Tuesday, 10th June, 2008

I went out today with two of my young office colleagues, who are actually collegiates here on training during their summer vacations. We are working on a project on environment -- as our personal venture.
One of them keeps talking about girls all the time and keeps running after them. The other is shy, but more 'straight', masculine and handsome than the other. Both of them flirt with me as well, although I'm involved with the second one.
The second one commented that I am old enough to be married now and started pressing me to know when am I getting married. The first one immediately interrupted, asking me not to get married before 35. He said, he likes to run after girls and leave them after sometime, he doesn't like to get into relationships and hates it when girls start asking for it.
I told them, that boys and girls aren't made to live together. That, a famous Western actress once commented that "men and women are not made to live together. They should live next doors and meet sometimes to have sex, that's all".
Both of them so much liked the idea. It was like someone had told them for the first time that it was alright and manly for men not to want to be into relationships with women. In my days, it used to be so different. We were not expected to have girlfriends.
The first guy couldn't agree more. He excitedly said, "yes sir, yes sir, that's exactly what I think..."
Then he became a bit apprehensive, "but my parents have been staying together for so long...."
I told them, that's because they are made to stay together through marriage. It's kind of forced upon them.
The other guy became very excited by this time. He seemed so happy to explain to him that it is because our parents are made to get married by the society and they have no choice but to live together.
I told them something new today, that took the pressure to exaggerate their sexual need for girls a lot off their shoulders.
It's a pity I can't explain much to them, since I don't want to create problems at my workplace.