THE CULTURE BEAT : Do not let him\her waste your time any longer

#WasteHisTime2016

“Wait till he falls in love with you, then tell him you’re not ready to be hurt again”. “Begin typing a response to his text and never finish it, leaving him in the three dot purgatory”. “Talk to him for months and tell him you need to focus on yourself: then date his best friend”. “Talk to him for nine months and when he gets jealous about something say ‘chill we aren’t even dating”.

Last week, the Twitter streets took a very interesting turn when the females started a trend called #WasteHisTime2016. In a nutshell, this trend was a satirical commentary on the things that men have put them through when it comes to relationships.

In the words of one tweet: “(it) is a satirical parallel to the instances where men lead women for long periods of time, bearing false pretenses that they want a long term relationship with said female, “connecting” with her, and getting to know her/become a part of her daily life, then ditch said female after the male gets what he wanted. This process wastes a tremendous amount of the woman’s time.”

The men, not wanting to be out done, started their own tag #WasteHerTime2016 which I think was a poor response or reaction rather to the female’s hashtag. This is mostly because I think it’s only right that when someone claims that you’ve hurt them, acknowledge the role you may have played in their hurt before retaliating.

However, the one thing that was clear in both these trending topics is the fact that both the males and females were hurt by things they have done to each other.

As much as women claim to not trust men and their intentions, it has become apparently clear over the years (especially on social media) that men do not trust women just as much and that women are in fact just as devious if not even more diabolical than men are.

But everything that was said in that hashtag was necessary. I think it was time the males and females took off of their chest all these things they had that were wearing them down. Relationship struggles are something we can all relate to regardless of gender or age. When it hurts it hurts.

Will relationship situations get better in 2016? I don’t know, but it is very evident that thanks to that hashtag we are all educated and aware of when our time is being wasted.