Let’s just start off by saying that we love our Bahamian men. Despite their faults and annoying tendencies they might have sometimes, it’s safe to say that many Bahamian women are real “ride or die” for their 242 lovers. But we thought about it recently and came up with a list of the 4 Bahamian men who are hard to date! From crazy schedules and bad reputations, a woman has to have the patience of Job to deal with these four men!
1. Police officer – If you’re Bahamian, a male and a police officer, it’s automatically assumed that you are a cheater! We don’t know if it’s the newfound power that police officers get once they join the force and are equipped with a badge, gun and a car with flashing lights, but ask any Bahamian and they’ll tell you that they’ve all heard the stories about some of these guys. They come into contact with so many people on a daily basis, it’s like geesh, keep your billy in your pants! There are the occasional officers, like all other men, who are honest, loving and faithful, but in this town police officers get a bad rap…probably because they rap too much! I’m sure my Bahamian sister could give us a few cases of traffic stops that turned into full out flirting sessions. Now Breast, Thigh and Leg did get them out of having to pay that ticket, but having that officer call you the next morning with a proposal must be a bummer.
2. Junkanoo shack rat – If your boyfriend holds an official post on his Junkanoo group’s board, consider yourself single from September to January 3rd every year. When Junkanoo season comes around, it seems as if these die hard Junkanoo fans forget about everything else in their lives and literally turn into a shack rat. From the musicians in the group, to the ones tasked with building, designing and pasting those massive costumes, your Junkanoo boo is really off limits when he’s in the zone. Making it an even sadder for most of significant others of the Junkanoo shack rat is that most of the ladies involved in Junkanoo are dancers, and I mean what shack rat could keep his eyes off a dancer’s body LOL. Again, there are those who balance it well, but from what we can tell the Junkanoo shack rat is a hard man to keep!
3. Politician – Lord! Lord! Lord! Many of our local male politicians are married, but we really have to stop to think about how they got there. Not throwing shade, but we find it hard to understand how to keep a thriving relationship with a man you witness go to hundreds of homes every five years, make promises, don’t keep them and still sleep well at night. Not only that, if he would run his relationship like he does his political career look out for the alleged lies, scandal and drama, and try not to mess up on the guy or you could end up with your toilet being yucked out or coming home to the locks on the apartment he is paying for changed! #justSaying .If he’s actually an angel at home, we’re still concerned that he has multiple personalities. We love our MP’s though!
4. The night leaguer – Whether it’s baseball, basketball or some other sport keep ya eye on him! Like our police officer friends up top, many guys who play sports find power in what they do. For some reason they accrue “fans” and that probably gets to their head. His day consists of going to work, knocking off work and then heading to the gym or the field for a game or practice. I mean pretty much groupies for Night Leaguers is like an accessory, its like buying the right socks. You join a team (hopefully a winning team) and bang you start messing with a groupie right? Sure, his woman could accompany him sometimes during the season, but maybe she wants him home one night to watch Law and Order: SVU, but if he is true to his night league ways he is probably “watching” that marathon with the popular chick at the gym!
Let us just clear it up: in no way do we think or are suggesting that all men in these categories are cheaters, will cheat or are hard to date. But based on what we’ve seen and heard and witnessed, you have to have thick skin to keep up with these lifestyles. It all goes back to the guy! Whatever the occupation or hobby, if he’s a good man, he’s a good man!