Don’t you think what Earl did to Carole at the restaurant is disgusting? Earl is my 59 year old rich and powerful cousin. Denise his is ex of 19 years, Carole is their 26 year old daughter and Iman is the 32 year old girl that Earl is not serious with and just beds twice a week.
On Friday, December 11, 2009 Earl emails me to invite me to dinner on Monday, December 14, 2009. As we were emailing back and forth on the 11th he says to me “I have a new girlfriend” So I emailed back “Ok” And Earl emails me back telling me she is 32 years old, (from Palestine and Muslim), and he met her at Howard University. I was stunned because 32 is way to young and Howard University is an all Black school and we are White. But I did not say anything.
Any way on Monday, December 14, 2009 I met Earl at Pearl East Restaurant in Manhasset. When we were sitting down I said to him “Nice restaurant” And he said “Speaking of restaurants” and he proceeded to tell me the following:
Earl said to me: “Last week Iman and I went to a restaurant in Great Neck. When Iman and I walked into the restaurant there was Carole and Denise sitting at a table. So I told Iman to go and sit at a table and I would join her. I then went over and said a civil hello to Carole and Denise. I then went to join Iman. When I was sitting down at the table with Iman I turned toward Carole and Denise and Denise mouthed the words ‘You came in here with her’”. So I said “Denise is __” and before I could finish the sentence Earl finished it for me “Yep mother bear protecting her young. Also not to long after I sat down with Iman Denise and Carole walked out, Carole was crying but the funny thing is not to long before I came into the restaurant with Iman Denise left me a cell phone voice mail inviting me to join her and Carole for dinner at that restaurant but I did not get the message until it was to late” I then said to him “Are you serious with Iman?” and Earl said “No definitely not - I just see Iman twice a week and mostly for sex” End of conversation, but I was very upset but I had to drive home at night and I did not want to yell at him at the restaurant.
POST SCRIPT: I KNOW EARL GOT DENISES INVITATION BECAUSE WHEN HE AND I HAD DINNER HE CHECKED HIS CELL PHONE VOICE MAIL.
He has a right to do date - even to date someone just to have sex with her.
It's unfortunate they ended up at the same restaurant and that this made Denise and Carole uncomfortable, but he didn't actually do anything wrong. It was simply an uncomfortable situation that was no one's fault, and that everyone might have been able to handle better than they did.
If you don't like Earl's behaviour towards the women in his life, stop being his friend.
And you don't know he got the invitation - you'll never know that for sure. You don't know that just because he checked his cell phone with you days later means he checked it while he was out with his girlfriend on that day.
You are being more judgemental than is warranted. If you don't want to be friends with Earl anymore, don't be. But don't make up false reasons and obsess over it for months - Just stop being around someone whose behaviour upsets you. 'Cause sure, he sounds like a bit of a jackass in general. [ Razhie's advice column | Ask Razhie A Question ]
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