Mistaken and Misunderstood
I've been knowing NL for sometime before one day she called me for help. She was moving to her new apartment and need a guy to lift some of her stuffs. Without hesitation, I said I would do it. Why wouldn't I do it? She's a friend of mine. And that was not the first time I helped her. I proofread her paper, bought her food, changed her tire and so on. Just like what I would do with my other friends. I did not see anything wrong with that. But my other friends got a different idea than mine. It was not all that surprising. I quickly dismissed any suggestion that I am seeing her. To me there is nothing special going on between me and her.
During the second week of Ramadhan, I asked D for a ride home. D is a staff at my office, a single 30+ year old lady, much older than me. My biggest mistake was to let anyone know about it. For me it's very simple. I just want to go home for the Eid celebration and I did not care who I would go with. Right? But to the eyes of many, it was not the right thing to do. D's friend, ES called me and demanded some explanation. What I didn't know was that ES is quietly in relationship with D. I apologized to ES and asked D to brought someone along, which she did on our way back home. But only two of us were in the same car back to KL. But her parents and my parents knew about our journey together. I promise this would be the last time I would ever go back home with just another woman who is not a relative of mine.
After the month of Syawal, I began going out with another friend, SS but this time it is for real. We tried hard to not letting anyone knew but I guess it might be just too obvious or we might chose the wrong place to have our breakfast. Stories about us going out together spread fast like California wildfire. Everybody thought of me as a player. First it was NL, then D and now SS. I know staffs at my office love gossiping and there's nothing I can do to stop them. But I never know that NL's friends really care about my relationship with SS especially her best buddy NA. From the look, NA does not seem to care about us that much but SS told me NA is not being nice to her. I do not know whether that has something to do with us. I'm afraid NA might be pissed off at her because she thought I should be with NA and not SS.
We cannot really avoid getting seen by everybody but we can ignore all the talk about us.
During the second week of Ramadhan, I asked D for a ride home. D is a staff at my office, a single 30+ year old lady, much older than me. My biggest mistake was to let anyone know about it. For me it's very simple. I just want to go home for the Eid celebration and I did not care who I would go with. Right? But to the eyes of many, it was not the right thing to do. D's friend, ES called me and demanded some explanation. What I didn't know was that ES is quietly in relationship with D. I apologized to ES and asked D to brought someone along, which she did on our way back home. But only two of us were in the same car back to KL. But her parents and my parents knew about our journey together. I promise this would be the last time I would ever go back home with just another woman who is not a relative of mine.
After the month of Syawal, I began going out with another friend, SS but this time it is for real. We tried hard to not letting anyone knew but I guess it might be just too obvious or we might chose the wrong place to have our breakfast. Stories about us going out together spread fast like California wildfire. Everybody thought of me as a player. First it was NL, then D and now SS. I know staffs at my office love gossiping and there's nothing I can do to stop them. But I never know that NL's friends really care about my relationship with SS especially her best buddy NA. From the look, NA does not seem to care about us that much but SS told me NA is not being nice to her. I do not know whether that has something to do with us. I'm afraid NA might be pissed off at her because she thought I should be with NA and not SS.
We cannot really avoid getting seen by everybody but we can ignore all the talk about us.
