He Had Two Girlfriends at the Same Iftar Table
She thought the biggest risk of going to his office buka puasa was wearing the wrong outfit.
Names and identifying details have been changed to protect the privacy of the individuals involved.
Zara, 27, thought the biggest risk of going to her boyfriend's office buka puasa was wearing something that didn't match the dress code.
She had no idea she was about to meet his other girlfriend.
Zara and Farid had been together for eight months. Good eight months, she thought. He was sweet, always checked in, remembered small things. Yes, he got busy during Ramadan — terawih here, family iftar there — but so did everyone lah.
Then his colleague Dani organised a big group buka puasa at a hotel buffet in KL. Farid invited Zara. She was happy to come. Meet the work friends, show face, normal couple stuff.
She arrived a bit late. Found the table. Sat next to Farid.
The woman across from her smiled. Poured Farid a glass of air sirap. Fixed his collar. Said something to him in a low voice and laughed.
Okay, Zara thought. Close colleague. Malaysian colleagues can be like that.
Then the woman introduced herself. Alia.
"Farid always says I'd love you," Alia said, smiling. "Funny he never mentioned your name though."
Zara asked, politely: "How do you know Farid?"
Alia blinked. Then said, slowly: "We've been together for six months?"
The table went quiet.
Zara looked at Farid.
Farid looked at his ayam percik.
Nobody said anything for a very long time.
What happened next was less dramatic than you'd expect. Both women were too stunned to cause a scene. Farid excused himself — bathroom, he said — and didn't come back for twenty minutes. Dani, who apparently knew nothing, kept trying to steer the conversation to the hotel's dessert spread.
When Farid finally came back, he said he could explain.
He couldn't.
His version: he met Alia after Zara, things got confusing, he didn't know how to end either relationship, and Ramadan was already stressful enough.
Alia's version: she thought they were exclusive. He met her family last week.
Zara's version: she had lent him RM300 last month because he said he was tight on cash. She now understood where the money was going.
Both women left. Separately. By Grab.
Farid, last anyone checked, is still active on Hinge.
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The Verdict
Farid had eight months to come clean to one of them. Instead he used Ramadan — the packed schedule, the family iftars, the extra reasons to be unavailable — as cover to manage two relationships like a calendar conflict. He wasn't confused. He was organised. He introduced Alia to his family, borrowed Zara's money, and just kept going. If you need Ramadan to hide your lies, you've already lost the plot. Both women deserved better than to find out over buka puasa. But at least they found out before anything worse happened.