Who is the boss?

One year ago i posted a serious ad:
'I know, this seems weird but it is a serious post.

I am looking for a room to rent in a Hasidic family in South Williamsburg, Crown Heights or Boro Park from July 1rst.

I could be the Shabbos girl for you and your pets.

I am serious, quiet, easy going and respectful. . .

Only serious people can answer me. . .' 

I was not joking as i noticed it. I had to move far away from my bipolar, mean, and hysterical roommate place i used to leave since one and half year.

And the best way to know H babies is to live with them.

The replies were very funny and i will post them in another post one day.

There was one man, N., who seemed interested by renting me a room near his office. He did it before.

If I was a student with no income, he could rent me for free.

He didn't have a room in his place, he has a big family which would be not open-minded to receive the Frenchichi. :-)

He was intrigued by 'why Hasidic?'.

That room was not close to his house, he couldn't be into trouble with his wife. He replied: 'I am the boss... nothing HAPPENS itself....'.

I have to introduce myself about my Jewishness. :-)

One of his comments made me laugh: 'u r saying Shabbos, like a real Jew, like Shabbat or sabath etc...

do u have a photo?'.

And once again, the same process with the photo. :-)

I offered him to meet at his office like a business appointment.

N.: 'Sounds ok with me, are you seriously looking for a room?

i am just thinking if you would be ok  to help my wife without living there, like cleaning etc. not for you?

can i at least call you to see if you are real?'.

Suddenly the wife was in the picture. That sounded weird because how will he explain to his wife how he knew me? Same story.

I gave him my phone number and asked him to call me the day after.

I didn't remember the details of the conversation but he talked to me about the basement in his house which could be a nice place for me and i could learn about Hasidic way of life.

And we decide to meet at this office soon.

Apparently, he talked to his wife about renting the basement. 

She said to him: 'basement is out, my wife is not interested, she is telling me, if you will renovate our basement, why not make it a playroom for the kids?.. '

But who is the boss? :-)

Do you guess the next episode? Or how to schedule an appointment with this kind of sentence 'I hope tomorrow morning…'?

He kept on asking questions and i asked him if he has peyos and tzitzit. His replies were weird when i said that some Hasidic men don't have all the package: 'if u dont have them, u r not hasidic'.

I remembered him Chabad. Some have tzitzit and peyos, some not…

We already know how this story will end but it will start by the first excuses. And Chabad was a good one for him.

N.:'then they are not hasidic. and i am starting to be afraid here... u know too much'.

Me: 'Why afraid? It's obvious that I know things about your community if I am fascinated, isn't it?'

N.: 'yes it is. i want to be friend with you either way, i like the idea of an outsider being an insider... '

Here we go!

He wanted to know how i look like, if i look like Jewish…

And two hours later, an expected development :

'BAD news! my wife stopped by - just left - and i told her that i finally got someone you might take the room, "oh yah? who?" i said some lady, non Jewish, half Jewish, my wife said, "well, i dont think you should do it" no, i will try to get someone Jewish in here.!!!' 

I stopped the conversation and he pretended he was 'pissed'.

He asked for a friendship online that i could not provide. 

So Mr N., who was the boss? :-)

Yiddish proverb

A new sketch with a Yiddish proverb. At first sight i didn't find it funny: too misogynous.
The person who posted that said it was not misogynous: 'This proverb comes to us of past and shows us that the women were not afraid of scolding their husbands. It is the life. The love can or not last but in any case the relations change in the couple. It is not misogynous.'
Do you think i am convinced by the non misogyny? Not at all!
Do women have reasons to scold at their husband? Ok, i hear you, women are ball-busters but if they didn't exist what will you do with your peyos?
I will take it easy and just use it to learn Yiddish writing. :-)

Hasidic music

A nice meeting this last week. A young Hasidic woman came by where i work.
I noticed right away she was Hasidic. She introduced herself and asked me if she could leave some flyers.
Yessss! I told her that i was into Hasidic people, i was learning Yiddish…
She was surprised like i was a UFO. And she was happy.
I had a look later on their FB page, website… And i remembered the video they posted. I already read their name on another website.

She came back yesterday to drop a CD off with their songs. I really appreciated this nice attention.
I always listen to music in my work place and sometimes people ask which song they can hear. So i told her that i will download their songs on my ipod.
We talked a little about their band, the concert, modesty, men brain…
That was funny.
Sorry H babies but this concert is only for women, ah ah, too bad guys!
I told her that i hope one day they can play with the company of men too without thinking temptation, seduction, even if men think more with the center of their body than their brain. :-)
This is the flyer and the link to listen to their songs.
https://www.facebook.com/BulletproofStockings/app_178091127385
Girls i am proud of you, you rock!
She hugged me before leaving for Shabbos! :-)

All my childhood in Yiddish

Two days ago, i found this cover.

How i loved all these books of bad kids with a huge heart!
Kids from secular school or yeshivas are the same: just kids (en aparté: read the book 'Just Kids' by Patti Smith).
The drawings by Sempé are amazing.
There are not really girls in these stories of Le Petit Nicolas, because it was the time where the French schools were like the yeshivas: boys were separated from girls. But girls were invited to birthday parties and of course girls ended to cry because one boy pulled her bunches… Girls were ball-busters. That's true: boys are adorable, not selfish… everyone knows that. :-)
Enjoy this book and don't pull my bunches because i will bite you! :-)

Man or woman?

In the research of my past, my own misnaged history, i wanted to meet women.
That's not easy because apparently men are the king of the cellphones, the king of the house.
The men i talked with were married with narrow-minded women who are very traditionalist. 
I met one who escaped from the community and is living a secular life. She is a real believer but getting married with someone she doesn't like and shaving her hair couldn't belong to her own story.
We are still in touch, friend on Facebook… and blah blah blah…
With her, i found out that finally this community is very small. Watch out! I know things about some of you H baby that you can't guess but shhhh, that's my secret world! :-)

Once i traded emails with someone who said to be a woman. I was very suspicious with the questions she asked me. I will call her M.
I explained her that i wanted to meet more women after meeting many Hasidic men.
'many hassidic men? what do u do with them eat chulent lol?'
She is married and has kids.
She asked me for my email and phone number fast.
By calling me, i could know if she was a woman or a man, but i don't give my phone number easily.
I wanted to meet her at the shul but she was scared because i am not Jewish.
She was surprised that i have been in a Pupa shul for Sukkot: 'really how? how did u dress?'
She said she was from Satmar. I gave her details and 'why didnt you hook up with a girl from there?'
I replied: 'Sorry, I am not sure to understand "hook up", do you mean "hang out"?'
M.: 'yes if u were there u should of asked someone to take you home'
Did she really think that women at the shul would bring me back in their place? 
And M. added: 'can i see how u look?'.
I refused and i started to be more and more suspicious. She pretended because i am not Hasidic, i could send my pic: no way!
I told her that the only H woman i met, we met without trading photo.
And afterwards: 'do u want to meet tonight?'
I was not available that evening. She insisted with the photo: 'and you wont send me a picture?

how do i know ur not a goy and likes hassidic women i am scared'.

I already explained her what was my pursuit but she re-asked the same questions, and finally asked this one: 'did u ever have sex with a a hassidic girl?'.

Me: 'I am sure you are a man!

I am not interested anymore to meet you.'

M.: 'lol i am a hassidic women and i am on cl since i cant share my urges in my community

but its ok if u dont want to meet me , you are to much into us and i need to be discreet , i cant have fun with a girl and u might tell my husband'

For sure with a fake name, age, sect… i am pretty sure to find her husband and of course say to the world what she is doing on Craiglist. :-)

Her last email: ' ok sorry i thought you really wanted to have fun with a jewish girl i guess i was wrong i am sorry!'.    

Reading her emails, retrospectively, maybe she was a man, maybe a woman who was into girls.

That's not easy to say: in a rush to meet and scared of meeting me.