Finding a mate on Facebook

Times have changed from when you had to go out, hangout at places where chics hangout and try to pick up a girl. In Sri Lanka this usually meant bus stops, tuition classes and shopping malls. Nothing said I love you like passing a chit to a nice girl in a tuition class asking her out or walking up to random girls at the bus stop and asking her whether she'd like to be in a relationship or hanging out at a shopping mall and asking out girls who walk by. It stuns me how bold our youth can be. I remember the time when I went for one biology tuition class and the boys used to either pass chits or simply walk up to a girl and get down to business. No hey, how you doing? or wanna grab a coffee after class? or hey what's up?. It's straight to oya mata kamathida? or oya maath ekka yaalu wenna kamathida?. For those of you who aren't familiar with the Sinhalese terms, it means do you like me? and would you like to be my girlfriend. I never had the balls to do this. Probably why I'm still single. Anyway, the point of this post is that a friend of mine shared with me a few messages his girlfriend got on Facebook. Unlike back in the day when you had to sit and write chits and make sure it gets to the right girl or walk up to girl and ask her to be your girlfriend, facebook and other social media have made things much easier. This was too hilarious for me to keep to myself, so I just had to do what's right and share.

Message 1:
Subject: Boy friend
Message: Iam [name].Mage school eka ananda college.Iam in grade 13.Mama oyage photo eka dakka.Oya hari beautiful.Oya kamatida math ekka yalu wenawata.

Like my boss says re: email campaigns, you gotta drive the benefit to the recipient in the subject line. Looks like this dude is way ahead of his time.

Message 2:
Subject: Hi
Message: i want to know about u more i am [name] and busness man in Ampara i Am live in Kandy Waththegama so i like to know u plz [phone number] or [email address] and i alredy finish my BCS Digree in regarding IT so if interested for it i think i can help u my company name "[company name]" it s inports computer from Singupore for Eastern Province in Sri LAnka Kalmunai, Ampara, Batty,SAmmanthurai , like that area .

There was another message, which said something like I really really really want to be your boyfriend. I can't remember it and she has deleted it. I just remember the three reallys.

It really isn't much fun being a guy. I've never gotten messages this funny. Ever. So what's the deal, do you have to get straight down to business or do you have to do as normal people do and have coffee and dinner and tea and movies etc? Seen only in Sri Lanka methinks...

Btw, these messages are totally real and have been copy-pasted word for word. The names, phone numbers and email addys have been removed. Even I'm not that cruel.