Its
surprising because I have most of my epiphanies in the middle of the night, not
just because nights do something to me, but also because there is more
likelihood of me being awake at night than this time of the day. But I was
cribbing to a friend about how some annoying guy and he told me something I
should have realized a long time back. About how since I was just so open with
everything, guys think they can talk to me and treat me anyway they like. And
how their interactions with me are so much different from their interactions
with other people. And how it was wrong that they can never say a nice word to
me in public, that the only comments they can leave on my wall are
lets-pull-her-leg sorta comments, how they'd ping me in private to say I look
good on a picture or how my status in nice, but they wouldn’t be caught dead
saying that in public, how they wouldn’t even acknowledge the fact that we are
friends when we are in a group but would tell me their life secrets and text me
every morning in private … how its just so so wrong that guys who are actually
nice get laughed at. Also how it is wrong that all this and most social
inappropriateness is considered acceptable guy behavior 'coz you know guys will
be guys. And it seems to be exclusive to certain groups or communities of guys
(thank God for that!). Since it is all I've ever seen back home in Chennai and
since it is something that sticks out in particular groups now that I am here
in LA, I tend to generalize and say that’s how Tamil guys are. I try to tell
myself I am exhibiting the same narrowmindedness and prejudice that I laughed
at my family for but statistically my prejudice is justified.
I was
reading this article about how in this economy, people are scared to be rude
but sometimes you have to be rude. (I tried hunting for the article, I cant
find it now). Its true, you know? Its not ok to stew over a misguided comment
or an ugly joke for a whole day and take it out on your friends and let it
upset you but smile and act cool to the person responsible so that he/she can
do it again. Sometimes people have to be put in their place. And if they are
anywhere as nice as you deserve your friends to be, they'd understand and not
hold it to you.
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