The reason why today it's a good thing if no women responds to my Instagram dms or message me anything. Do you relate to it?
So you all will be wondering right why because usually I might feel different about a slow reply or something but today is just different. Today is the Indian festival Raksha Bandhan which is a festival in India when sisters tie a sacred decorative thread called Rakhi on the wrist of their brothers which is basically a way to protect the brother-sister bond. To people who don't have siblings, sometimes female cousins will tie the rakhi to the male cousin instead. Like I live in the city Bangalore in India and I don't have any siblings so my cousins sometimes might courier a rakhi for during Raksha Bandhan as they live far away in West Bengal state of India where my hometown is. The brother will typically give some gifts to the sister or maybe sweets like Kaju Katli.
But this thing isnt just between siblings or cousins or blood relatives in India but even between peers or others too. Just like in India, how the word uncle and aunty gets thrown to even random non-blood older generation people, brother and sister is also get thrown and is type of friendzoning in India. A woman here might call a man brotherly just to avoid any romantic tension, gossips and keep the bond more like sibling-like platonic bond. I literally saw Instagram stories of some of my MBA juniors tying rakhi to their male classmates/male friends for real even though everyone are peers and in their 20s. Even my own MBA year guys also wishing Happy Raksha Bandhan to some women who were our classmates even though we done with MBA fully 9 months ago. It feels kinda hilarious honestly to see peers tying each other rakhi like that even though the MBA campus environment was more professional and people in formal dresses and also not gender segregated like plenty of Indian schools and plenty of engineering colleges.
So yeah today I am glad to not get any messages from women or no replies because just imagine seeing a woman messaging "Happy Raksha Bandhan brother" haha. That would feel crazy for real. I definitely don't see a woman in her 20s as a "sister" as a 25 year old man. Getting brother-zones or tier rakhi definitely feels worse than a platonic friend-zone for real. Maybe because I don't have siblings I feel this way but I can't imagine a brother-sister bond with a woman especially in the 21-30 age range. So yeah it's a good thing honestly that I didn't get any such messages or something and I didn't go out today either. It's kinda crazy seeing women tie rakhi to their male peers for real who are classmates or something. I often felt this festival is only for siblings and cousins and blood relatives and not just anyone for real. What do you feel?
But this thing isnt just between siblings or cousins or blood relatives in India but even between peers or others too. Just like in India, how the word uncle and aunty gets thrown to even random non-blood older generation people, brother and sister is also get thrown and is type of friendzoning in India. A woman here might call a man brotherly just to avoid any romantic tension, gossips and keep the bond more like sibling-like platonic bond. I literally saw Instagram stories of some of my MBA juniors tying rakhi to their male classmates/male friends for real even though everyone are peers and in their 20s. Even my own MBA year guys also wishing Happy Raksha Bandhan to some women who were our classmates even though we done with MBA fully 9 months ago. It feels kinda hilarious honestly to see peers tying each other rakhi like that even though the MBA campus environment was more professional and people in formal dresses and also not gender segregated like plenty of Indian schools and plenty of engineering colleges.
So yeah today I am glad to not get any messages from women or no replies because just imagine seeing a woman messaging "Happy Raksha Bandhan brother" haha. That would feel crazy for real. I definitely don't see a woman in her 20s as a "sister" as a 25 year old man. Getting brother-zones or tier rakhi definitely feels worse than a platonic friend-zone for real. Maybe because I don't have siblings I feel this way but I can't imagine a brother-sister bond with a woman especially in the 21-30 age range. So yeah it's a good thing honestly that I didn't get any such messages or something and I didn't go out today either. It's kinda crazy seeing women tie rakhi to their male peers for real who are classmates or something. I often felt this festival is only for siblings and cousins and blood relatives and not just anyone for real. What do you feel?
22-25, M
