weddings
i understand how much people loathe going for weddings. it's a chore really. meeting relatives you dont like. meeting people you hate. meeting people who claim that they've known you your entire live while you struggle to place them in any form of symbiotic relationship you might have.
some who revel in such an event use it as an opportunity to show off. their new clothes, their new cars, their new jewelry, their new better halves etc. etc. i have plenty of friends who revel in such instances. its a chance to tell the whole world that unmeaningful life have turned for the better to a rather life changing, earth shattering tasks of manning their new lives called 'the marriage'.
i resent that. they speak at and to you condescendingly as if you have done nothing worth the while or of value to society in your life. i really resent that.
however, as it was, the wedding on Saturday wasnt such an event.
surprisingly most of my relatives stayed on the course of the non-judgemental. they didnt even flinch when i told them that i was unemployed. it was a nice change indeed. it even made the wedding a nice place to be although i did become bored as soon as i arrived, as usual.
i stumbled upon an old journalist friend who is the best friend of an ex girlfriend.
i am always in denial as to how much time has passed and how time has flown. in that conversation the often avoided subject was breached. nevertheless it wasnt a nostalgic trip through romance, innocence and naivety but a contemporary jolt that shocked me into the realisation that a lot of time has passed ever since.
in case you are wondering, that exgirlfriend of mine is currently working as a social worker in Qabul, Afghanistan.
like a broken record this played in my head time and again:
it has been a while... it has been a while.... it has been a while... it has been a while.... it has been a while... it has been a while.... it has been a while... it has been a while.... it has been a while... it has been a while.... it has been a while... it has been a while....
some who revel in such an event use it as an opportunity to show off. their new clothes, their new cars, their new jewelry, their new better halves etc. etc. i have plenty of friends who revel in such instances. its a chance to tell the whole world that unmeaningful life have turned for the better to a rather life changing, earth shattering tasks of manning their new lives called 'the marriage'.
i resent that. they speak at and to you condescendingly as if you have done nothing worth the while or of value to society in your life. i really resent that.
however, as it was, the wedding on Saturday wasnt such an event.
surprisingly most of my relatives stayed on the course of the non-judgemental. they didnt even flinch when i told them that i was unemployed. it was a nice change indeed. it even made the wedding a nice place to be although i did become bored as soon as i arrived, as usual.
i stumbled upon an old journalist friend who is the best friend of an ex girlfriend.
i am always in denial as to how much time has passed and how time has flown. in that conversation the often avoided subject was breached. nevertheless it wasnt a nostalgic trip through romance, innocence and naivety but a contemporary jolt that shocked me into the realisation that a lot of time has passed ever since.
in case you are wondering, that exgirlfriend of mine is currently working as a social worker in Qabul, Afghanistan.
like a broken record this played in my head time and again:
it has been a while... it has been a while.... it has been a while... it has been a while.... it has been a while... it has been a while.... it has been a while... it has been a while.... it has been a while... it has been a while.... it has been a while... it has been a while....
Finger Acrobatics Performed
On Sunday, November 26, 2006 at 1:58 pm.
