Co-Authored with Sakshi Dogra
'A Decoder to Girly SMS'
Sir this is Tanvi from Sity bank, we are
offering you cash back card. The voice from the other side kept on informing
about the details and specifications of the offer her company is providing. I
was least interested in the offer but I liked her voice and flirted a bit with
her and was enjoying the response. The phone calls became quite regular for me
as I had become her favorite client who was more interested in her, than the
credit card offer. One day I received sms saying “wats
up?” From unknown number and before I could ask who it is. I got
another sms saying “Tanvi remember the Sity back girl”. From that
day she kind of became my sms girl. We shared a lot of things on sms from her
college pranks to my holiday plans. One day she told me that she is moving to
Mumbai and has found a PG for herself. I asked her about the location and if
the room was good. She replied
“Hey ghar to sahi hai inlogo ka… N his wife is also here.
So no prob…. Lol…..Al is wel…. N thanks 4 cuming wid me….. :-)”
“When did I drop you there?”
“Sum tym u cn b wid someone widout actually being there…”
“All is well? That is what I was going to ask you. But your
typing speed is too good u responded before I could even ask u. U think the
same way as I do.”
Even before I could keep my mobile back
into my pocket, she messaged me a smiley “(J)” I had no idea, what
it meant. I supposed, she was happy or smiling.
I never used similes in my messages.
“Hahahahaha… I hv gud typin sped dats y lol……”
“You really have good typing speed or maybe it is easy for
you as you don’t type whole word or don’t care about the spelling.”
“(>_<)”
That
was what I received as an answer to my reply. I had no idea what to reply to
that message. Then to my relief there came another message from her side.
“Lemme knw whn u reach…..”
“Where am I reaching?”
“U wil hv 2 reach home after dropping me??? Hahahaha :P”
“Why are you staying there? You could have stayed with me
as my roommate is out of town. Only thing you need to take care is to have a
pepper spray to keep me out”
Just after I sent the above message I got
the reply from her “J lol”. Thank God I was
aware of that abbreviation. After that we exchanged few more SMS and half of
the lingo she was using was going above my head.
“:-D ill come in d mrng at 6 or 6:30 so dnt keep ur phone
on silent… J”
“Are you really coming to meet me”
“:-P, I just want to say, I’ll cal u tom”
I woke up so early in the next morning. I
took a bath and was ready, as if I was going for a date. I had no idea, why I
was behaving like this.
Our SMS trail kept on going for days with
all those Santa Banta Jokes, which actually didn’t make me laugh. I just sent
back reverts like, nice one, gud one, Ha ha ha.. etc. . But I became used to
the sms way of life. By the Valentine’s Day she had forcefully made me update
her name in my contact list to the “Best Girl in the World” Her message
“Happy
Valentine dayJ” is stored in my
inbox with that name. If I had all her messages in my inbox, I could have
narrated a story in SMS itself.
“Mrng.. R u goin 2 office? Leme knw whn u r
free 2day ill call u…”
“Got free?”
“u dere :-/”
These kinds
of messages became a routine. I too developed the habit of her sms that I
started checking my phone after every now and then to see any sms from her.
“got free? I got d best thing of
my life today J m on cloud 9 :D”
Normally
such messages are interoperated as if the person has cracked the best deal, has
got some job, or has made his dream come true. I was anxious and excited to
know what was happening in her life. So I called her up
“whts up?”
“Thank god u called I m so happy
to have finally found the exact pair of shoes I wanted for so long m on cloud
9”
For a
moment I was confused whether to laugh
or to get irritated but may be this was the thing about her which always made
me talk to her more and look forward for her sms.
“congrats”
“why you sarcastic aren’t you
happy to know this?”
Why should
I be happy but I replied “Ya I am really very happy” and with this I
learnt one thing what girls expect us guys to be like, that if she is happy for
any reason you got to be happy at least sound happy.
Our SMS life was at its peak that sometimes
we spent entire day messaging. Once I told her that I was going on a date next
day. She was so excited about the idea of me going on a date. She kept on
telling me to do and not to do list. She was dressing me up through phone, even
though she had not seen me even once. As always I was late for this date too.
I extended my hands to held her hand and I
had to take it back as there was an sms beeping in my mobile
“Cal whn free… J ”
I was so excited to see her. She was
looking gorgeous. I was lost in her beautiful eyes.
“So hws it goin :D”
I was talking to my date and at the same
time I had to message back to Tanvi .
“What r u doin?”
“We are just talking”
“Wht are u talking :P”
I decided to ignore her sms for a while and
to my surprise my inbox was filled with 20 sms in 5mins which read
“Y anit u replying >_<”
“She is more important now”
“Still nt done >_<”
“Hmmm f9 huh >_< call up if u guys are done”
And many more I replied her “ill call you in
20 mins” which I totally forgot looking at my date and my inbox kept
showering with Tanvi’s messages.
“Hmmm.. M waitin cal up as soon as u finish.”
“R u done nw…”
“Gud nyt… >_<;”
By now I have understood one thing whatever
is the matter but a smiley like “>_<” is a danger sign so I called her
up straight and I was right she was angry on me as I didn’t call her or messaged
her in the time I had told her. I marked it as a point never to give time limit
to a girl or to make sure to inform her to avoid her rage. I said sorry even
though I felt that I was not at the fault but that brought a smile on her face
and she was normal but the thing I learnt here is say a 'sorry' even if u didn’t do anything strange but fact. She was
eager to know everything about my date from the starting without skipping any
details. I was excited to tell her how my date went and she was whole ears to
me.
But she ruined everything in the end saying
that my date is not my kind of a girl. I should stop dating her. I was not
going to listen to Tanvi. But after 3 months when I broke up with her, Tanvi
just send me a message.
“Finally huh”
I had no idea what to do and she was all
there to give me strength.
“Yo babes” (Dear reader’s
don’t confuse it for my msg, it is Tanvi’s message”)
“Pls cal me whn u r free..”
“U alive..”
“:-/”
“Knock on my phone once u r free… if pos….. J enjoy”
“Hey.. nyt if u sleepin…”
I have got a hell lot of reminder from her
phone to call her back. I was sleeping and had no idea that my phone is getting
a sms shower. If you receive any message like the above one, it doesn’t mean a
good night wish, it is just an order for you to call her back. But
unfortunately I woke up in the morning only. I send a good morning wish to her
with a sorry attached to it.
“I dnt want 2 talk 2 u”
“N u seem to b very busy dat u have forgot to smile so
here is one J tc”
“^.^, ^0^, *^.^*,
~.~, :-) :-D, :-P, :-!, T.T, =). :^), 8-),
:@,:-S, :-X, :-\ :-D J” I sent her all smiles I knew
“Just saw ur msg n smild lyk anythin misd u dearJ”.
“You just smiled?”
“Nt just smiled but smild lyk anything dere is a
difference.. lol….”
I was amazed with this girl and was
wondering how small things matter so much for a girl I reverted with a smiley
and never knew these smileys will play such an important role in a girl’s life.
One day I received a very disturbing message from her whose background she
never explained to me.
“Sry didn’t pick ur phone my lyf has finished….. I dnt
know whether il b able 2 cal u guys m sry luv u guys…”
I was so worried for her. I called her many
a times and she never picked my call. But the next day she called me up and
everything was suddenly alright. It became so normal after that. I use to send
her some quick messages when I was in office. (Guys this is very important to
send message to your girl even if u are very busy, just to show her that you
are always thinking of her.)
One day her messages stopped coming suddenly she vanished in the thin air. Life became miserable for me. I lost my sleep. I really wanted to talk to her or badly wanted an SMS from her. I need to trace her down. Where did she go? I took help from one of my friend in a telecom company. I asked him to get the details of this number. He couldn’t help me for a week and after lots of bribing and contacts one day he managed to get the details. I got the address and decided to go there and find her. It was a very beautiful villa..She is a rich girl. When I walked up to the gate, the guards stopped me and asked me, why I was there. The gates just opened in front of me when I said I am here to meet Tanvi . I could feel the energy; I could feel that, I was getting close to Tanvi. Her mom took me upstairs. I had no idea what was in store for me. When we entered her room, I could almost see an ICU. I cannot believe my eyes that I was seeing Tanvi in a bed ridden state. I was confused and could not understand what was happening. I just looked at her face and stood motionless and came to senses when I realized the door behind me closed. I was all there near Tanvi and the house nurse came up to me and asked am I alright and I didn’t say anything and asked the nurse, what happened to Tanvi and she told me that Tanvi met with an accident 9 months back and is in coma from that time. I couldn’t believe my ears. How can she be in coma for 9 months and still send me SMS. I walked to the study table at the corner and took the mobile kept there and dialed my number from it. It was the same number but WHO WAS SENDING ME THE MESSAGES!!! I kept the mobile back on the stand and when I just turned towards Tanvi, my mobile beeped and the message read,
One day her messages stopped coming suddenly she vanished in the thin air. Life became miserable for me. I lost my sleep. I really wanted to talk to her or badly wanted an SMS from her. I need to trace her down. Where did she go? I took help from one of my friend in a telecom company. I asked him to get the details of this number. He couldn’t help me for a week and after lots of bribing and contacts one day he managed to get the details. I got the address and decided to go there and find her. It was a very beautiful villa..She is a rich girl. When I walked up to the gate, the guards stopped me and asked me, why I was there. The gates just opened in front of me when I said I am here to meet Tanvi . I could feel the energy; I could feel that, I was getting close to Tanvi. Her mom took me upstairs. I had no idea what was in store for me. When we entered her room, I could almost see an ICU. I cannot believe my eyes that I was seeing Tanvi in a bed ridden state. I was confused and could not understand what was happening. I just looked at her face and stood motionless and came to senses when I realized the door behind me closed. I was all there near Tanvi and the house nurse came up to me and asked am I alright and I didn’t say anything and asked the nurse, what happened to Tanvi and she told me that Tanvi met with an accident 9 months back and is in coma from that time. I couldn’t believe my ears. How can she be in coma for 9 months and still send me SMS. I walked to the study table at the corner and took the mobile kept there and dialed my number from it. It was the same number but WHO WAS SENDING ME THE MESSAGES!!! I kept the mobile back on the stand and when I just turned towards Tanvi, my mobile beeped and the message read,
“Thanks for coming to meet me J”
