Love is definitely in the air. Especially when you don't want it to be. On the relationship front, everybody wants to know why I'm single. Friends trying to set me up. One of them, you know who you are, tried setting me up with a nauseating psychopath that I still haven't forgiven her for it. My theory is that they're all jealous of my independence. But then again ,its just a theory. (Dont bite!) :P
The other day in college, when a bunch of us were planning a trip that weekend, I was the only one who called up folks, everyone else was texting their better halves (juniors included) and they gave me the 'aw u poor thing looks'! I wanted to scream Its not like I've gotten the plague people!(!!!) but they seemed oblivious to my sentiment. The look appears again often complimented with a hug when we have spare time and everyone's busy calling up their respective hunny bunnies to make sure they're okay; when I press my speed dial & get connected to either my brother or my parents..
To ram this feeling in further, an aunt who was meeting me after almost 10 years, pulled me into a bear hug and then held me tightly by the shoulders and said 'so tell me all about your boyfriend'. When I assured her there wasn't one, dear reader, I kid you not, her face fell.
Going for a wedding has turned out to be another nightmare. That's the playground for the adult folk who take engineered marriages to a whole new level. When they exclaim 'you look soo much older than the last time I saw you!.. They are actually thinking, 'she would look very good with my brothers wife's sisters grandson!' Or when they ask you what your doing, its only to store it in the database for later use.
I knew this would happen. I'd seen this coming and this was partly the reason I was depressed and nostalgic when I turned 20. Relationships status would become priority, even if you didn't want it to be.
If at you-have-just-entered-this-club age of 20 I need to write up a post to sulk and vent out my single-woman frustrations, no wonder Bridget Jones made movies & Carrie Bradshaw wrote a whole bunch of books by 30! ;)
PS: Although the picture is funny, for those of you who think this is an advertisement calling in all single men to get in touch with me, you couldn't be further from the truth. I am single by choice. :|
Monday 20 July 2009
A Venetian’s vent...
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" They are actually thinking, 'she would look very good with my brothers wife's sisters grandson!'--LOL
I really like this post..I've been meaning to write this exact same post..:P but my soon-to-be-deflated ego stops me everytime..
I, at 24, have learnt to live with this way of life..
Better to wait for sometime rather than facing a shitstorm of consequences..
well.. good post :) but one doubt.. isnt this the indication of? i am single.. anyone free :D :P
lols :) still now? at 20? i dont believe :) 20 is too young :P
and here u get a tag : write on the things u want to do before your tweenhood ends :D
i still think ur punching in the eye technique was more effective a disclaimer than the p.s
hahahahaha
thanks for the candid insight.... btw...ure not alone in this..some of my early-twenties friends have said the exact stuff about ppl and weddings !! :P
be what/how u want to be.... u dont wanna get into a relationship cuz of the pressure, cuz then it wudn't be fair
@ZK: telepathic powers? ;) shitstorm? lol..
@Shravan: Tweenhood? Did u mean 'teen', coz im no longer one and in that case the tag couldn't apply would it?
@Akhilesh: Im not sure how effective virtual punches would be.. :)
@Mohit: yeah...exactly! ;)
@ veda
tweenhood = from 20 to 29. thats waht the person who tagged me said.. i dont know :D
sample this: when i said i didnt need any breaks between my exams(which went on for a whole 40 days) and the date when i start my internship(because i need the money) my prospective employer asked if the boyfriend wont be mad.
when i said non-existant people dont get angry he gave me the stink eye
:|
FML
so yeah i think i know what you mean ;)
ROFL at the 'i dont have the plaugue people' !!!! :P
For the post, Against the pic.
-HollowManiac
:D , Nice post .
and, being single is not a predicament, it's a lifestyle choice.
Dunno..whether it is a matter of choice..perhaps it may be coz of the lack of chances..(pls forgive me);)
some of the lines god i am still on the floor laughing,
string in the data base so true, its just abt you girls veda, my aunt always tells me, oh now that you have completed a degree, marry a girl quickly ok, theye say
i just say there is something called a career my dear aunt, and they just have a sad look on thier face, what can i say, other than "bachelor life rocks"
take care and keep writing.....
Does sound a bit like a common form of Asphyxia(clubbed Socio-emotional), it's utterly mean world at times hold the thought buddy it's precious someday you'll find that mysterious beat who'll read you the way you are with the innocence of pigeon.
My Psycho Babble is irritating I know but someone has to do it.
Cheese
http://quillinginblood.blogspot.com/2009/07/10-day-to-remember.html
This is an excuse for dozens of people....no scratch that...for dozens of creatures to send you "Frandshaap" emails! I don't know if they lurk the corridors of Blogosphere, but Orkut definitely has a chunk load of them...
Being single is fun. But it's a lonely job.
In college atleast, being single is not fun :( I hope the future holds something for me!
When they exclaim 'you look soo much older than the last time I saw you!.. They are actually thinking, 'she would look very good with my brothers wife's sisters grandson!' LOL!!!
@Shravan: Ah! well thanks for the tag! Will pick it up as soon as im in a tag-friendly mood.. :)(which i think will be quite soon ;))
@Meghana: "when i said non-existant people dont get angry he gave me the stink eye" ... LOL!!!
@Nitin: Its supposed to be sillyfunny! :P
@fallen Angel : *applause* Well
said.
@Tomz: At the risk of sounding really conceited, trust me, its not the lack of chances ;)!!
@Thousif: Have fun dodging them the next few years ;)
@Push vs Pull: I cannot wait to be read the way i am. Mysterious beat. I like.
@Bullshee: No hits so far! so yaay & jobless dope heads on or-peep-kut. Yuck.
@Sriram: G'luck buddy, May the force be with you! :)
Haha.. nice one.
Dude, are you talkin about after-20s? Really?
I, being 18, am looked at as a future-consideration by some aunty-ji for some 20-22-year-old-guy in marriages.
Trust me, it is ridiculous.
hehe... some of your comments border on sarcastic.. but 2 b honest... BEING SINGLE RULES.... i am all in support 4 u... d freedom it gives u is so gud...
nobody can stand you too long eh =P
@jyoti: woah! even school kids ?! :O
@Nitish: thanks man. although i hope my thought pattern changes soon enough :P
@esmyl : And you can read? Who would've thought! :P
I AIN'T A SCHOOL KID.
Ja.. Katti.
@Jo: haha..sowie! but somehow i had the impression that you and chinmayee were all 12thies..oops!!.so tell me, what do you do, young lady? :)
Well yeah we were in 12th :P
But not anymore. :) Now I'm doing Computer Engineering. First year :)
Atleast I'm out of school. :D
@jo: Oh great! i take back what i said then :P
@jo: Oh great! i take back what i said then :P
Haha.. Oh come on! Its okay. I was just being a 'kid' :P
hey awesome blog gurl ... and thanks for letting me know that someone thinks like me about black ...
hey awesome blog gurl ... and thanks for letting me know that someone thinks like me about black ...
Hmm. well, cannot hide for ever :P. And, its good to fall and stand up a couple of times. Just to learn not to hurt when you 'fall'. IMHO of course.
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