Single gays..oops..guys and valentine days !

Ah..being single !...the feeling of freedom is unmistakable..the relationship status which allows you to booze till end of time without getting disturbed on phone every 15 minutes, which allows YOU to buy anything YOU want till YOUR money runs out, which allows you to ruffle up your hair just so that you can feel the cold wind on the scalp, which allows you to drool at every gal on the road without remorse, which allows you to jump up and down when you are happy without being told to 'behave yourself', which allows you to look at every one with the same respect without being told 'dont ever talk to her'...or is it?

...picture this..the new year's eve is approaching and you see ads of parties everywhere..they are announcing on the radio, they hav big billboards everywhere and everyone's talking about the best party in town. So, you think why not I go for one of them and catch up with some of your other single friends (the ones who are not hav already bought couple passes to the party in speedzone you see) and make a grand plan..meet up at around 7 in the evening at someone's place, drive down to Nyk's lounge and party till midnight (somewhere deep inside you also hav this optimism that you will meet some gal in the party and live happily ever after..some of you who are a little dirty on top dont want to live happily ever after but only for that night !). So on the D day the plan is perfectly executed and there you are staring at the top floor of Nyk's with your best party shirt and newly bought Joop perfume. You see lots of 'babes' going into the club and already looking for the one you might get lucky with. So you go to the entrance and BANG ... the plan which has been executed perfectly so far just falls apart..the bouncer at the entrance says 'Couples Only'..so there you are heart-broken standing and looking at each other thinking wat to do now (you cant help but get the idea that you can announce yourselves as 'gay couples'...but being middle class desi's, you give up on such flamboyant ideas)...so you decide to try a pub instead and go to one on Church street and BANG..its the same story again ! everywhere you go, you are treated like having some sort of quarantine disease. Feeling extremely dejected, you head for a dhabha on Kanakapura road and there you are..4 or 5 single guys drinkin beer on a new year's eve.

Feb 1st: the first ad on radio throws you back to reality (after the horrible new year's night, you would have returned to normal life..in other words a life where you are thinking about making big in your project, meeting deadlines, travelling and generally spending lots of money on useless stuff)..the ad says 'buy diamonds to your loved ones this valentine...come to Asmi'. the feeling of loneliness returns and you just brush it aside saying to yourself 'wat the heck man...I am doing very well now..it doesn't matter'.

Feb 6th: by this time there are ads of valentine day everywhere...it starts consuming you and you are no longer strong..the project achievements, all the travel to US and Europe, all the bhav others are giving you suddenly feels like nothing. So, even though you appear as if everything's cool, you are thinking about wat to do on Feb 14th. So, you catch up with your single friends and generally bring up the topic of valentine day (you first want make sure that none of them have any plans !...i mean that would be disastrous...at times like these, you want to know that there are others of your clan). the guys are also trying to act cool like you and brush away the thoughts.

Feb 10th: you are thinking about the gals you have a remote chance of hitting out with. your other single friends start giving news about other single guys who have found someone in the meantime. you sit and bitch about them saying 'how can he get one da...I mean how did he do it'..well even though you know the answer you dont want to face it now ! you are feeling the pressure and every once in a while someone will ask about your plans for valentine day which adds more pressure..you curse under your breath and move on. Some of them try to show some sympathy and say 'How can you not have a Valentine !'. Now, dont underestimate this casual statement...wat you say next will decide whether this guy's gonna say that next year as well ! (face it man..wat you think anything's gonna be different next year..duh..you are born for this) I mean if he thinks you are good enuf to have a date this year, he bloody better think that next year as well...so you have to balance the fact that you are cool on one hand but did not find time to get a date 'this year' (it should appear as if only this year, you did not find a date...i told you its not simple !). So you start of saying 'Yeah man, I guess not so lucky THIS year' (don't forget to stress the word 'THIS')...then you say 'I also had some other travel plans which was cancelled at the last moment' (look man..sometimes you gotta lie ok..well its a globalized world ..wat might be a lie today might not be one tommorow..its like investing in stocks..you invest today to reap benefits tommorow !)...finally for the sucker punch 'well its ok you know..I am planning to spend some time with a friend who recently broke up' (see this will create curiosity in the other guy..he will leave thinking 'hmmm well this guy's not having a date but who is this friend??'... ;)))

Feb 13th: you have not found the courage to even ask the gal of her plans..you just let it be. Everytime you think about asking, purposefully you have made yourself busy and avoided the situation...on this day you tell yourself 'Oh man..I wish I wasn't so busy..I could have done something...anyways its ok, there's always next time'..don't get me wrong but you are feeling like a worm deep inside horse shit.

Feb 14th: there you are, the king of cool, stretched out on your sofa watching F.R.I.E.N.D.S showing episodes of valentine day...the episode ends with Rachael kissing Ross and you feel the unmistakable feeling of 'man it sucks' !

P.S: If you think this sucks, wait for the post 'Committed guys and valentine days'...like they say, grass always appear greener on the other side, any side !