Of Growing Up and ... Friends

I don't know what it is? Is it our psychology or is it basic human greed to always find grass on the other side of the court greener. When I was in ITME, I wanted to grow up sooner and get out of college. And this was particularly worse in the last two semesters  where I was just waiting for June 2010 and I wouldn't have to go to college any more (It's mid of March 2012, and I still have to go to college for my M.Tech). And now, after almost 8 months of having starting to work, I envy the college kids with their pink BB phones. Those, indeed, are lovely days. A time when life is a wonderfully well paid vacation. Never knew growing up could suck so much!

When we were in school, I had friends whose head count ran in two digit numbers. After school got over, that number diminished, yet the two digit figure somehow sustained itself by random college friends, classes friends, friends of friends, friends of friends' girlfriends and so on. With the advent of Orkut and Facebook, the two digit number went to a good three digit number. I have some 300 odd friends on Facebook and I haven't spoken to 260 odd of them in years! And I don't see myself speaking to them in the future too.  And these were all 'good' friends of mine at some point. Yes, I am very selective about whom I add!! You read my Wanna Make A Friendship! And I don't know why I don't talk to them anymore. What has happened that most of them have stopped resonating with me.

I am known to have a lot of bestfriends. Right now, I have 10 of them. They were 18 until two years back. And even of the 10 BFs I have today, I see 2 of them slowly slipping away. Other 2 of these 10 are girls, so at some point either I will move apart from their lives or they'll move apart depending on who gets married first! So, I'll be left with only 6 then. So, in sum, out of 300, I'll be down to 6 friends!! And that's a scary picture to envisage! Sometimes, the only reason why you want to stop time is to maintain the status quo you have with your friends and preserve it in time.

Like a typical teenager, I never listened to my Mom. And she told me, that this would happen, that one day everyone will get busy with their own lives and you'll be left to deal with yours on your own, and I refuted her claims by saying that I'll always have people. And I feel like going and telling my Mom how right she had always been. I know people grow up, they start working, get in and out of relationships! But, there are some people without whom you just can't do and life is at its best when the people for whom you feel so, also feel the same for you and actually go out of their way to keep you a part of their lives. I'm glad, that I have 6 such friends. I hope I have these 6 for as long as I can. Who wants a girlfriend, when you have a few friends who take so many pains to just talk to you!

P.S 1 : I still wouldn't mind a girlfriend. Any rich, single, pretty, educated girl reading this, please feel free to contact me!

P.S 2 : Posting for the first time from someone laptop and yeah it feels great!

P.S. 3: This post is dedicated to my band members of UDUMBHOOM.

P.S. 4: Again, for the first time, I'm posting something that I've not read again, not proof read, not checked for spelling/grammar errors. I've written whatever my fingers typed. And I don't care of its shitty. After a real long time, I don't care about what people have to say about me or about what I write!

P.S 5: I'm not drunk! This post is just an after effect of being sick of calling up many numbers to 'Waiting Active'!