A Short Insta Tale !
.......................................# fictional
Can anyone make friends through Instagram in 2024?
I think 99% of girls definitely ignore your optimistic message in seconds.
....... I followed her on Insta. I used to liked her pictures or reels whenever she traveled to different places with her friends and posted them. And she definitely doesn't care about my likes. Yes, she is beautiful; her slanted eyes look so gorgeous with her face. Most probably, boys liked all her posts. I came to know that she is from my hometown, but she doesn't know me.
...........So one day, I decided to text her. The day was her birthday. One of my friends told me about the trick of a birthday text. Because that day girls behave so polite and normal with any known or unknown person, and may be they replied well. Let's see if she replies or not.
10 Feb 2024, 8:30 AM
: Hi! Happy Birthday! 🎂(I send a message in instagram)
It's 3:30 PM, and there is no reply coming from her side. I think maybe she is busy with her friends as today is her birthday. I opened and closed the Insta app-chat more than 100 times between 8:30 AM and 3:30 PM.
At approximately 5 PM, a message pops up on the cellphone screen.
"Hello! Thank you!" she replied with a smiley emoji.
.... I liked her message and think about to chat again next day .Because it may be her birthday now, and it may not be a good time for chatting.
Next day, I texted her. She replied well. We started talking normally. She checked my profile and told me that she recognized some of my friends, as all my hometown friends had studied at the same college where she also went, except me. I was studying at a college away from my hometown. It was helping me in becoming somewhat closer friend with her. She lives 50 km away from her hometown for work.
.........After a few days, she shared her number, and in between chatting, I asked, "Can I call you sometime?" She replied, "Ok, when I am free."
One day, I called her, and we talked for more than two hours. It was the longest phone conversation I had had in 6 or 7 years. That day, she told me a story that changed my whole thinking towards her and about social media.
.......The story was about her 12-year relationship. It was her first love. And we all know the first love never works for all. It was her Black Past.
2010
She was in 10th standard, one day her best friend wishpering on her ear and told that a guy in their class liked her and wanted to talk to her. But usually she never used to talk to boys. However, when she found out about that particular boy from her class, her mind too told her that she wanted to talk to him.
...Eventually, they started talking, became friends, and then entered into a relationship. At one point, that boy meant the world to her. She even used to talk to him during exam times by lying to her aunt. As time passed, they went to college. But the boy started cheating on her. And every time, she forgave him. After a few years, that boy cheated again. However, the girl, who was blind in love, forgave him every time.
A time had come when her parents also knew about the boy she was in a relationship with. Her parents advised her to avoid that boy, but she didn't listened. It was never easy for her to leave someone who meant everything to her. She tried but not worked .So, their relationship continued in a complicated way. The boy cheated on her repeatedly but never wanted to leave her either.
But one day, everything changed. When she called her boyfriend at night, she found out he was busy. The boy (her boyfriend) was occupied with another phone call the whole night. So she thought of a plan and called her best friend, saying that she would keep her call in conference. So if her boyfriend called, it would show as busy.
......The same day at 2 PM, her boyfriend called her, but this time he found her busy, waiting on another call. The boy was burning with anger.
The next morning at 5 am, the boy (boyfriend)came near her room and called again. She picked up the phone, and the boy asked her to come outside her room as he had been waiting for her. The boy was very angry and shouted at her when she refused to come out. She was terrified, but she thought about her reputation in her workplace, so she decided to come out. The boy picked her up in a car and took her to a quiet place in the city and stopped the car. Both got out, and the boy slapped her hard, then took out a gun from his back and pointed it directly at her head. She cried silently as the boy told her, "I will kill you, and after that, I will kill myself."
She was terror-stricken. For the last time, she remembered her life with that boy from beginning to end. She decided to finish this chapter with bravery and anger. After entering to her room, she controlled her emotions, thought rationally, and left a message for her boyfriend: "Don't contact me anymore, otherwise you will be in jail." This was the worst chapter of her life, starting from love which turned into emotions where she felt trapped. These emotions then turned into anger, disrespect, and ultimately to the end.
PRESENT
How strong should you be to finished a 12-year relationship? Now, she is the strongest one. She is independent. Right now, she is the happiest one. She is like a beautiful bird who broke the cage and flew into the open sky. Last time, I saw a reel of her where she was in Bananasi with her friends. She looks good with her Banarasi dress.
........ Now she can understand that someone who won't let you go doesn't necessarily mean he loves you. .
..........Most people only share the best moments of themselves on social media. Everyone posts their best pictures, best reels, and best foods from restaurants on Facebook or Instagram because the best moments do not happen every day. We shouldn't judge anyone's real journeys or real lives solely based on their happy faces on social media.
~ Hrithik Borsaikia
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