Who do you get compared to?

22 replies · 5410 views · Started by SuperFly · Sep 2004
After watching a relative of mine who plays football for Carolina the past couple of weeks, I remembered when he was living in Laurinburg, people used to compare us all the damn time. I was one of the smartest kids in the state, but he was the all star athelete. All of our classmates used to say "How come you ain't all athletic like Jacques?" Granted, I did play sports, but some people don't count golf and tennis as a sport... :? I doubt anyone said much to him about me besides "Ya'all are actually realted?!" But I never heard the end of it... even when he left Laurinburg. Regardless, now Jacques is being actively recruited by the NFL, pledged Kappa Alpha Psi Two years ago I believe and is once again on everyone's watch list. While I'm still hitting the books. Once again when I go home, I hear "Why aren't you all althletic like Jacques?!" from people who aren't leaving that lil podunk place while I'm here, once again, hitting the books. Keep in mind, that I have no grudge against the guy or anything, and our family, including him, recognize that I'm doing my thing just as much as he is and always has (as a matter of fact, the family was MORE impressed that I was going to A&T on a full ride than the fact that he was starting on UNC's football team), however its irritating that people that are going nowhere in life don't see this... My point is: Who in your family does everyone else either in the family or in the community try to compare you to? And this is my cousin: Tailback #20 Jacques Lewis
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SuperFly · Sep 2004
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HU-Queen wrote:
Aggie Highlander wrote:
HU-Queen wrote:
how the hell this dark skinned negro come from your light a** half baked side of the family??naw im just playing... :lol:
His dad is dark... :roll: Besides, you're thinking about the wrong side of the family. That branch isn't dotted with white people... :?
dotted?? negro your branch is FILLED TO CAPACITY WITH WHITE PEOPLE, stop trippin' :lol:
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jadekiss · Sep 2004
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There two ways to look at this. Nobody compares anybody to each other in our familes, becasue although we are very much individuals, our familes all act the same, pretty much achieve the same things, so its kinda based on our individual merits. Does that make sense?
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