Woes !

A story lies half written on my blog & it is not that I have any intention of forsaking it. But as always on a weekend in between reading I logged on to facebook chat and an interesting thought came to me.

For a 20-something guy/girl working with a corporate firm, a typical chat with an old acquaintance goes like this :

Hello

Hey!!!!

How are you ??

Good. U ?

Good too.

Gr8. How’s life ?

Going along. You ?

The same.

Hmmm…

So where are you now ??

I am with *** at *** and you ?

Oh I am still with ****.

You are still with them !! Why ? Not jumping companies ?

Er…not yet !

Why ?? Haven’t planned ?

Not exactly

Hmmm ok

Hmmm

So when you getting married ?

Well…I…don’t know !

Oh…haven’t found anyone ? Parents not looking ?

Not exactly.

That’s sad. Well I gotta go. C u later.

Bye !

So there lies the heart and soul of an internet conversation. The two capital crimes you can commit as a professional in a corporate firm are :

1. Not jumping companies every couple of years.
2. Not finding a possible suitor/arranged marriage.

Yes, I know I am taking a fatalistic view here when I call these crimes. But in making conversation with someone you haven’t met in a long time can’t people think of something ingenious to say ?

I had to vent the steam and there was no avenue but this to do it. I had at least three different people asking me the same question today. I finally signed out.For in a world as seen through your eyes, I can only mutter :  Mea Culpa Mea Culpa Mea Maxima Culpa ladies & gents !!

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