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May 19, 2006
Are men really from mars and women from venus?
The names of the characters in the following story have been changed to protect the identity of the characters. This is a story of what happened recently to someone I know........
Girl wakes up in the morning and starts getting ready for work, she remembers receiving messages on her handphone the previous night, but fell asleep before having a chance to read the messages. The first message was from her mother, the second message reads as follows:
"Will you be my girlfriend?".
The message was from someone whom she has been seeing recently, whom we shall conveniently call "Boy". The question was not unexpected, however the manner that it came was a surprise. Her first thoughts were "Oh please, ask me like that, what kind of a reply do you think you deserve!" Anyway, she decided not to answer the message and went off to work.
Come evening, Girl was still at work. Girl has a habit of working long hours and Boy would usually drop her a message to ask her about her day. At around 7 plus in the night, Boy sends Girl the following message:
"Had your dinner yet? Don't torture yourself if you have to with an empty tummy."
Girl still annoyed with Boy, chose not to reply to his message. Although at that point, Girl really wanted to be mean and reply with the following message:
"I have not eaten because I am horrified by a certain sms which I received from a cheap friend. I couldn't believe how cheap my friend was that I have lost my appetite for the whole day!"
At around 10 pm, Boy calls Girl but Girl chooses to ignore his call. After which, Boy sends Girl the following message:
"Wanna chat? Did I go too fast with the question I asked yesterday?"
Girl decides that Boy deserves an answer as that is only fair to him so she replies with the following message:
"Yes, it was too fast. I think we need to talk but I need some time to sort out my thoughs. FYI, such a question should preferably not be asked via sms."
Well, guess what Boy replies to that...........
"It was kinda late so thought of sms. Anyway it was a stupid thing. Btw, I am off tomorrow to clear the extra hours I put in last weekend. If you want, I can call later."
Girl's thoughts on receiving the message was "Duh, so what if it was late. If it was late, can't you ask some other day, some other time then! And didn't I just told you that I need some time so why do you want to call me later. Some time does not mean 5 minutes, half an hour or an hour. Just leave me alone for tonight, can't you just do that! And who gives a shit that you are off tomorrow. I have to work tomorrow, you know!"
Girl decides that Boy should know that she is angry so replies with the folllowing message:
"What! You mean asking that question was stupid! Anyway, I am tired and want to sleep."
(translated as "So now you think asking me to be your girlfriend was a stupid thing to do. I am angry now and do not want to talk to you. Anyway, didn't I mention in my previous message that I need some time!")
This story gets better and better and Boy really puts his foot into his mouth with his next reply. Its really tragic how someone can worsen an already bad situation! Girl just gets angrier and angrier and Boy seems to have no idea what a mess he had made! How dense can he be!
Boy replies:"I know and I take it all back. Well take your beauty sleep. Will talk to you tomorrow night after the birthday party. Also how's Da Vinci Code on saturday?"
(side notes: Girl has to attend a birthday party the next day)
Girl's thoughts on receiving the message: "ARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHH, now I am really put out! Now you take everything back and still pressurise me to talk to you and still ask me want to watch movie on saturday! Don't you get it that I am angry, do I have to spell it out! How duh can you get!"
At this point, Girl refuses to reply to Boy anymore.
Lessons to be learnt from this episode:
1) Its rude to ask a girl to be your girlfriend via sms. Face to face is the best approach. If you are afraid of rejection, send flowers and a card. If you do not even want to do that, then you should just stay single!
2) Learn to read between the lines of messages. Be more sensitive to language. Unless English is not your first language or else you have no excuse!
3) When someone is angry, try not to send messages that will make the person even angrier!
To be continued..................watch this space................
Posted by Fatgirl at May 19, 2006 01:56 AM
Comments
congratulations! U have got yourself a good catch! He's virgin! hahaha
Posted by: ling at May 19, 2006 12:00 PM
Who cares whether he is a virgin or not! He has no common sense, that's for sure! Anyone who some sense will know that it was a really dumb thing to do and not have done that!
Posted by: fatgirl at May 21, 2006 02:03 AM