12 Jul 2008

The subtle art of being modest--NOT!

Statutory warning: The following post is overtly feminist!
Listening to: Blurry by Puddle of Mud

The world is a different ball game for girls! You have to deal with comments passed against you, against eve teasing, against harassment, against dowry, rape and what not? But there is a new infection passing around.

Fraandship-o-mania!

Initially it was restricted to Orkut. Any pretty girl, heck; any girl for that matter was plagued with friendship requests day and night. Some lewd and obscene but the rest mostly harmless! Now this epidemic has spread to Facebook as well! Despite their many filters, some people tend to bypass them all and send you a message! Some nice, some worth forgetting and some which leave you in splits! Look at what I got today!!


hi this is benjamin xavier from mumbai....i am a lawn tennis player and i have played for india in lawn tennis....i also have my amusement centre with video games,video theatre and online gaming...i make 1 lakh a day in my business more in weekends...i have a skoda and a santro...i am soon changing my skoda with a bmw my dream car....i am not saying all this to show off just to let you know that i am well settled and i have a good name in the society...and most of all i am a very nice,sweet.caring,loving,down to earth,humble,cool,classy,happening,funny,open and straight forward person...i happened to see you on facebook...and i felt if i can date you...since we dont know eachother lets become friends first and get to know eachother well and see if we can date eachother...if we happen to date eachother trust me i will keep you like a queen and take good care of you better than a mother who takes care of her baby...hope to hear from you soon...take care...if you are married or committed to someone else already please dont reply to this meassage of mine....thank you...



I should be so honored that he sent me a message.
I mean he is nice, sweet, caring, humble, blah blah oh, wait!

He is HAPPENING!! OMG!!!! I should fall at his feet and beg him to make me his! Like totally!

And he has a big car! He wants to shift to a bigger one though! And then he says he is not showing off!! Like totally man! You are so not showing off!!!I totally get it! NOT!!!!

He earns one lakh a day *whistles* and is well settled and has a good name in the society! I would have thought he was asking me to marry him! Not date him!! Hehe

If I happen to date him he will keep me like a queen and take good care of me! Much better than a mother who takes care of her baby... I am still in splits from this one!!!

And last but not the least! If I am are married or committed to someone else already,then I dont reply to this meassage of his! Well well well... Trust me, even if I am not married or committed, I will so NOT reply to this "meassage" of his! Hahahahaha!!!!!!

Life is so good man! So, fucking good!!! =D
These little things make life so interesting and amusing! But to his credit, he isn't lying. I did Google up for his name! He played tennis for India in the Under-16 team! Cheers to life!

87 comments:

Unknown said...

dita my darling! u googled!! :P :P

Mihir Pathare said...

Miss! I has cookies!!!

Pliss do fraanship with me!!

Anindita said...

@ Sailee

*Looks around uncomfortably* I am jobless you know!! :D

Anindita said...

@ Mihir

You has cookies???:P :P :P
I want Kiro though!! =D

Joel said...

HOLY MOTHER OF SWEEET JESUS .. !! i so hope u made that up ... if there are people like him then mera kya hoga bhagwan ... how do u ever compete with a BMW and a lakh a day .. :P ..

mijse bhi frandship karo !! hehe .. >:D<

Anindita said...

@ Joel darling!

You have friends who are down to earth and totally Happening! Without proclaiming it out to the entire world!! I did not make it up! I still have the meAssage saved! For those days when I really need something to crack me up!! :D

Anish said...

Phew!

That was quite a high profile request.. :-P

but u know even guys get scores of such requests from unknown girls many times.. Even I do...though not so many in number as girls get.. still..

but not such requests I mean.. I've never had a requests from a junior Miss India :-D :-P

so.. It isn;t entirely a different ball game for girls :-P

Anish said...

and u posted at such an hour..

I am awake tonight though... :-D

Anish said...

I think I am the first one to see this new avataar.. ;-)

Nice one.. though perhaps black would have been more royal for this.. wait a min.. dnt go by my choice.. it is usually the poorest in such matters :-D

Anindita said...

@ Wanderlust

i know that even guys get scores of requests from girls but do you get such whacko ones??!! :P

Black would have been more royal but I like the warmth of the brown! Maybe black for the next one! ;)

And it is nice to know that there are more people awake at unearthly hours!! =D
Welcome to my world! =)

Mysterious Mia said...

now that sure was funny oke.....

he sounded more like a despo or soemthing.....like this is my deadline i need a find a gal before that....hehhehe

but good ones babes keep that message for times to pep u up ;) heehh

Mysterious Mia said...

now that sure was funny oke.....

he sounded more like a despo or soemthing.....like this is my deadline i need a find a gal before that....hehhehe

but good ones babes keep that message for times to pep u up ;) heehh

Anindita said...

@ princess mia

Total despo with a stud muffin picture to complete the package!! =D

Sameera Ansari said...

Lol!Such jerks are like weeds,spoiling these sites.

Btw,nice design girl.Why is it plain black on the right side though?Was that intentional? :)

Have a nice weekend!

kyamaloom said...

I guess the guy should try meassaging Kareena Kapoor, she might just leave Saif for such a 'dream guy'. As they say, "ladka heera hai heera".

Thank Goodness I am not a girl.

Anyways, I have words, will you be my fraand? I looking good too. Back in school I won world cup in my building ka cricket as well. I earn loads of love n hate daily. No BMW, but I carry 1st class train pass, and now shifting to SMART CARD and even planning to extend it from Churchgate to Virar! If you be with me (blushing) I will treat you just like a queen. Which means, bow down whenever you are around and howling Hail Majesty and follow your orders. I will take care of you just like I take care of my puppy. hehe. See, I funny too.
And if you're single, or committed or married, divorced, handicapped blah. Its OK! I not minds till you girl. hehe. Pliss reply to my massage!

P.S. - I not saying all this coz, I showing off. I just wanting you to know how 'Cool' and search all the other synonyms word I am. hehe!

kyamaloom said...

And yeah btw, I would like to see YOUR reactions on 'Realm of scribble'. Admit, I was waiting for it. :|

Prabhu Dutta Das said...

Hmmm.. Fraanship.. Wait high profile fraanship! Happening.. Rich

I got the clues! :)

The Solitary Writer said...

btw who told it was restricted to only orkut initially.....infact it does happens in facebook too.....lol...hmmm must be irritating naaaa....and i liked the way u narrated this thing here hehehe

finally if ur commited or married ,then dont reply to this "meassage " n all was really good.....must be annoying naaa

and did u add him???and y did u google his name lol :d :0

Anindita said...

@ Sameera

The template is not black anywhere! Guess it was taking time to load! :|

@ Sutta

Ya man! Totally! Fraans forever! =D I'm flattered by the way to know that my opinion does matter! ^_^

@ Prabhu Datta Das

You are haunting my Orkut profile too!! :P Please don't resort to fraanship requests! I'll add you anyway! Friendship works very well with me! =D

@ Solitary Writer

It can never be totally restricted! But Facebook does give you the option of putting in filters to stop people from sending you weird requests and to maintain your privacy!! :)

I would not add him in like a thousand years! =D

I don't have time to date wannabe's! As far as the hunting up his name on Google goes, well I am extremely jobless you know!! =D

Cheers. ^_^

Anindita said...

@ Solitary Writer

After a while, used get used to it! Happens way too often to give them that much importance! ;)

He will get a lady who will go I-wanna-date-an-extremely-rich-and-happening-guy-in-a-BMW-soon!
NOT! :D

kyamaloom said...

Grammar? Ok, fine I won't say anything.

And btw, the template IS black on the right hand side. Sacchi! :|

Anindita said...

I can't help it! I tend to notice the diction and the language first!

As far as the template goes, I don't see black, I see nice floral whorls.. :|

kyamaloom said...

I KNOW!! But.. ok cut it!

And BOSS!! Your nice floral whorls are at the left side. Right side of the page is still black. :P

Cinderella said...

HO ho ho..this is too good man !!!

And the 'love you like a mother loves her baby' was hil-fckn-larious !!!!!

Hehe...so whaddya think woman ?!

And hey, I love your template, and that waving cow is sooo cute !

Cinderella said...

Waise how does a man assume he's happening and all ?!!!!

Cinderella said...

Waise how does a man assume he's happening and all ?!!!!

kyamaloom said...

Ask about an actor and I might help you. But a lawyer? Bleh!

And blogger will be a heavy task n all. Better sue me! Coz, its me who can see black. :|

Anindita said...

@ Cinderella

Hehe, thanks!

As for the ass assuming he is happening..??!! The same way he "assumes" I am going to reply to such an amazing invitation! =D

One major stud muffin he is! NOT!! =D

Anindita said...

@ sutta

Sue you??!! Fat chance! But blogger seems like a more lucrative deal! I should give my cousin a ring! =D For all you know, he would luurve to sue Blogger! Dunno why you are still seeing black though! :(

Heart'n'Soul said...

eeeehiiiihahahahhahahaha

I got one yesterday that - "I have sent u request. Please friendhsip me. Atlease reply my preposal"


What u think???....lol

Good one....and I can totally see the saggi sarcasm in your post.

You have been blogrolled :) so kepp bloggin n Enjoooy!!!

unforgiven said...

The sad part is, even if all of it was 'true', no girl would ever go for it. Too bad, so many men in this world, still have _no idea of what women really want.

Shravan Vijayaprasad said...

Whoof... I guess I have to remain single!! What with guys offering 1 lakh a day and a BMW and he is nice,sweet,caring,loving,down to earth,humble,cool,classy,happening,funny,open and straight forward person.. errr.. And the last time I saw such a fraandsheep msg was when my girl told me that she had a prob with a guy who was torturing her sending requests! It's all just so stupid, makes the whole lot of guys look stupid! :(

Pooja said...
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Shravan Vijayaprasad said...

sorry my grammar was not particularly good on that comment! Noticed only after i submitted...

I just shifted to facebook btw!! What left me in splits even more was that you googled his name...

Pooja said...

Nice post...yup ppl send really stupid requests n xpect "normal" girls 2 accept them...
no "normal" person will accpt such requests evn though these are all true...

Shravan Vijayaprasad said...

and yea, your theme is just awesome! Did you design it all by yourself??

Sameera Ansari said...

I meant the background,it's not centered.It loaded alright.

Gunjan Aylawadi said...

boy dat was hillarious!! ppl can b soo weird!

Arvind S said...

LOLZ :D ..nice one ..keep writing

Macadamia The Nut said...

ROTFL!!
Omg! What a precious jewel! Where are the rest of them? :D
I used to have a collection of Orkut gems similar to this one. But then I deleted them all in a fit of pique one day. :( Regretted ever since..they were that good. Heh heh!

SummerDiary said...
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SummerDiary said...

I *totally* want to be a girl right now. I never get friendship requests, I always send them (even to the people I know). :(

Honestly, when I come across a blows-me-away girl on some site, my friendship request reads- 'Hi, my name is Johnny Cash.' They won't add me anyways (and she won't blow me away next time either), so what the heck !!!

Anyways, my visit to your blog, nice template and still better language.
Keep going.

All Is Whole said...

That was really funny...but sometimes unknowingly we kick out our own good time....

Smiles :)

rantravereflect/ jane said...

i'm bootiful girlie.. i 24 n i drawer beeger salary,i have 'balls' beeger than your tennin-'ball' friend- i've enough to keep you my queen all your life, though me also queen bee.. i love gaay and lassibeans.. you preeti looking butter-milk-fly.. come to me, accept me, cos i can be like your real mummy, not artifeecial mother like tennis player.. n i can geeve milk to you.. he can't..
come baby,come home to mummy..
loveeely lassi bean...

rantravereflect/ jane said...

*bats eyelids*
now woman, i hope that cracks ya up more ;);)

Unknown said...

Certainly Girls r like rare species;actually every boy wud b tempted to talk to a cute gal,its the human tendency;but the control over mind not to do so,makes a living being a human......by this i mean the boy was totally out of his senses wen he wrote such weird stuff to u.
But gal,there r some genuine friend requests as well,n girls hv to reply properly to it;be it yes or no;sometimes they act as if they r out of this world or something.Go hell wid such girls.It wrong on any1's part to b egoistic;be simple n modest....
Me(m not blowing my own trumpet) too get abt 3-4 frnds req everyday of wch atleast 40% r of girls.wat i do is accept it c for 4-5days wats their intention.if they r jst addin to increase their friend's list or i suspect a foul play then i remove them.But by doin so i m giving evry1 entry into my life.
N i dont regret doin so.I now hv abt 6-8 good net frnds of whom 3 r gals.So Thats My version of Ur Story...Hehe

Remember the one's whom u know now,i mean ur frnds,wr strangers once.....

Plz go thr d prev posts of my blog...

Hemanth Potluri said...

lolz nice post keep wrtiing....

PS: i have blog rolled u...

Anindita said...

@ Divikiran

Please friendship me and accept the preposal!!!!

That is so preposterous!! :P Blogrolling you too girl! :) Wc to my blog! :)

@ Unforgiven

Some of the requests are definitely genuine but the amount of spam and shit we receive kind of puts us on an alert to reject out most of it! It sucks that men have no clue on what women want! :(

Welcome to my blog!! :)

@ Shrav

Well!! You aren't single if you have the girl now!! :P :P :P
As far as the grammar, well; don't bother that much to delete the posts! It is okay!! =D As far as the template goes, i modified a third party template! :) The designs are mine though!! :)

@ cute pooja

Totally girl! Normal or abnormal people also won't agree with such proposals!!! ;)

@ Sameera

It is centered actually! The design is bigger and hence it comes cropped! :|

Anindita said...

@ Gunj

Tell me about it! :)

@ Arvind

=D Thank you! :)

@ Macadamia

Don't worry! My collection is intact! Anytime you need some pepping up, send a shout this way! =D

@ Shekhar

I sympathize but I think you know by now!! =D

And thank you! :)

@ Pacifier returns

Better safe than sorry man! =D

Anindita said...

@ Jane

*squeals of laughter*

*batting of eyelids*

I'm yours forever!! =D

@ KP

Everybody was a stranger once but there should be some class and finesse when you approach someone else! Maybe that is the key to be friends! You cannot go on a all out approach demanding friendship! That will never materialize, not with me at least! :)

@ Hemanth

Thank you! :)

Nefariousoutlook said...

hahaha..hilarious ...rotfl...

keep posting ...and puhleez will u do frandship with me :)

Unknown said...

thts exactly wat i mean....

Benaam Badnaam said...

ha ha ha ha....

u know all thru the post what i was thinking...we could keep u as the face of a kidnapping gang...all u had to do was ask his address and bam or better still ask him to come pick u up in his skoda...wow...easy pickings from rich desperate men... :P

but as will smith said in the movie hitch...it is because of men like him...that people like me are needed...these creeps kill the field for normal guys...

but i'd dispute one thing i think orkut is a great way to not only keep in touch with old frnz but also form new friendships...i have met quite a few interesting ppl here...all it requires is a lil bit of prudence and common sense

Benaam Badnaam said...

did it again...forgot to check the follow up comments box...grrr...third time now...my bad :P

Tairebabs said...

What a show off! can't believe he said he wasn't showing off. I like the word "Fraandship-o-mania!". Best description for those mails.

Anonymous said...

wow...he really tyoped all that up...imagine if he has the balls to say this all to ur face.....or maybe u'll slap him before he finish's....lol... how does this guy even find time to sit onn social networking websites.??? lol... earning a lakh a month , looking for dates on the internet....i feel so much "normal" right now....LMAO....

Keshi said...

I dislike guys who BOAST!

Keshi.

Anonymous said...

LOL i seriously don't know what guys are thinking when they type out those messages.. ugh, i've gotten a couple and i just delete them.

Scribblers Inc said...

Dang...I missed it by a whisker...I knew tennis would have been better than radio!!!:P

Scribblers Inc.

P.S.-template is a naaaaice...I found the alienist cows a lil strange tho!!:)

Solitaire said...

hahahahah!! one of those kinds eh?!!

Vartika said...

:))
=))
for the guy!
:O
for you
you googled!!!

Meghna said...

OMG!!! This was really sick...tlkng fr the frst time and so agge badh kar......very sick....!!!

I'm ter at FB too......thgh I dnt use much.....my frnd made me hav an account and then u all get really many frnd req. .....now I won't entertain any and add only the friends I knw personally....who cares if u ahv a small frnd list????!!

Sukanya said...

haha!! tht was hilarious!!
n u googled him!! :o

hey.. new to ur blog. u've a nice blog.. will b bak :)

Vishesh said...

lol :) i wish some girl will send me a message like that...
but well is that the way you try to get a girl,i mean duh! dude get a life...lol eve na beggar would know better....or well just say he was feeling bored....

but i agree u girls can have lots of fun laughing at such stuff...as a boy all you can wish for is that some girl will like you...and its damn irritating cause for all you promise your self that i am not going to like a girl,the second you see some good looking girl your heart flips nad flops... i mean i didn't create this stupid body after all!

Saim said...

ROFL....tht made my day...in fact its made my eve too:)
cmon girl...wht else u need in a guy...i'd say go for him hook,line n sinker:D....
i.e....if u arn't already married/committed...*eh eh*

Ankur Kakkar said...

nice observation ... but i am not too likely to agree with you , given my zealously chauvinist nature !!

and , maybe i can call this post - a female hyperbole !!! ha ha ha..

neway... nice write up.. kaap going


PS : i thought the template looked better than the previous one !!

Anindita said...

@ nefariousoutlook

Thank you!!
And no, man! I'm not doing fraandship! I'm open to making friends though!! =)

@ Mystique wanderer

Face of the kidnapping gang??!! =D
As long as I get to keep 50% of the profits!! =D

And I know social sites are a great way to keep in touch with old friends!! Most of them from school but I have met some fantastic people there! :)

@ Tairebabs

Hehe..! Such weirdos make life fun, eh? ;)

@ Vishv

Well, if he did come up to me and say that, I most probably would have burst out laughing at his face and gone, "HAHA! You wish!" Being normal is a good thing you know!! =D

@ Keshi

You dislike guys who boast? =D

We all do! But this one was happening man!! :D :D :D

Anindita said...

@ Noelia~

Most of mine go straight to the bin too! But this one was too precious to send to the bin!! =D

@ Scribblers Inc.

You can start now! =D
The cows like you! They wiggle their ears and everything!! =D And it is only for you!! :P :P :P

@ Solitaire

Absolute one of those types, expect that his pompous manner really really stood out!! =D

@ Vartika

Hehe, I am pretty much jobless! Plus he deserved his credit! =D

@ Meghana

Sick? I thought it was an extreme desperate attempt! =D

Plus, i don't think he wanted to be friends!!!

Hyperactive maniac said...

66 comments!!!!
my first reaction stands!
lmao!
:P

Anindita said...

@ Knatchbulley Hughzscene

Whoa! You have a super interesting name!! What does it mean? And welcome to my blog! Hope to see you here more often! :)

@ Vishesh

I totally agree..! But there should be some restraint! =D

@ Comfortably numb

Thank you! I should go for him hook line and sinker, eh? ;)


YA RIGGGGHT!!!! :D :D :D

@ Ankur

Hehe, for zealous chauvinists like you, there is a statutory warning mentioned in the first line! You missed it kya? And as far the template goes, this isn't the best it will get; there is always scope for improvement! But after a while!! :)

Anindita said...

@ Isha

Finally! Glad to see you back!! ;)

Keep laughing!! =D

Heart'n'Soul said...

he he he
I got one more today on face book

hi...you have an attitude...me too...i like it...lets meet!!!

I mean seriously...LETS MEET?????

Anindita said...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!!

Ohh fuck!!

This is THE one!! You should definitely go meet this blessed soul!!!!!!! Attitude!!!! Seriously! MAN!!!!!!

chacha said...

haha funny... how desperate we become some time...

Anindita said...

Yes, we indeed become super desperate at times! Then, you end up on this blog!! =D

Vaudevillian said...

"i am not saying all this to show off just to let you know that i am well settled and i have a good name in the society...and most of all i am a very nice,sweet.caring,loving,down to earth,humble,cool,classy,happening,funny,open and straight forward person...i happened to see you on facebook...and i felt if i can date you...since we dont know eachother lets become friends first and get to know eachother well and see if we can date eachother...if we happen to date eachother trust me i will keep you like a queen and take good care of you better than a mother who takes care of her baby...hope to hear from you soon...take care...if you are married or committed to someone else already please dont reply to this meassage of mine...."


that beats Shakespeare hands down, no doubt.
heck it even has a little polite disclaimer/safetynet at the end there.

oh by the way, I am a professional lawnmover and have played on my own lawn..
surely that makes me better?

Scribblers Inc said...

Shucks!!Iska title is like mera post ka ditto same!!copycat!!!:P

LOL,just kidding!!:)
Scribblers Inc.

P.S.-The reason I came back is to tell you that I have NEVER read M&B!!!!:P :P :P
*grumble grumble*

Anindita said...

@ Metrosexual Monk

I like grass cutters more actually! =D

@ Scribbler's Inc.

I am sure you haven't! NOT!!! :D

Meghna said...

Ummmm......all I can say....I wish I knew too....vry senti di :0

Anurag said...

Why don't we boyzz get such Fraandship request...or is it only that I don't :(:(:(
P.S:How did you manage to get 80 comments :O ...

Anindita said...

@ Meghna

Senti? Are you referring to the post titled "Tribute" ?

@ Anurag

Because,(dramatic pause) we are the fairer sex. We high and mighty creatures don't believe in sending friend requests! We just flit through ours and discard 99% of them, unless of course it is super witty or the guy looks like Brad Pitt/George Clooney/Johnny Depp, etc!! :D

Thank you for comment number 80! :D

P.S.
I comment on other blogs! And more because, I am a girl!! :D

Cheers!

aneri_masi said...

yaar reply karna tha na :)

Anindita said...

Hehe! Heard he is a serial despo looking to have sex! :D

A couple of people I know got requests from him too! :P

aneri_masi said...

yikes!

Anindita said...

My thoughts exactly!

Rajtilak Bhattacharjee said...

@wanderlust
guys do get such request from girls!!! hey nobody ever send me that kinda request.i guess i am too old for that now ;-)

@anindita
i guess he was one of those bunch of losers who are looking for fraandsheep with girls just by looking at their profile pic.nice post dudette.btw i am stealing your tagger's galore post,its too tempting not to put it on my blog.hope you would not mind :P

Anindita said...

Arre feel free to complete the tags! :D

That bugger is on a scrapping spree btw! :D
His only criteria is that you have to be a girl! :D