I do not have a girlfriend but I am not a gay: Part-II

Do you have a girlfriend?

What’s the name of your girlfriend?

Which college does your girlfriend study?

Is she your age?

Does your girlfriend stay in or out of Guwahati?

These were some of the basic questions which I had to face from my new friends, when I started a new lease of life and started my engineering voyage. I am pretty sure you might have faced a similar type of situation when you joined a new college or if you haven’t till now, you are surely going to face one. Two years on, and these questions haven’t yet faded, at least in my life. Tirelessly, I have been answering the same questions with the same replies, and yet failing to convince them about my miserly truth. And I wonder sometimes, why is it that no one believes that I am a single person? Why is it so tough to believe me? I feel like a liar, at least to the few of them, who have been continuously questioning my relationship status from the ice age! So much so that they even believe a notion that I have been having a secret affair without their knowledge. It’s funny sometimes because I don’t have a single clue as to how do they come to such conclusions! And if you think this is the weirdest conclusion one can ever come to, you may be taken aback if I tell you that many even think I am a gay! Well, to be precise I wasn’t shocked given the current scenario in our society. And if you haven’t yet come to terms about gays being an existent part of our society, then think twice!

Before you proceed further, I might as well sound a warning that this post of mine has nothing to do with the sacred gay community. But my motive once again is to emphasize on the fact that not having a girlfriend doesn’t mean you are a gay. I don’t know why is not having a girlfriend a big issue? There may be several reasons:

·        My physical attributes doesn’t attract girls

·        Girls do not like my kind of boys

·        I can’t seem to master the courage to speak to a girl

The third reason has been a problem since my childhood. It may seem awkward but speaking to a girl hasn't been my my cup of coffee throughout the process of my evolution from a cute baby to my current disastrous form. The most disturbing attribute is that the presence of girls shoots my shyness level to infinity. Without any shame, I admit to being a vehemently shy kid, which is why my relatives loved me the most for. But being a shy adult is certainly not a good thing. And the absence of girls in my life has made situations even worse. Not that I am desperate to make a girlfriend but an occasional “Hi” or any kind of greeting being ignored by a girl on any social media deters my self-motivation. I know it is not a corrective way to reply to strangers on social media but if you know the person, then it is an obvious criminal offense not to reply! Sounds funny, eh? It may sound but I do not intend to present you in the similar of patterns. Ok! I admit that being single is not a trendy affair but as long as I am happy, I don’t see any reason why others should find dirt in it. And while being a single male, I would also like to point out that being single and being a gay are two completely different territories, and you are not supposed to wander off into teasing me with occasional random males. The fact is that I would really love to shed off my ‘single’ status but the time hasn’t yet arrived. Maybe when females do feel my presence on this planet, I might as well get lucky enough.  But till then, be happy. Do not worry if you do not have a girlfriend/boyfriend and, do read about by my blog!      

If you haven't read part-I, then read here.