waan ask a suitor ALL DE QUESTIONS you can ask to truly KNOW one's intentions towards you?? Maybe his intentions is a drive by ting?

Typical Jamaican woman to them means one who bold, too head strong sometimes, and would challenge their men.

Hence why she is weak. Indeed, what she gonna do when she meet him madda who may all ask her what kinna drawse she wore that day?

She a go seh the meeting was 'awkward."

[Xavier]

Hence why she is weak. Indeed, what she gonna do when she meet him madda who may all ask her what kinna drawse she wore that day?

She a go seh the meeting was 'awkward."

DWL...I had a friend who said his mother called his professor at College to ask if he was behaving and if he smells cleans...I know the lady and she is the type of person who would do that...DWL

[Nunya]

Typical Jamaican woman to them means... and would challenge their men.

I think this is where he was leaning...

Now she claim that she challenges him all the time, and that she don't take his crap and whatnot. She sees herself as a strong woman and I would say she is - among people of her ilk.

She hasn't truly been tested. Her idea of a 'terrible weekend' is that he said he would come over and he didn't and she was all dressed up to go out and sat around waiting for him... She will go on and on about how hard that was to do, cause she could've gone out with her girls but she waited for him and he didn't show...

Or conversely, she would say how he wanted to come over but she wanted to hang with her girls and he got mad but she did it anyway.

That's her being a 'strong woman' ...

[Nunya]

Dat ah di laass time shi invite yuh tuh wan ah har functions.

I think you're right. She asked me what I thought of her new place and I told her it was cute, but she should tidy up before she invite people ova. She was confused.