Sunday, April 22, 2012

Why Don't Black Women Like Me?

Over the last week I have gone out with two sets of women.  First group black  woman and second group white women.  Not a lot of differences in the women except maybe the ages  but that's not the point.  I behaved in much the same manner with both groups.  Small talk  about work, spouse, children etc.  no big deal.  Only difference is at the end of spending time with the black women  no one exchanged numbers, face book pages, or email address.   The white women on the other hand all wanted to be face book friends before our night ended.  It wouldn't be that big of a deal  but this happens to me all the time.

I really thought about this over the last week and realized since I moved to Charlotte  I have only met one or two black women that really wanted to be friends with me.  This has also made me wonder why?  I'm a nice person.  I'm a little shy  and I'm never the first person to initiate conversation.  Maybe people take my shyness as being stuck up.  But if that's the case why do white women talk to me and want to hang out?   I really have no answer for this question and it's really bugging me. 

This is not just in my personal life but my work life as well.  At work I eat lunch with a group of white women.  I chit chat with the black women in my office but we never really hang out.  However, I do socialize with some of the white women.  Yes there are some things about me that are not stereotypical of black women  but not that many.  I try to be encouraging to all women I meet.  I have insecurities about myself just like most women  and that's why I'm not more outgoing.  I freely give compliments to other women because I think it's a nice thing to do.  White women will usually smile say thank you and even sometimes strike up a conversation.  But not most black women  they will say thanks  and quickly move on.  

This is one blog I wish had more followers, especially black women,  maybe then I could get an answer to my question. 

6 comments:

  1. You know what Roz, I have the same problem. The truth is, I don't have any friends that I hang out with. Everyone I know I know from work; and most of them don't want to hang out with me and I don't really want to hang out with most of them.

    It's frustrating, but something that I've had to deal with myself for a long long time.

    Even if an abundance of women aren't frequenting your page, I can honestly say I feel you on this.

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    1. Reggie I can't imagine anyone not liking you. You are so funny and mesmerizing. If they don't want to get to know you it's their loss

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  2. quite unusual, but hey, perhaps competition from the new lady on the block? if you've just moved it might change. in my experience white friends are very open on the outside but incredibly guarded close to home. OK, a bit of a generalization, when I worked in Italy my colleagues were falling over themselves to invite me to their homes. In the UK I've never been invited to a colleagues home, though I always invite them for parties etc. Were your experiences before Charlotte markedly different?

    We black people let it all hang out and wear our hearts on our sleeves, too much sometimes lol!

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    1. Hey Chrome thanks for leaving a comment. I've lived in Charlotte for about 17 years. I'm originally from Birmingham AL and my experiences were quite different. I had a very diverse close group of friends. And maybe I'm been sensitive but I just think it's very odd

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  3. Too funny! I've noticed the same thing, but I'm on the other side of the fence. I know a lot of white women who want to keep in touch ALL the time, talk on the phone 30 minutes a day sharing EVERYTHING, then want to go out for coffee, even though we just talked about everything. And that's just not me, I like looser friendships where I don't feel obligated to keep in touch daily. With my black friends we can not talk for a month, then pick up and go out and have a great time! I have a few white friends I can do that with, but the majority get pissed if I try to talk to them after not talking for a week. Maybe white women just want to be up in everyone's business more? Haha

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  4. Ha ha I never looked at it that way. Maybe you are on to something

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