#TuesdayTrueDay: Goody Feed Human Beings Reveal Their One-Sided Love Stories

We all agree that the Internet is filled with nothing but truthfulness: that influencer whom you’ve been stalking definitely looks like a diva 24 hours a day, and travel 365 days a year.

Your friend is in a great relationship because she’s been posting lovey-dovey images on Instagram, despite the fact that you saw her on Tinder this morning.

With so many people having such a perfect image online, we thought of having a weekly section called #TuesdayTrueday, whereby we Goody Feed, the imperfect human beings on the Internet, reveal some of our stories to show you the truth online.

And what better way to start off than with something everyone’s interested in: one-sided love.

After all, love sometimes lifts you into the clouds, filling you with a seemingly impossible amount of happiness. Other times it pummels you into the ground, stealing the air from your lungs.

Though most of us Goody Feed writers are actually androids incapable of human emotion, we still have embarrassing love stories like everyone else.

Here are three true stories to make you feel better about your own romantic rejections.

Obviously we’ve hidden the names and if you want to know who they are…just apply for a job here lah.

I was Ghosted on a Tinder Date & Met a Crying Girl Instead
(Writer, 25)

This happened a little while ago on a Tinder date. I made reservations for this rather expensive restaurant, but even after an hour of waiting she wasn’t there yet and I wasn’t receiving any reply. Another hour passed and I was still sitting alone and waiting. Waiters clearly noticed me, even asking if everything was alright.

Eventually, it became clear that she ghosted me, so I left the restaurant and paid for the would-be-meal. The restaurant offered to waive it since I didn’t eat anything – perhaps out of pity – and suggested a takeaway but I said nah.

Then, near the restaurant, I found another girl who was in tears and asked her what’s wrong. Turns out she lost about S$500 in cash. Feeling generous, I offered to give her S$50, but she, of course, rejected it. So, I told her my story and asked if she would like to have dinner instead.

After all, the food is technically still there and paid for. I went back to the restaurant, and the waiters who saw me gave me a smile. They proceed to serve my food immediately. The crying girl turned out to be a great date, but we didn’t click in certain areas and so nothing materialized. 

The Starbucks Crush That Crushed My Love
(Editor, 24)

It happened when I was in Sec 4. I’ve always been a gung ho girl who has always felt that girls can make the first move and ask guys out. My mom will say: can what, why cannot? 

So the story goes: There was this boy who worked at a Starbucks near my school. I thought he was really cute and would often drop by after school to stare at his cute face study. By often I mean every day. Literally, every day. 

Soon, he memorized my order and would make specially formulated drinks for me. You know, like ‘butterbeer’. I would sometimes even order 2 drinks so I could talk to him a little more. *Face Palm*

He would also give me complimentary drinks quite often. So I thought that my underage crush was reciprocated. One day, after weeks of hesitation, I did it. I asked for his number, and he gave it to me. 

I started texting him to get to know him. I put in a lot of effort in getting to know him, but even though he took hours to reply and hardly ever initiated conversations I was too young and dumb to get the message: He didn’t like me in the way I did him. 

Maybe I was too young (he was 18 then), or maybe he got the memo that underaged relationships were frowned upon. But to this day, I remember this experience vividly and it has taught me a valuable life lesson: 

It’s okay to get rejected, and it’s alright if not everyone likes you. 

I’m still friends with him on Facebook, and I recently saw him in real life while I was walking around with my current boyfriend. We smiled and waved at each other.  

The Awkward Musician Who Tried Too Hard to be Romantic
(Deputy Editor, 27)

Many years ago I posted an online advertisement looking for a singer because I play guitar but have the voice of a mature goat. I found one a few days later.

We started hanging out and butterflies started appearing in my stomach, which often caused indigestion. In my head, I reasoned “She’s cute and she reads books so SHE MUST BE THE ONE.”

Yes, I was young and naive. I romanticized everything.

But, due to my crippling insecurity and social awkwardness (I’m better now, thanks), I found it hard to confess my feelings to her.

So, I did what boys and girls do in the movies. I said I’d make her a mixtape.

It’s hard to describe how horrifically uncomfortable her laugh was. It’s like someone forced her to laugh at gunpoint. She just laughed awkwardly and said “Whaaaaaat?”

Embarrassed, I was like, pfft, I make mixtapes for everyone. I just like sharing my favourite songs with other people, I said.

Yeah, I don’t think she bought it.

So, I proceeded to dig a hole in the ground and laid at the bottom for 24 hours crying in the fetal position.

Once I recovered, I realized that if someone doesn’t like you, there’s no point moping around feeling sorry for yourself.

I’m now in a relationship of three years with a girl I met on Tinder.

If there’s anything to learn from these sad tales, it’s that everyone gets rejected by their crush at some point in their life.

But that doesn’t mean you’ll never find romance.

Love happens, just be patient.

Moral of the Stories

Yes, the Internet is full of romantic stories that seem to be written by a K-drama writer. Now you know the truth: that behind every beautiful love story you see online, there are millions of one-sided love stories that ended nowhere.

Like these Goody Feed human beings.