Oh Lord! Its that time of the year again! When there'll be mushy songs in the air, people dressed in differen shades of red and pink and the scene set for lovers romancing behind red roses....eeeugh!
As cliched as it may sound, many of us singletons hate this time of the year...any wild guesses why? (yawn!) well for the very obvious reason that we aren't dating anyone yet, and honestly we don't like to see the happy couples all so happy. Sounds like a confession, doesn't it?! Hell, it is one!
Since the time I fully understood the meaning of 'Valentine's Day' (I must've been in class II!) I always wanted to have a Valentine on this special day. Irrespective of what I would do with this Valentine for the rest of the year, I had no idea. But I still wanted one. As I grew a little older, there came a phase when I totally detested the sight of 'boys'. They were just these annoying bunch of hyper, crazy, pig-headed, bigger versions of bullies in school.
Then, after a couple of years, when I got out of the phase of 'Boys-are-everything-horrible', there came a time when I was at peace with the world. I was happy if they didn't tease me and if they just minded their own business. Alas! how short lived this period was!
Very soon, I was in the awkward stage of looking at guys in this whole new light. As people with whom you could have a proper conversation with and who wouldn't suddenly point a spoon at you and go "Bam! bam!" and run in the opposite direction.
Suddenly, they occupied a very important role in our girlie conversations.
Then came the time when guys were not only the 'hottest' topic of every conversation, but also the most entertaning form of amusement! With the all the amusement they provided, however, they were also a major cause for concern. What with the heart breaks they caused and the agony my pals went through after every break up....
But now as things stand..... I'll just give you the most cliched line taken from one of the best selling books that deals with the 'guys vs girls' topics.... that you can't live with them and you can't live without them. They just form an important part of your life (directly or indirectly!) whether you like it or not!
Presently, I'm just going to wear a smile on my face and go listen to some mushy songs. So what if I don't have a Valentine yet? Who says you can't be your own Valentine? Who said you can't gift yourself something or buy yourself chocolate? And best of all, you don't even have to share that bar of chocolate!
Whoever said being single doesn't rock probably never got to eat the entire thing themselves!
