A student from Bhubaneswar is seeking psychiatric help after being brutally ignored by a girl he likes on Facebook.

Abhiram Patnaik, who goes by the name of ‘Prince Abby (kewl boy)’ on social media, is a 21-year-old BA student from BJB Autonomous College. Known as a pathological friend request sender, ‘Abby’ has more than three thousand people on his friend list.

But lately, instead of wasting his time on social media, the 21-year-old has been seeing a counsellor and attending seminars on mental health.

Patnaik had sent a request to a girl named Aakriti Arora, a 20-year-old self proclaimed ‘sapiosexual, fashionista and model’ on Instagram, pursuing BBA at KIIT University. The girl from Chandigarh accepted Patnaik’s request for some reason.

Naturally, ‘Prince Abby’ in his finite wisdom, misjudged this as consent for sex and decided to initiate a conversation. But instead of behaving like a normal human being, the BJB student sent Arora a text that read ‘Hy babe howz u?’ like a weird nonce.

Arora promptly ignored the text which sent Abby into an abyss of depression, self loathing and nihilism.

“I thought she liked me,” said Patnaik in an exclusive interview with Odisha Gazette. “I have been mentally dating her since the day she added me. Why the hell would you add me if you don’t want to talk? What’s the point of social media?

“Arey bhai hi bana leti bc, that would have been infinitely better than being ignored like that.”

We at Odisha Gazette would like to make a humble request to every girl reading this article.

Do not ignore a ‘Hi’ even if it is presented as ‘Hy’. Boys would much rather have you in their lives as their sister than be ignored by you. To combat mental health and raise awareness, we have begun a social media trend called #SayHiSaveBhai. Do join in and share.

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