SMS- Social Media Stupidity

Ever since the social media emerged into our lives, replacing the very monotonous (and real) way of socializing, little did we anticipate that it would actually be used as a medium for inappropriate proposals ,indecent conversations and even in some cases,  a platform for conducting marriages (*facepalm*).So, in this blog post, I am going to focus on two particular interactions. Both of them involve distressed friends of mine who had to witness such interactions and later, informed me about it. At the end of this story, even you will have a palm on your face.

The first story involves my friend, Supriya Samant. Supriya is your typical girl-next-door with a keen focus on her fitness. The result being she was hot as hell which garnered unnecessary advances from men (age was no barrier). Men of all ages would hit on her and she would have the story ready for me everytime we met. It was not just disgusting to listen to their advances but to think that married men hadn’t had their fill with their betrothed was much worse to think. One such story Supriya told me was about Arshad Kochhar.

Arshad and Supriya met at an organizational meet in which they were working. Arshad was a much senior faculty in the NGO and Supriya had just started a few years ago. The two along with a few others formed a group (You know for hanging out and general merriment). So, what happened next was group chats and regular meets. Supriya and Arshad got along like magnet and iron. Arshad was from a wealthy family and had his business in Singapore while Supriya was finishing her final year of Engineering.

Unlike the 80’s bollywood movies where the rich guy is debonair and falls in love with the girl, this dude was a little different. He actually defines a whole generation of loser rich guys who are running out of things to invest money and time in. (There are exceptions but majority are losers) So as their chats went on whatsapp, facebook and other time-wasting apps, their camaraderie grew. The guy eventually ,sensing an opportunity, professed his liking for her. The girl was a bit sensitive and didn’t answer immediately. She in turn asked one of her best friends to intervene and put some sense into him. The guy spoke to her bff and he sang a different tune altogether. He told her how marrying so early would be hazardous to her career and that she should focus on studying.

When Supriya came to know of this, she was furious.  She wanted to meet him in person and confront him on the same issue. But, the guy left for Singapore the next day for his business reasons. Later, he messaged her, giving her his facebook ID and password so that she could login and change his display picture. My friend didn’t want anything to do with it but still did it because she didn’t want any more interactions with him. After changing his picture, she proceeded to snoop a little in his inbox. She was shocked to find a string of females having similar chats, one of which, was a girl who was madly in love with him. She read his chats that day and is still reading his chats even today just to get a hang of the kind of lengths people go to pass their time.

The second story involves a diametrically opposite girl called Khushi Shetty. Khushi was a little healthy and a very smart girl. She could smell bullshit and fakeness from a kilometer away. This girl had  just joined Instagram a few weeks back and had a few pics uploaded. On one fine day, some guy started following her (on instagram) and she was apprehensive at first, but later let it go. The next day, the same guy pinged her and reminded her that it was he who had followed her. Khushi was annoyed at this and immediately messaged her friends including me asking them whether her number was visible on her Instagram page. After finding out that it was not visible, she told the creepy guy that her name was Sonali Rao. I have some experience in using fake names but even I had to stand up and applaud her fake name. It was that good.

Anyway, that guy apparently fell for it and started talking to her pretending she was sonali rao. At first, it was difficult for him to believe that the girl didn’t have a display pic on her whatsapp account. Later, he started asking her about her measurements (Sorry, I wanted to put it delicately). He was like, what’s your face like, what’s your waist size and other creepy questions. Khushi was tired even pretending to be someone else as this guy was being too desperate. His actual answer for asking such questions was to find out whether she was good enough for him to date. I don’t know how his mouth didn’t have a sour taste when he uttered those sentences but apparently this was his 9-5 job.

So, my reason to share these stories with you, my dear readers, is to inform you to stay clear of such maniacs and if you are a single guy, please leave this technique alone and focus on earning some brownie points by being a dependable guy. If you already are a dependable person, this story should make you a proud person and kudos to you for not indulging in such nonsense. Here is a roadie salute to you.

P.S: In some countries, even staring at a girl for more than 5 seconds can cause you to be imprisoned. Be grateful and be careful. ;)