Delhi Metro Drama
What should have been a quiet, sleepy metro ride turned into a showdown of unsolicited advice and outdated values for one Delhi couple. A Reddit user, going by the handle AdNext2373, shared his baffling encounter with moral policing after he rested his head on his girlfriend’s shoulder, a moment that many netizens are now calling “harmless” and “heartfelt.”
Delhi Metro Drama
The couple, exhausted from an early morning trip as the girlfriend had her medical test for a flight attendant job at IndiGo was simply trying to unwind on their way back home. The boyfriend, feeling tired leaned on her shoulder and even rubbed his nose lightly due to a cold. That’s when the ride took an unexpected turn.
Delhi Metro Drama
Enter: The Uncle. A middle-aged man sitting nearby suddenly launched into a lecture on “etiquette” and public decorum. “Don’t you have elders at home? Would you behave like this in front of them?” he allegedly said, sparking an uncomfortable exchange.
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The boyfriend claims he calmly tried to explain there was nothing inappropriate about the gesture. But things escalated when another man also described as an “uncle” chimed in, telling him to stop arguing and “behave properly.”
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The incident was shared on Reddit with the caption: “Got judged in Delhi Metro for resting on my girlfriend’s shoulder.” The post went viral, quickly racking up views and reactions. Most netizens stood firmly with the couple, calling out the hypocrisy of public decency standards in India.
One user wrote, “Half these oldies are deprived of love and intimacy, so they mask their frustration behind fake respectability.” Another echoed politician Shashi Tharoor’s famous remark: “In India, you can piss in public, but can’t kiss in public.”
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In his post, the Redditor asked an open-ended question: “Was I wrong here? How do you deal with moral policing in public spaces?” Judging by the reactions, many believe it’s time society re-evaluates what really counts as “inappropriate” in public.
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Whether this post reflects a wider social tension or just one man’s frustrating ride on the Delhi Metro, it has certainly reignited an ongoing debate about affection, tradition, and personal boundaries in India’s public spaces.
