Nuh uh
Me: “I have a boyfriend” Him: “Oh right. You did say you have a boyfriend” Him: “My bad. Won’t bother you again” Him: “Why aren’t you replying?” Him: “Fine. Be selfish” Rant alert: Selfish? Dude, I’m saving you the embarrassment. I’m actually looking out for you because I know one-sided love hurts(Not that what you’re feeling is ‘love’.You probably were just looking to get laid. That’s fine.) Now, I had to use the politest, friendliest excuse in the book to get you off my back. I have used the ’I have a boyfriend’ card to get out of many sticky situations simply because many men simply cannot take ‘no’ for an answer. They will persist. They will even ask me what is lacking in them: Am I too old for you? Do you only like younger guys? Is it my moustache? My beard? Enough movies have taught them that when a girl says ‘no’, it’s actually a yes. With enough persistence Haseena Maan Jayegi(which by the way, is a title song from a Bollywood movie of the same name). ‘I’m not interested’ is almost an insult. There are men who have poured acid on the same face who they claimed to be in love with. There are men who have raped and murdered a girl who rejected their advances. There are men who have fired shots. There are actual real-life cases of women who were punished for rejecting men’s advances. This exists in 2017. Let that sink in.
P.S: Being put in this situation is equally harrowing even for a man. Can we all just learn to accept ‘no’ for an answer and move on?
