All of a sudden I feel old, very old... I thought that it doe not matter much if your biological clock does go tick-tock, it is possible to preserve your mind at a perennial juvenile state... I now see that i am the latest victim of an age old wives' tale... You dont only grow old physically, you do grow old mentally, its just that the difference is so minuscule as to be intangible...
Therefore i find myself in a mire of irritation and bewilderment as i get surrounded by a chorus of 'jaans', 'babys' and 'nonus'. Try as i might, i simply cannoit understand this need of human beings to address each other bu utterly ridiculous names to be universally claimed to be objects of affection... My worthy opponents have a very valiod point of contention that I do grant them, that I, having never been in a relationship, would not understand the peculiar magic attached to abysmal nicknames.... But i cannot, not even when i put my entire force of imagination to work imagine myself proving my affection to someone by making them objects of ridicule...
What gets my goat absolutely is when teenageols diaper dodos put on an sagely expression and tell me that I am missing out on the most wonderful part of my life by not being in a totally 'jaan' relationship... I mean, they havent reached their damn twenties yet, and they have already established themselves as experienced relationship gurus! There, that is my old age being cranky again....
I always maintained that hanging out with people younger than you can have quite a depressing effect on you. And yet now that one of my theories are actually bearing fruit, instead of being happy at being proven right, I'm actually cribbing on its being right. I guess it is true, complete happiness is something you always aspire to, never achieve...
P.S. Btw, let not my diatribe against young Romeos set up the idea that I'm finally at peace with my peers. Teenage Love gurus are merely irritating, Love guru peers are absolutely insufferable! So basically, preach not the lesson of love to me, let me find my way through the perilous path on my own with my own rules... Amen!
