Day 2 - On Grand Gestures

 As I was scrolling through TikTok, I saw a video that made me reflect. 

The subject of the video Was a couple, of Black American origin in Times Square, New York. 

The environment was terribly busy: a myriad of people, locals busy going about their business, tourists absorbing the culture shock and taking pictures and vehicles all over hooting. From the reviews of the tourists of New York, I am sure the air smelt like New York. I cannot say the smell was flowery, musky or a pungent smell. I will leave that to those who have visited that City or are residents of New York to describe to us what New York City Square smells like.

The couple was standing in front of a very humongous billboard, attached to the wall of a skyscraper. This couple were dating and wanted to take things to the next level. So, the guy took the lady to City Square to declare his intentions to her and the hundreds of people there that day. He said sweet words to her, I know this because of how the lady was blushing. Later, he told her to turn around and voila! There was a display of cute pictures and videos of themselves that they had taken on the huge billboard. A few people stood to see the grandiose romantic gesture. 

The guy asked her if she would be his girlfriend. The babe almost fell since overwhelmed with emotions. They were happy emotions. She said Yes. So, this was just a proposal to be the girlfriend. Grande as it was. What grand gesture will he perform when he finally asks her to be his wife? Suppose all things go well with their relationship?

 I thought, “Maybe people like to be loved loudly, and by loudly, I mean LOUDLY.” 

This weekend, I spent time with my friends from uni, and I remember Pato asking, ‘Would you post the person you are talking to on IG?’ 

I did not even think, and I said no! That I would only post the person that I would eventually marry.

Today, I kind of have changed my mind a little bit. If you know me personally, you know I have a love-hate relationship with social media. 

I would say aside from being a consumer of the content of interesting things that tickle my fancy, I really do not have a valid reason as to why I share some stuff on my personal platform. I mean, I could say it is a digital diary but, isn’t my gallery just that? But this is a complicated journey and let us not get into it today. I digress.

But just to confirm, I would not post an announcement on any of my social media platforms announcing my person with a long caption saying how much I like or love the person, but that is not to say I will not sneak his sexy arms, beautiful beards of my man. Oh, there will be signs friends. You will know. And in a situation where I am overwhelmed with love, I will post him. On my close friends or not. I guess what I am saying is right now, nothing is set in stone. 

But you know what is set in stone? Me being proposed to in New York, City Square which has thousands of by-passers, vehicles and the smell of New York lingering is a No. Dear future someone’s son… please do not! Not with such grandiose gestures. I am just a girl, a shy introverted girlie.