They met on Facebook — first friendship, then love.
The girl’s ID was “Dad’s Angel Shila,” and the boy’s was “Ariyan Hridoy.”
In just a little while, they were going to meet for the very first time.
Both of them were terribly nervous and excited, still chatting away on Messenger.
Shila: “Where are you now?”
Hridoy: “Under the overbridge.”
Shila: “What! Who meets under a bridge? What kind of place is that?
How will I recognize you? What color shirt are you wearing?”
Hridoy: “Yellow.”
Shila arrives and stands in front of him.
Shila: “Are you Hridoy?”
Hridoy gives a wide, toothy grin.
Shila: “You look nothing like your Facebook profile picture!
There you looked like a college boy — now you look like some middle-aged uncle!”
Hridoy flashes all thirty-two teeth and says,
“That’s exactly why I asked you to meet me under the overbridge.”
Shila: “What do you mean?”
Hridoy: “Climb up the stairs — just seven steps.
Then look down at me. See if you can match the face with my profile picture.”
Shila counts seven steps, goes up, and looks down.
Hridoy (calling out): “Do you see the resemblance now?”
Shila: “Hmm… yes, from this angle it’s a bit closer.”
Hridoy: “You see, mobile cameras take pictures from different angles.
My best photos come from above! I knew you’d doubt it, that’s why I told you to meet me under the bridge — so you could get the right angle and compare it with my profile picture.”
Shila: “That’s ridiculous!”
Hridoy: “Maybe so! But you’re no different — your face doesn’t match your Facebook photo either.
There, you looked like a fashion model. In real life, you look more like Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi!”
Shila: “Fine then — I’m crossing the road. Watch from the side and see if you can match my angle now.”
Hridoy gets excited — it’s all about angles after all!
Shila crosses the street and starts walking away.
Hridoy shouts from behind,
“Yes, yes! Now it matches! Come back!”
But Shila doesn’t turn around.
Instead, she sends a message on Messenger:
“Aung San Suu Kyi can’t possibly fall in love with Donald Trump!”
