After quite some time, I logged onto shaadi.com chat. I clearly didn't know what was in store for me. It was the first time in awhile that I allowed the automatic chat login to stay 'online' - it was around midnight and I didn't think anyone would be online at that time. Wrong.
Six people were logged in. That doesn't seem high, but when more than half are on your 'accepted member' list, it seems abnormal. Figuring I had nothing to lose, I chatted with two of them.
The first is 35 and lives in the US. He wasn't very talkative to begin with, and when he did engage, it was a job interview...ugh. I disengage from the chat quickly and move on.
The second, is a bit younger, 32, and also lives in the US. He was quite flirtatious - a characteristics that always gets my guard up on first encounter. However, I pursue the chat. He assumes that I am a typical girl who gets excited about shoes and shopping. I explain that I am far from a 'normal' Indian girl. He clearly liked that. He went on to describe the opposite of 'normal' to be 'weird' and that the 'weirder the girl, the better', because he, himself, was far from normal.
Just as I'm about to smile at his last comment, the next message pops up and it has to do with 'dressing up' and playing 'make believe'. EWW! Really? We clearly have very different definitions of 'normal' and 'weird'!! I haven't even met the guy! I don't even know his real name! Is this what people talk about on dating website chat platforms?!
I suddenly became tired and logged off.
I had a message waiting for me the next morning, asking for my phone number and that perhaps we could get to know each other more over the phone or via text?
No, thanks! :)
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