It’s only in the past couple of years that the conversation surrounding a healthy romantic relationship took a leap. Calling endless number of times, checking each other’s every move, bombarding your partner with love and affection, possessiveness to the extent that it starts feeling claustrophobic – these are some of the things that have been established as problematic and not romantic.
So when Priya Malik, a popular slam poetry performer, performed a verse named ‘I am not a cool girlfriend’ and listed the many things that are deemed to be “red flags” by today’s generation, people were uncomfortable.
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“I am not a cool girlfriend. I will ask you once, twice, thrice, fifteen times. Where are you? What are you doing? Who are you with? I will care umpteen times. Have you eaten? Are you safe? Are you comfortable? I will expect monogamy, responses instantly, a love that is Bollywood-y because I am not a cool girlfriend,” she recites.
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But several people online weren’t impressed by this and called it “romanticising toxic behavior“. Priya Malik might have received many comments criticizing her verse because, on Instagram, she turned off the comments section.
imagine telling a girl who curved u hey my current gf wants to meet u
— Garima (@garimanaps) December 23, 2022
also what is this romanticising of toxic behaviour ??!!?
— plop (@desishawarmaa) December 22, 2022
call umpteen times??? bruh I already have a woman in my life who calls me 20 times till I don’t pick up the phone and refuses to understand that I might be busy or in my zone ðŸ˜
— Ae Fatimah Veg Kheema is Coming (@strgtOuttaCntxt) December 22, 2022
Sadly
This is what’s loved by a lot of people and hence they get to do it more often.— Aniket (@aniketium1) December 23, 2022
Yucks! Imagine having this abomination as a girlfriend!
— shafern (@ShafiqFndz) December 23, 2022
What are your views on her slam poetry?