They say something But mean something else. They aim for one But want another one. They seemingly try for this But yearn for that. They say something But do something else. Then they complain How you aren't sensitive. Then they regret How they expected too much. Then they remain silent Punishing you with confusion. Then [...]
Tag: Friends
Waiting for the One Day
"Have you seen the movie One Day?" I asked my friend, trying to make my point clear with an example. We both love movies so I thought that should help. "In that too, the hero, Dexter played by Jim Sturgess and the heroine, Emma played by Anne Hathaway know each other for decades before they [...]
Gratitude
I got everything I need right here with me. I got air in my lungs, a few blank sheets of paper. I mean, I love waking up in the morning, not knowing what's gonna happen or, who I'm gonna meet, where I'm gonna wind up. Just the other night, I was sleeping under a bridge [...]
The Glorious Mess Called “Us”
"How can her life be just perfect? Everything about her future, from her higher education to her job to her to-be husband is so sorted out. And in a good way! Just how?" wondered aloud I to a friend. "We don't know everything about her. So relax," she replied. "Still! And look at me! I [...]
Unknowingly Irritating
You know that look on someone's face that shows they are getting irritated by you? And how it surprises you? For a lot of times, we are unknowingly irritating. We didn't, in the least, want to annoy the person. Moreover, that person could be really important to us for us to even think of doing [...]
Bailing Out on a Friend
A friend in need is a friend indeed. We have all heard or read the above saying a million times. But it never really hits us till it actually hits home. Till we are receiving the short end of the stick. Or worse, till we are the ones bailing out on a friend. There is [...]
Ego or Self-Respect
"When do you know it is ego and when it is self-respect?" asked a friend. "When you don't regret it later, it is self-respect. Otherwise, ego," replied I. "Great one! I will think over this," she said. While the advice-seeker appreciated the eloquence of the advice, little did she know that it stemmed from the [...]
Butterflies in the Stomach
Do you know that tingly feeling in the stomach, just before you are about to do something really important? The sort that makes you not want to eat much? Even makes your concentrating on anything difficult? Of course, you do! These are the symptoms which are commonly called as butterflies in the stomach. Everyone experiences [...]
Bonding Over Food
Did you ever feel like you wanted to eat this and that and also that, but tried to keep calm lest others might judge you? And then, voila! You find someone with a food urge just like you. Boy, are you glad! Enjoying food alone is also pretty satisfactory. But having someone along for the [...]
OCDs Like Sheldon’s
Penny once called Sheldon "a creature of habit" in the hit show The Big Bang Theory. Anyone who has seen the show knows how right Penny was for Sheldon had an obsessive compulsive disorder for too many things under the sun. From his Sheldonian calender which had a clearly marked food menu and demarcation of [...]
An Author You'll Remember 