An Honest Committed man: Moron or Oxymoron??
Question....What is the foundation of every relationship?
Love! (Pbbt...)
Honesty! (Christ Jesus, have u ever been in a relationship?)
Loyalty!(Got nething between those ears?)
Compatibility! (forget it, u'll never learn!)
Dishonesty!!!! cynical? maybe.... but totally true....
It was a cold winter night…Rains were lashing at the fragile makeshift bus stop. There was a lone figure, desperately wielding her umbrella. Was it trepidation on her face? The neighborhood was pretty spooky… I wanted to protect her, brush aside the soft wet hair from her face….
“Honey, what are you thinking?” With one swift jolt, I was firmly brought back to reality. The bus stop had long gone and I could see the faint silhouette of our college as the bus screeched to a halt… Like all men, this is one question I hate…But like all men, I did love my girlfriend….
“Er….Ahem…. yeah, nothing… was jus wondering how cool it’d be if both of us were trapped on an island with no one to disturb us!!!” Yeah, that’s right… with adequate practice and after 5-6 fights, you kinda catch up…. Btw, that was a cheesy line, I know… but in my defence, I was just 19 back then!!!!
“Oh! That’d b so romantic… We could be….” Her voice trailed off…..
Yeah, but what would we eat??? I wondered… You could tell that there were more pressing concerns as far as I was concerned…
In many ways, spending time with your girlfriend can be like studying in a bschool… You give examinations all the time…lotsa surprise quizzes… you have to be attentive… you are not allowed to bunk, or come late… always be well-dressed… Oh yeah, u do spend a lot…..sadly, no loans though! In short, spending time with your girlfriend is a shortcut (not necessarily a less painful one…) to mastering the art of negotiations…
“Do I look fat in this dress” NO! Every nanosecond of the response time counts… and if you can throw in an “incredulous” look (as if the whole idea of her looking fat is ridiculous), nothing like it….
With time, the questions get trickier…. “Do you wanna go shopping?” Of course not! If you say no, she might get offended... That will be like raising hell for the rest of the day! If you say yes, you will end up shopping and that means living on the bread and mixed fruit jam of the mess for a month!! So take the middle path…. “Shopping is ok, BUT IT IS SPENDING TIME with you that I am more excited about… Why don’t we just get an icecream, sit here and talk?” Yes, yes…. I know talking is equally irritating… But it certainly is the lesser of the two evils….
Which guy in his sane mind would ever wanna go shopping??? Unless it is for some electronic gadgets or stuff like that? Even then, we pick the stuff and leave.. It’s like JIT philosophy…Women seem to shop for the mere pleasure of it!!! They love haggling… Yeah, that’s another thing…. Spend 3 hours looking for “something nice”… Buy that for 1000 bucks….Spend half an hour haggling between 990 and 1000…. And then decide not to buy it because “the shopkeeper is trying to cheat us”!!!! How about just paying the extra 10 bucks and saving the next 4 hours repeating the whole process?? NO!!! where is the place for logic here?
Coming back to negotiations…. “Do you think my friend will look good in this dress?" Wow…. U mean that cute chick you always hang around with???? I love her!!! She’ll look better in micro minis….Hmmm… Thts not exactly the answer that will earn you brownie points…. “Oh, I don’t know her that well… but Honey, it is your selection!! Obviously it will look good only na? who knows her tastes better than u!” SCORE!!!
In the end, relationships can get pretty much more complicated than “I love her, she loves me”… It is a lot more about how hard you can work to keep the other end happy… And how much ever we crib about it, men do end up sitting on couches at shops carrying bags when their better halves are spending hours looking for “something nice”… and yes, we’d rather do that than be far away from our loved ones…..Adios amigo!
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Disclaimer: Please dont shoot me down for this. my views in real life cudnt be farther away....
Love! (Pbbt...)
Honesty! (Christ Jesus, have u ever been in a relationship?)
Loyalty!(Got nething between those ears?)
Compatibility! (forget it, u'll never learn!)
Dishonesty!!!! cynical? maybe.... but totally true....
It was a cold winter night…Rains were lashing at the fragile makeshift bus stop. There was a lone figure, desperately wielding her umbrella. Was it trepidation on her face? The neighborhood was pretty spooky… I wanted to protect her, brush aside the soft wet hair from her face….
“Honey, what are you thinking?” With one swift jolt, I was firmly brought back to reality. The bus stop had long gone and I could see the faint silhouette of our college as the bus screeched to a halt… Like all men, this is one question I hate…But like all men, I did love my girlfriend….
“Er….Ahem…. yeah, nothing… was jus wondering how cool it’d be if both of us were trapped on an island with no one to disturb us!!!” Yeah, that’s right… with adequate practice and after 5-6 fights, you kinda catch up…. Btw, that was a cheesy line, I know… but in my defence, I was just 19 back then!!!!
“Oh! That’d b so romantic… We could be….” Her voice trailed off…..
Yeah, but what would we eat??? I wondered… You could tell that there were more pressing concerns as far as I was concerned…
In many ways, spending time with your girlfriend can be like studying in a bschool… You give examinations all the time…lotsa surprise quizzes… you have to be attentive… you are not allowed to bunk, or come late… always be well-dressed… Oh yeah, u do spend a lot…..sadly, no loans though! In short, spending time with your girlfriend is a shortcut (not necessarily a less painful one…) to mastering the art of negotiations…
“Do I look fat in this dress” NO! Every nanosecond of the response time counts… and if you can throw in an “incredulous” look (as if the whole idea of her looking fat is ridiculous), nothing like it….
With time, the questions get trickier…. “Do you wanna go shopping?” Of course not! If you say no, she might get offended... That will be like raising hell for the rest of the day! If you say yes, you will end up shopping and that means living on the bread and mixed fruit jam of the mess for a month!! So take the middle path…. “Shopping is ok, BUT IT IS SPENDING TIME with you that I am more excited about… Why don’t we just get an icecream, sit here and talk?” Yes, yes…. I know talking is equally irritating… But it certainly is the lesser of the two evils….
Which guy in his sane mind would ever wanna go shopping??? Unless it is for some electronic gadgets or stuff like that? Even then, we pick the stuff and leave.. It’s like JIT philosophy…Women seem to shop for the mere pleasure of it!!! They love haggling… Yeah, that’s another thing…. Spend 3 hours looking for “something nice”… Buy that for 1000 bucks….Spend half an hour haggling between 990 and 1000…. And then decide not to buy it because “the shopkeeper is trying to cheat us”!!!! How about just paying the extra 10 bucks and saving the next 4 hours repeating the whole process?? NO!!! where is the place for logic here?
Coming back to negotiations…. “Do you think my friend will look good in this dress?" Wow…. U mean that cute chick you always hang around with???? I love her!!! She’ll look better in micro minis….Hmmm… Thts not exactly the answer that will earn you brownie points…. “Oh, I don’t know her that well… but Honey, it is your selection!! Obviously it will look good only na? who knows her tastes better than u!” SCORE!!!
In the end, relationships can get pretty much more complicated than “I love her, she loves me”… It is a lot more about how hard you can work to keep the other end happy… And how much ever we crib about it, men do end up sitting on couches at shops carrying bags when their better halves are spending hours looking for “something nice”… and yes, we’d rather do that than be far away from our loved ones…..Adios amigo!
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Disclaimer: Please dont shoot me down for this. my views in real life cudnt be farther away....
Labels: Personal
posted by Rishi at
7:12 PM
2 Comments:
lol :))
By
Anonymous, at 1:29 AM
riz... just go try getting "something nice", and chuck that ugly cap into the dustbin. 4 heaven's sake :)
-g3
By
Anonymous, at 10:17 PM
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