The E Train

So, four friends embark on a day trip to New York to eat, shop and laugh. How many "aha" moments have you had with your girlfriends where at the end of an outing, you know that you have a major choice to make?

Tracey, Jennifer, Evelyn and Coco hopped on the megabus early one Saturday morning, to enjoy Evelyn's birthday. The day had actually started at 9:00 friday night.

On Friday, Evelyn should have been going out to dinner, or a movie, or anything with the man she has loved for the last 13 years. But, when Jennifer and Coco called her, she was still at home. She was at home sitting in her room crying and he was on the couch sleeping with the children.

So Jennifer and Coco told Evelyn to put on her sexiest dress, her highest heels and fix her hair and walk out the motherfucking door. Leave his sleepy ass right there on the couch. Evelyn was very apprehensive, so we gave her a choice. Do what we say or we are coming over. And what we mean by coming over: is a clean up crew will have to be hired for the home, a tow truck will be needed for his car and an ambulance will be needed for his ass.

NOW, let me back track and say that Evelyn, Coco, Jennifer and Tracey are grown as hell. But let a man treat a real friend like shit, she dumb out for a moment and we revert back to 18 immediately. Nothing like scarring a man back to reality.

So, four friends get to NY, grab a tourist subway map and hop on the E train downtown for some bargain shopping. The conversation was not a "leave your man, he ain't shit" convo. It was a "you too old, beautiful and intelligent to endure the bullshit anymore" convo.

Tracey, the quiet one, put in her five cents and said "nothing like a little silence to get the juices flowing." We all shake our head in agreement. This was a self love convo, not a man bashing one. This was a sister friendtervention that lasted six stops. And when the doors of the non-pissy, air conditioned E train opened up at Canal Street, four friends stepped out to embark on the world with several decisions already made.

This is just a little reminder that sometimes you have to step outside of your zone, enjoy a bus ride, several cocktails, a bull ride and good friends in a 36 hour period to put things all back into perspective.


"This is sincerely dedicated to one of my besties, who needed a reminder that she is still worth the effort and that I am here to remind her!!"

Sasha Lior

sashalior@gmail.com


P.S.

Evelyn didn't go home friday night, she went home just before we departed to get on the megabus for a quick shower and hair primping. The look on his face said it all. His only question was "Did you have fun?"

Her answer was "Yes!" and then she exited the house!!!