The Stranger From Facebook
People are right. It is more comforting to tell your story to a person you don't know well. It saves you the judgement, the face, and the embarrassment.
I have not experienced narrating my life in exquisite detail to someone I barely know yet, I feel, and chances are, I might soon.
I was logged in Facebook (FB) the other night. It was s typical day for me: wake up, go to work, go home, postpone jogging, log on to the net. As I was meticulously browsing from one URL to another, I suddenly chanced upon my page as having a pending notification. I immediately clicked on the page and saw someone requesting for acceptance. Since I almost always add people who send their request, I accepted him.
A few minutes passed and I heard a pop, the FB pop when someone sends a message over chat.
"Thanks for accepting". The boy said.
"Welcome. :)". I replied.
I was still browsing other pages so I leave every now and then from FB. The boy has not made a reply so on I went to checking tech sites.
A few minutes passed and I heard the pop again. I clicked on the FB window.
"How are you?"
The message window appeared on the lower right corner of the page again.
"I am fine."
"Can I ask you something?"
"Sure."
"What is your preference?"
"I am gay. And you?"
"Cool. I am gay too." He said
"That's nice to know."
I quickly saw his location to be in Japan.
I quickly saw his location to be in Japan.
"So how come you're in another country now?" I added.
"Hiding. I'm hiding from my ex-boyfriend." He told me.
"Because?" I blatantly asked.
"I got tired of him. I felt suffocated. He made me feel like I was in prison."
Whoa! I was quite surprised. Here was a person I barely know, whom I have barely known for more than a couple of hours yet he bares his part of life as if I was someone who knows him for a long period of time.
"He was not really like that..." And so he continued.
"He was not really like that..." And so he continued.
Part 1
How is it different from chatting with someone on PR?
ReplyDeleteTrue. I also find it easier to share to people I barely know. That way you don't have to conform to their expectations on what you would normally say, you lay it out for them.
ReplyDeleteHiding in Japan? whoa! The ex-boyfriend must be a serial killer or its just his excuse for a pre-christmas shopping spree. Lol!
ReplyDelete@Drew - honestly, I don't know for I don't have an account there although when I was using G4M I can truly say, it's nothing compared as this.
ReplyDelete@ Raymond - that is so true. Laying all the cards without you thinking how they would judge you.
@Caloy - haha.I think the ex was just a maniacal, possessive freak. ;)