A year ago during a family vacation abroad I received a frantic SMS from a friend telling me to buy a higher end brand of cologne and aftershave combo pack which she wanted to gift to her boyfriend. In a rather long SMS, she told not to worry about the price tag as he was “priceless”. She sent this SMS at least thrice during my holidays; I got what she wanted…its cost--- 85 euros (for the smaller pack). I was hesitant but thought what the heck; she’s going to pay for it…
Two weeks later, we were back in India. When I met up with her, can you guess what she told me… she had broken up with him!!! The very sight of the cologne-aftershave pack only hurt her more &so she wouldn’t like to take it, IF I didn’t mind. (I wonder what she would have done if I said I did?)I was almost on the verge of telling her that, “keep it for your next guy”. While with a pathetic ex-pression she set out to explain how “priceless” became “useless”, my mind was chanting quietly inside “85euros, 85euros...” (Now for those of you who think I was being mean ...well I work hard for what I earn…and 85 euros could have been better spent, if only they had broken up 3 weeks earlier).
As for the reasons why she dumped him ….they seemed incomprehensible to me - all these things are a part and parcel of our daily lives. I have 2 brothers – elder is 2 years older than me and younger is almost 8 years younger - and they behave exactly the same way (as her guy did ), i.e., they don’t understand the difference between brown and pink lipsticks, they’ll say, “oh looking great” without even looking at you, they enjoy their food more if they eat faster( sometimes before I finish my second mouthful, they have finished their whole plate), their sentences are liberally laced with slang, its like punctuation marks for them (only exception- whenever mom is around ),they whistle all the time, in fact bhaiyya can whistle any tune he wants to & to top it all my dad too joins in ( I don’t think anyone of them is a “cheapo”) and oh yes…to the outside world they may be like the active volcanoes(both my brothers do not take any nonsense lying down), but at home they too are mamma’s boys(they may just kill me for telling this!)
I don’t know what ex-pression I wore on my face, but my friend seemed to overflow with sympathy for me (or my lack of knowledge) whereas I was thinking which planet did she land from? …and also, thank god I never invited her to my home…
That day, on returning home, I jokingly I told my brothers “tum log to kuware marne wale ho”.
First day of School
2 years ago
2 comments:
they don’t understand the difference between brown and pink lipsticks, they’ll say, “oh looking great” without even looking at you////////////
hahahaha...tats very much true...there is nothing called cyan or teal or wat eva in a guy's dictionary...either its blue ..or green..!! its amazing at the same time funny...how girls differentiate and also give importance....hmmm..yet another post on "men are from mars"...
keep blogging,
saravan.
hey don’t understand the difference between brown and pink lipsticks, they’ll say, “oh looking great” without even looking at you, they enjoy their food more if they eat faster( sometimes before I finish my second mouthful
I guess this is one of those mars v/s venus thing. Let me, let you onto a small secret. Ya we do understand, the difference between different shades of lipstick. They just don't affect us, as much as they affect women.
When we say that you are looking good, without looking at you, that is because we have been slyly checking you out, all the while...(and also maybe, because that question doesn't have a right answer)
P.s. I came here from a random blog search
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