But it wasn’t, and after spending the rest of the day and the entire night crying and thinking about where in the world I’d gone wrong, I was feeling down and I was definitely out. Locked up in my apartment for almost twenty-nine hours straight, I was feeling like the loneliest person in the world as Wednesday had washed away into Thursday. Although I was used to being alone on Thursdays while Julian visited his grandmother in Queens, it didn’t feel the same. There was no one waiting to see me, no one I was waiting to see. Just me and Pookie, the damn dog I picked out, locked up alone in my apartment. I was now a single dog parent, a neglectful one, and there was only one thing I could do to stop myself from completely losing my mind and swallowing a bottle of Ambien. Call my girls.
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1 Triple-flight: a twelve-ounce tumbler of wine (three servings).
2 Code 3T: any important situation requiring the immediate assembly of the 3Ts.
3 Best blood: someone born to a lineage of power and wealth.
4 Bestie: casual best friend—one can be a “bestie” for a week or a lifetime.
5 Boyfriends: the most delectable form of arm candy, the leather boyfriends include purses by men—Jacobs, Vuitton, Gucci, Pucci, Dolce & Gabbana, and Ferragamo.
6 Politricking: playing tricky politics.
7 Headmistress: one who is good at performing fellatio.
8 Red devils: red patent-leather stilettos.
9 Beach ball: a male who has an especially round torso with impossibly long and skinny limbs.
10 Fabsie: fabulous.
11 Favo: favorite.
12 Tiger prints: stretch marks
13 And then you woke up: idiom for someone who is dreaming.
14 Delicious: an effeminate straight man, whom others suspect as being gay/bisexual.
15 Basement: vagina
16 MoBos: Manolo Blahniks.
17 Halle Berry: Named in honor of Halle Berry’s quick physical recovery after having a baby, the diet includes one small meal of anything, two veggie/fruit snacks, and three light workouts a day.
18 Baristocrat: a black aristocrat.
19 Incognegro: a black person who has become incognito.
20 Sext: text message that is sexual in nature. Can include photos or promises of pleasures.
21 Wigs: women with power.
22 Cellmate: a girlfriend someone gets into so much trouble with, the two risk getting caught and sharing a cell in prison.
23 Pluck-a-cluck: meet/have sex with a “chickenhead.”
24 Quarter-pounder: nicely shaped, round buttocks.
25 Dispatch: gossip, news.
26 Cane: the penis of a man who carries a cane.
27 Gassociate: girlfriend/associate; a cool girl who isn’t really a good friend—just someone to entertain socially.
28 Snap-crackle-and-pop: anything with fire, force, and/shine.
29 Nuyorican: New York Puerto Rican.
30 Get-up-and-go: a secret bank account for women married to rich, successful men. The money is stashed to the side in case she needs to “get up and go” and can’t wait for alimony payments to kick in.
31 Tag-tucker: the opposite of “popping tags,” a tucker buys clothes and tucks tag so she can return them.
*ego ‘ (“)g also ‘e n 1: the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world. (Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary) 2: me against her. (The Ego Challenge)
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
A Reading Group Guide
Discussion Questions
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