The Raghavan Instincts

Okay, so this happened last Valentine's Day, and my current relationship status is "status quo". i.e. Single. Or, 'Still Single'. Even blunt: #ForeverAlone The key question that lies ahead is this: "How long?" The rest is like a Maniratnam's movie, with the conversation simply juggling around the single-word questions: What. Why. Where. How. When. K. And my position in all these: Helpless. Apparently, one needs to know and have a knack of getting someone romantically involved, and I, like many others I know, seem to lack it. You can't blame us. We're just waiting for the Universe to answer our prayers. "Why don't you try on your own?", you might ask. "Will you get the slaps for me?" I would ask. Yeah, that's how it is right now. That's how it has been, and that's how it will be too. What? Seriously. Say I " like " someone. One doesn't just go and propose, does he? Okay, not proposing...

Ever since I made my first proposal, I've always been a loser. Faced a denial on my first. Also with the second. And with the third too. Wait. There was no third ! Now I remember. That's when I mentally woke up, telling myself this simple thing, "Dude, you aren't worth her !" One of my friends tried to console me otherwise, but those didn't matter much, for all that remained then was only pain. Just pain & nothing else. Dramatic, eh ? No ? #Ok. Anyway, to my knowledge *limited, of course !* , this is what happens with many guys. Most I'd say. To put it short, one can use the tagline of the popular rom-com, VTV 's mom,  500 Days of Summer . Like this. This is not a love story. This is a story about love. Or this one, preferably. Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Girl doesn't . See? Simple, no?  Yes. It's bound to look simple. But it mostly isn't. Life is a vicious circle. The single guys appear to be ...