One embarrassing moment is enough to change how we act and behave. 

Hello, everyone.

I welcome you to my blog. Still in the season of love, I hope we all got a Valentine's Day package. At some point in our lives, we have all suffered embarrassment, some that left a scar that till date we cannot get over, and some we got over in a twinkle of an eye. Embarrassment is something every individual avoids, especially in public in front of people they do not know, but sometimes such embarrassments are inevitable, no matter how hard you try. You just have to suffer them.

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We have all had embarrassing moments, some of which we take responsibility for and some that were totally the result of a friend's mistake and you had to go in for it. An embarrassment that's totally your fault hurts less compared to the one you must have been extra careful to avoid, but a friend's silly mistake or stubbornness dragged you into the mud. Each time you remember an embarrassment caused by someone else, you feel like beating them up.

We just gained admission to the university and were assigned a room in the hostel. We are all trying to adapt to the new environment and getting to know each other, and I made a friend who lives opposite my room. Somehow I regret letting the friendship kick start; this particular guy was so full of himself like no one else above him. As friends, we seek advice from each other, but in this guy's book, that is one thing that will never happen, as he feels he is always right, to the point where arguing with him became annoying because he argues blindly. I don't really enjoy arguing, especially when I know I am right, but he keeps making the matter worse.

He told us about his crush, who also lives in the girls hostel, which is just a few miles away, and how he feels about her. They are just friends, but he wants them to be more than friends. We tried talking to him about taking things slow and confirming if the girl is feeling him too, but he was in a rush. Our matriculation was scheduled to take place on February 22nd, and according to him, he needs a girlfriend to go partying with on our matriculation night. We talked all we could, but as always, he is the one on the right path, and the rest of us are all wrong.

On the 14th of February 2020, a day I will never forget in a hurry, it was a cool evening because the weather was like it wanted to rain. He came to my room with a fancy bag; he bought a teddy bear and wine that he wanted to use to ask his crush out. He pleaded with us to follow him; it was a cool evening and not yet dark. He called her out, and we were watching from a distance. After exchanging pleasantries, I think he told us what he had in mind, but her reaction left us all in shock as she collected the bag and threw it away. The wine broke and attention turned to his direction, and the rest of us immediately ran back to our hostel.

We were all waiting for him to return and give us the full gist, but he never did until nightfall. But when it comes to gist, it's never too late. We still asked what he told her and why she reacted like that: "She only wants friendship with him, but he was stupid to want them to be more than just friends." Mr. Man was friendzoned without even knowing it. Now he tries to see things from another person's perspective before making a move. One embarrassment changed him and how he saw things.

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