How far will you go for your jumpoff? May 15, 2008
Posted by Babs O'Leary in Dating.trackback
First things first, if you don’t know what a jumpoff is pop on over the Fresh’s spot and get enlightened.
Recently, a guy at work was sharing with me a crazy story involving his latest conquest. It seems that after a night of amour, he dropped her off at work only to be called back immediately to come and tend to her. She had fallen ill and the ambulance had to be called. Somehow he was coerced into riding in the ambulance to the hospital with her.
Sidebar: If you ever have a friend being taken away in an ambulance, ALWAYS follow along in your own car. Why would you want to be stranded at the hospital? And what exactly are you going to do riding in the ambulance? Tell the EMT to scoot over so you can show them how it’s really done?
Anyway, the guy ends up spending the better part of the day at the hospital stranded with no car. He passed the time with jumpoff’s aunt and cousin. He was pissed because he had only stepped out of the house to drop her off and wasn’t wearing any socks. In addition to having to watch the jumpoff use a bed pan, he somehow ended up talking on the phone to the jumpoff’s boyfriend who lives in another state. They are now on a first name basis.
The whole time I was sitting there thinking why in the world would you go through all of this for someone you haven’t even gone on a date with? If it was me, I would have been long gone. Sure I might have gone back to check on the person, I probably would have even gone to the hospital. But once I got there and saw that family was present I would have made a hasty exit.
Am I just totally insensitive?
This also reminds me of something that happened when I was in high school. The story that leads up to this is definitely not for blogland, but when I found myself stranded and called my jumpoff (back then I think it was called hooking up) he told me he couldn’t come get me because he was on his way out with friends. Never mind that he lived about 6 blocks from where I was. I ended up calling an ex-boyfriend who had better home training and the jumpoff was cast aside indefinitely.
Maybe that is why I am so insensitive. Dude didn’t put on his cape and help me out, so why shouldn’t every jumpoff fend for herself?
What do you think? How far would you be willing to go for someone you were only very casually seeing or only seeing behind closed doors? Would you cancel plans to help them? Would you give up your whole Saturday?
It really depends on the relationship. If I know that I can call & they will be there in times of need, I would go that extra mile. The average jumpoff, I wouldn’t make myself too available for them.
I was going to say no until I remembered how I called this guy I wasn’t feeling at all to pick from home and take me to the mall where I had to leave my car because I lost my keys. I felt obligated to spend another occasion with him.
Generally, people need to learn their roles and stay in them unless invited on up my social ladder.
I read this before I got to work and then again when I got here and this is the FUNNIEST SHIT EVAR!!! How do you introduce yourself to your jumpoff’s cousin, aunt and BOYFRIEND???
This is the line that shut it down for me: In addition to having to watch the jumpoff use a bed pan, he somehow ended up talking on the phone to the jumpoff’s boyfriend who lives in another state. They are now on a first name basis.
WTFH?????????????????? LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’ll be honest I probably wouldn’t have answered the phone. I would have figured I got your ass home safe, NOW what do you want??
“play your part, play your part”
This is clearly a violation of multiple rules Jumpoffology.
The handbook clearly states, rule #482, page 25 section 2.1.1 – Under no circumstances shall the jumpoff or jumpee foster communication with the mainstay except to explain and defend the non-existence status of the jumpoff or jumpee (read: I’m not fuggin’ her. I don’t even know her)….
Both of them shall return their membership cards.
Yeah i’m with Tiffany in Houston- International Player’s Anthem “play your part, play your part”
Wow … good question.
I don’t know because there are different levels of jumpoffs. Generally speaking I couldn’t leave a person in dire straits, but spending the day in the hospital is something of a stretch.
lmao@Fresh- thanks for breaking out the handbook!
D.E.A.D at Tell the EMT to scoot over so you can show them how it’s really done?
LMAO @ Fresh’s handbook! Can I pick it up at my nearest Barnes & Noble?
Babs, thanks for making me laugh the hardest so far this week ! Even if I had been stupid enough to get stranded without my car at the hospital, I would definitely have called one of my girls to come & pick me up ASAP once I was certain this person wasn’t dead. This is exactly the type of thing that causes people to begin to get confused about the status of the “relationship”.
That is something special. But it seems that he cares more for jump-off than he’d like to admit.
Hhahahahah! OMG, funny post and I’m sitting here cracking up at TIH bec I was thinking the same things.
You’re not insenstive at all. No way would I ever do that for someone I was casually “seeing.”
LMAO–*** He was pissed because he had only stepped out of the house to drop her off and wasn’t wearing any socks.***
Fresh has a handbook and revoking membership cards too!!!!!
lol
an ambulance ride along
what a nice brotha
that’s a bit too much to get going