Mincing Words - Not !!

Just imagine that it's zero degrees and you are standing on the ground with a lot of sunshine and cold breeze blowing through your hair, a hot cup of coffee in your hand, appreciating nature. Standing near a coffee shop on my campus I had one of the weirdest feelings. Nothing specific, just thinking about that coffee and suddenly a thought popped into my mind i.e. how does it feel to be alone? How does it feel to be single? How does it feel just to be responsible for yourself and no one else apart from your immediate family? A thought which stimulated me to write this piece.  It's been a long time since I've dated anyone i.e. I have been responsible for what I do and for the kind of life I live for the past 2-3 years. Before I dive into the details and the chain of thoughts that I had for this write-up, I would like to mention that it is not a rant which states that ' I am single, save me '.  Sometimes it feels as if I have a monotonous life i.e. getting up in the m...

Hello Everyone! I hope you all are doing good at your home in this deadly pandemic which has engulfed the normal way (as it used to be) of living life. The stimulus to write this piece came from a long-standing feeling that I have had for people who surround me and behave in a weird way. Most of the things which I write today might not be politically correct, so, consider this as a DISCLAIMER for the same. You can also choose not to read further as one of the situations which I describe might be what you have been in and rationalised it, but, I must say that 99% I won't feel the same.  So, to begin with, I would like to tell you the reason why I chose such an out of the place title - ' Pretending to be? '. This has been done to aptly describe a situation that I face on day to day basis i.e. people pretending to be something that they are not.  Either they are too sweet or too diplomatic to make sure that they are in someone's good books. This irritates me b...