EXPERIENCING THE "RUDIE SYNDOME"
Question:
What's worse than having no boyfriend?
Answer:
Having guys literally surround you -- with none of them seemingly the least bit interested in you.
No Boyfriend Since Birth
Claire Betita
MICHAEL. This guy asked me out for, i think, 6 times, and each time i turn him down. He's got the looks (Richard Guiterrez-look alike), the smile and the wit. Duda lang ako sa kanya. After his last try, nagpaka lie-low muna, and two weeks later, may girlfriend na sya. Flirt.
JR. The catering guy. Got a gf, but they broke up. Eeksena na sana ako, kaso walang chances eh. Two months na kami di nagkikita. Crap.
ALLAN. Closest co-applicant and batchmate sa org. We do a lot of things together -- chat, eat, surf the net, etc. We had already slept in the same house, same room. Some friends like to tease us, but (surprise! surprise!), no sparks flying here.
MAKEL. Argh! Talks about himself most of the time. Big no-no.
EMER. The cellphone guy. The very one whom i texted in an i-like-you-ish way. He never texted back. Hell with him.
ARDEN. Stay away from his sight (and reach) as much as possible.
JOEF. What's with him? He calls me "baby" or "love" or "sweetheart" but also pushes me towards Michael. Big joke.
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EVE: NBSB ka ba?
YARA: Ano yun?
EVE: No Boyfriend Since Birth.
YARA: Yhep.
It's not that im looking for a boyfriend. And i don't think im desperate for one. Pero bakeeet nga ba wala??
EVE: By choice or by chance?
YARA: By both.
E kasi naman noh! The guys i like just doesn't like me back, at yung mga taong iniiwasan ko, sila yung nagpaparamdam.
It just doesn't fit.
It doesn't match.
All the fucking time!
Then came pa the identity crisis thing.
The sexuality-thing thing.
The whole i-think-im-not-made-for-a-boy thing.
Anyway, im straight now.
Straight girl.
I hope.
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Quoted from the book:
JAY: "Guys don't want girls asking them out. They may seem torpe, but they're just trying to pace themselves when asking a girl out. Besides, don't you think it's kinda cheap if you go around asking guys out to dinner?"
YOJ: "Sometimes, you can be so 1950's. Why do you men think that girls can't ask a guy out? Who cares who asks whom? Mga moralista?"
I am sooo with Yoj!! What's it ba with asking guys out? Dikta ng lipunan? Does everybody has to be stereotype, following the same cliches? E panu kung sagad-sagaran ang pagkatorpe ng lalaking gusto mo, hanggang kelan naman kami mag-aantay noh? If they can't do the move, edi kami na lang. Tas they'll think we're cheap. Ang kitid naman ng utak. Sometimes, you just have to take matters into your own hands. Baka kasi mamuti lang mata mo kaiiintay. Kung hindi mag work-out, fine. You can't expect things to be easy. You're bound to get hurt. Pero, at least, you tried diba? There's nothing wrong with trying. Kapag na turn-off sya sayo, then he's not the one. Hindi sya marunong mag-isip.
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Bakit pakiramdam ko sarili ko sinasabihan ko..?