People and their behaviours.

[elyse]

Ha! After more than half a year not being able to get ahold of each other, I finally talked to Alexa for a few hours today. Glad to be able to see her again. After all, she's one of the closest friends from the old days. You define the term "old days" =P

Moving on, getting closer to the subject above:
I just had the most annoying conversation last night.
An acquintance of mine, an Indonesian who lived in the USA, just went back to Indonesia for good about a week ago. I called him and here's the conversation:

Me: "Hey! Don't give me empty promises. You told me you were going to contact me the instant you're here!"
The guy: "Oh. I'm busy."
Me: "Busy? You're not working yet, are you?"
The guy: "Yes, I'm busy. Visiting my dear beloved girlfriend."
Me: "Oh really? You've had a girlfriend now? What's her name?"
The guy (with not-so-friendly tone): "Why? Does it matter?"
Me: "Huh? I just want to know."
The guy: "What for?"
Me: "So that I know when I meet her."
The guy: "I'll just introduce you to her later."

At this point, I was a bit irritated. It's not that I care about WHO his girlfriend is or WHAT her name is, but why should he say, "Does it matter?".
Anyway, I kept on conversing. We talked about something else.

Towards the end of the conversation, I asked "Did you start dating while in US or here in Indonesia?"
The guy: "Why? Does it matter?"
I was like : "Oh my God, what's the matter with you, I was just asking."
The guy: "I have a girlfriend now. Does it matter?"

Honestly, my heart jumped to my head at that time. But I, of course, tried hard to control it. I was silent, and finally I said, "OK. Whatever," lowly, almost without intonation.
And a moment later, I cut his sentence, excused myself, and hung up the phone.

Can you believe that?
*shakes head*

I've found too many ignorant, insensitive, egoistic, mean people lately. I wonder why.

Comments

[oceanid.livejournal.com]

Whoa~ O_o; That guy sounds really irritating! >< Had it been Flipper, she would have just hang up mid way through his sentence ^^; She's quite weird that way -_-;

BTW~ It's nice to see you again ^^ Been a while, ne? *^^*

[silverythread.livejournal.com]

sounds like the guy was pms-ing.... what a jerk... so what if he had a girlfriend? would it kill him to be polite and friendly to old friends? jeez...

[lisette.livejournal.com]

Exactly! I vow never to call him again, unless he calls me. I'd still keep my good intention, but I will keep a certain distance. That way, I can avoid his strange behavior and thus won't get irritated way too often.
Btw, nice to meet you, Caroline :)
I see that you're in Southern California. I miss that place!

And FLIPPER! So great to see you again! :D Yes, it's been quite a while, indeed. I hope to see a great deal of you in the following days to come :)

[silverythread.livejournal.com]

nice to meet you, too Elyse :)... where were you living in so. calif before?

[lisette.livejournal.com]

I lived in SoCal for only 1 year, after my graduation. I moved about 3 times while in SoCal. The first 3 months was spent in Irvine. The next 11 months was spent in La Habra. Then I was only able to enjoy a few days in Pasadena before I had to go to Indonesia (apparently for good, since my visa got rejected). So the Pasadena apartment was empty for the next 5 months. What a waste, wasn't it? Oh well *shrugs*

[(Anonymous)]

The guy must've thought you had a crush on him or something, and from what you wrote it sounds like he was irritated by your unintentional jealous-like response.

[lisette.livejournal.com]

Of course not. You don't know the situation. I've known him for quite a long time, and he has always been as weird as ever since I first knew him. Many people have complained and shook heads as to his strange manner. He's an overly curious person, wanting to know everybody's business to the deepest end, but whenever a friend asks him, "What's up with you?", he replies, "It's my secret!"

See? He's just plain weird.

By the way, we spoke in Indonesian. That was the closest English translation that I could've done. Too bad if it gave you an impression of jealous-like responses. But in Indonesian, the intonation of my responses is a bit cold and not-so-friendly (because I actually DON'T really like him).

Alright, enough of this.