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state of desperation? What happens if despite being confused about your feelings towards a person/s, you still don’t mind being single for sometime and are in no hurry to clarify the situation? Why is it that everyone else is worried about settling you off other than yourself? Of course I want kids of my own (at least two: adopted or my own I really don’t care!) and love to have a permanent man around the house for myself as it were but I am not desperate enough yet! Hold on a second… does this have to do with desperation at all? I sure would love to a see man around who could make me go all “aawwwww”…Do I already know a person like that? Oh! The trials and tribulations of being a girl in this century! ’Nuff said about it but while I am on the topic of relationships (as ALWAYS), let me go on record saying that I hold nothing against people who feel that an arranged match stands a better chance – c’mon, even statistics show that the success rate of such unions are higher but has anyone wondered whether it is because of the levels of family involvement it entails that it is so? Do people condition themselves to make it work (at least outwardly) for the sake of their families? Don’t get me wrong – this is not a case of an extra large consignment of sour grapes or anything! Just random thoughts by a person who is feeling kind of miffed about a whole range of issues whatever the outward appearance – so let’s not even go there!! BTW, have you ever come across random acts of violence? Like you are calmly walking down the street and this totally random person on the street signals you out to harass? Well, I experienced the joy of such an incident last weekend. There I was, minding my own business and walking down the one-way lane near my office when a trishaw came out of nowhere straight at me, as if someone just assigned him to kill me on the spot! In the nick of time, I managed to avoid it and he splashed yucky mud all over me!!!! The best part was when I looked back to get its license plate number while it was speeding away I noticed what was written on its rear windshield – “Jealousy is the only illness that cannot be cured” in Sinhala! Such “kind-heartedness”… I guess this is nothing extraordinary in a country where monks travelling in buses (yes, monks!) throw water at young girls passing by on the main road and ugly old men rub on young girls in public transport (whatever happened to those ‘women only’ busses that plied the roads sometime back and quickly disappeared?). Do I need to go on? To be fair by the men, not every woman can be called innocent-I have seen instances where women were more of a harassment than men! One thing for sure, Sri Lanka is a land full of desperation and the people behave in a very appropriate manner in keeping with the spirit of things! Bye for now, be good …Oh yeah, Why don’t you guys share your ideas on what Christmas means to you? The email’s the same: notsoplainjane@gmail.com |
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