193: say WHAT?!

if i wasn't the type of momma that i am, i'd be waiting for this boy with a baseball bat y'all.

the other day we were at the library. baby bliss was hanging out at a table in the kid's section, with a girl she met here monday.

i was standing at my friend V's desk, shooting the breeze. out of the cornea (LOL) of my eye, i saw a young man plop himself in a chair at their table. i didn't think much of it but i did keep one eye on them while i continued gabbing.

next thang i know, baby bliss and her friend come running over to me and V, giggling like mad hyenas. baby bliss had a piece of folded paper in her hand.

"mommy!" she giggle-shouted, "look at this!"

i took the paper, unfurled the gazillion folds, and here's what i read:




HAY my is ____ when i fast saw you

I have a crush on you do you a boyfriend

I love you will you go out with me

I like your sister the one in the pink

I love you babygirl call me at _____________

I love you I will miss you babgirl

(first name last name)

I love you


baby girl


my first observation was that mr. ________ either flunked elementary english or he was so smitten with baby bliss that he just couldn't get his thoughts together. i had to give him points for style and suave maneuvering tho. the note was typed, not handwritten and he delivered it himself. but he got demerits for failing to ensure that the note was delivered to the correct recipient.

baby bliss said he sat at the table, struck up a conversation with her and her friend (the one wearing pink), asking about school and how old they were. then instead of giving baby bliss the note directly, he put it on the table, looked up at the ceiling and said, "that's for you".

the friend grabbed the note, they read it, then got confused as to who it was really for. hence bringing the note to momma for further clarification.

after i read the note to V, the friend asked me to give it back to her. i told her no, i was holding it for evidence, just in case.

i'll admit i was a little miffed when baby bliss said the boy told them he was 15. then i had to remember that young ladies usually mature sooner than young men (mentally, at least) and how older guys were always interested in me when i was young. (but not 10!)

i later learned the young man in question was part of a group of mentally challenged young men who are brought to the library periodically by an adult who may be their case worker.

i showed mr. bliss the note when we got home and gave him all the particulars i knew. initially he was up in arms about it all.

but he checked the young man out when he stopped by yesterday and thought the guy was harmless. he said, "he would probably be a better friend to her than some of the friends she has now".

mr. bliss is just too trusting at times.

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