Do you really need a girlfriend?
Life
“I need a girlfriend!” I said.
“So go, get one.” he replied.
“Come on….if this were so easy, I wouldn’t have called you for help!” I retorted. He smiled and sat on the chair. His face was calm and serene. His sole presence made me feel peaceful and soothing. He was God.
“It’s easy dear but only if you have a reason.”
“Reason….for what?” I asked getting confused.
“Its like give me one valid reason why you need a girlfriend, and I will give you one.” He spoke diligently.
“Sex.” I replied.
He laughed, may be on my answer or may be on me.
“You wanted a reason, I gave you one. Now why are you laughing?” I yelled trying to defend myself.
“Is that the only one?”
“Nopes, there are others too.”
“Write them on a paper in 10 minutes and give it to me.” He said and left for a coffee break.
So here’s what I wrote in my paper:
Why do I need a girlfriend?
- I’ve got everything else I needed in my life, except a girlfriend.
- I too want someone to accompany me while I study in ReadingRoom.
- There’s a lot of time to waste, so better waste it with a girl.
- Having a girlfriend makes you socially stable, mentally ‘less unstable’. Although I am not sure about the financial one.
- I don’t like my life moving in a smooth way. I love problems. I love challenges. I need a girl.
- After all, a girl is the most beautiful creation of God. She’s cute, she’s innoncent, she’s talkitive. She has the power of eliminating all your tensions and problems (and also creating new ones).
“Hmm…” God sighed after looking at my paper. “Is that all?”
“Yes sir.” I replied happily.
“Let me tell you one thing. We never ‘need’ a girlfriend, we always ‘choose’ it.” God said. I hate when he becomes so philosophical.
“I didn’t get you.“
“You shouldn’t “want” a girlfriend or “need” a girlfriend. You should choose to have one when you meet a woman that fits your criteria, won’t play silly games with you, and compliments your life, not impedes it.” Obviously, he was speaking something great and valuable.
“But I can’t wait for that to happen. If I haven’t found a girl in my last 18 years, what’s the guarantee that I’ll find one very soon?” I objected.
“You already have found one.”
“Are you talking about her?”
“Yep.” God said proudly. He knows everything about me, even more than me. “Why don’t you propose her?”
“Because I am afraid.” I replied. God had raised the critical point.
“Of what? Why you’ve to afraid when I am with you!”
“I am afraid of failure.”
“Without failure you’ll never know what’s a victory. Failure is the next step to success.”
“So now what should I do?” I asked. I was confused.
“Listen to your inner voice because its mine.” He said.
God was right. People think that having a girlfriend will make their life more meaningful or lively. Its a wrong notion. We should always keep our doors open until we find a girl who fits our criteria. Then we can choose to have a girlfriend. And when you’ve got such girl, don’t wait, just propose her. Tell her how much you love and care for her. Don’t be afraid of defeat, because whatever be the outcome, God will always be with you.
“God, one last question.” I said.
“Yes dear.“
“God, do you have a girlfriend?”
He got stunned by this question. He thought for a while and then opened his mouth.
“No. But I like someone.”
“Have you proposed her?“
He turned backside as if trying to avoid the question.
“God, I asked have you proposed her?” I inquired again.
“No.”
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PS — I tag Perx here because I am unable to write a tagging post separately.
PS — Question of the Day: Why do you need a girlfriend?
PS — This was my last post before Minor 2.
PS — Latest News: I’ve got specs.
PS — Missing my ex-college, NIT Bhopal.
PS — Watched ‘Hello’ yesterday. The book was better.
PS — Parth has started a real interesting story series. Do take a look of it here.
PS — Te Amo. Adios.
Informals
Kailash Girls House
# ‘Informals’ is a girls-hostel version of ‘Socials’. Those who haven’t read about Socials can read it from here.
So I am gonna write about something which was on the ‘Billboard Top 10′ of all the boys hostel for the last few days.
Informals is a party organised by girls hostel generally after Rendezvous. I don’t know why they’d named it ‘Informals’, may be because there is no formal dress for the party or because boys & girls can have informal talks(which is rare in IIT) at least for a while. Who cares?
So, unlike Socials, in Informals, girls are allowed only to invite their friends from IIT only. (In Socials we are allowed to invite girls from anywhere in the world except IIT ! 
) As far as I know, there’s also a rule that each girl must invite at least two boys. (WTF!) Whatever may be the case, every boy wanted to go to Kailash Girls Hostel for the party. And I was no exception.
But since I’d no contacts with girls, it was impossible for me to get an invitation for the Kailash Informals. However, God had some different plans. While I was sitting with my friends in a boring Chemical Introduction Lab, two girls of my department came and asked if some of us needs invites. Within a nanosecond, my heart started to dance. And in this way I and two more of my friends got the pass for the event.
So in the evening all of those who got invitations from Aravali got ready and started off together for Kailash. Before leaving a senior told me not to expect too much from IIT in terms of girls. When I reached there, I found he was absolutely right. The population was not as good as of ‘Socials’. If you ask me the standard of boys hostels’ Socials was much higher than those of Informals in terms of arrangement, budget, food, and of course girls. Still, it was an honour to spend one evening in a girls hostel and I was enjoying it.
Soon, we met the girls who’d invited us. Now to get entry inside, there was a confirmation required from the girl who invited the boy . The guard also took our identity cards as if to make sure if we do something objectionable inside, he won’t return them to us. The girls completed the formalities and finally we got the entry. Inside a DJ was placed on what known as ‘Kailash Quadrangle’ and girls and boys were dancing in groups. We found some more friends to make our group and started to dance. DJ was not one of the best ones I’d seen. But this was not the main thing.
The most weird thing I observed in Kailash Informals was the icecream counter. To take an icecream from it, you’ve to take your girl with you who will sign on a sheet of paper against her name. Then they will make a cross on your invitation pass so that you won’t ask for icecream more than one time. Then they will give you the F**king Chocochip Icecream. What the f*ck is this man!!! And ultimately when you get your icecream after so much of hardwork, it really tastes better than it really should have.
The main attraction of the crowd was the ‘Civil Engg Group’ who was dancing with real enthusiasm. Civil Department has got some of the best and ‘interactive’ girls of IIT and fortunately, boys are equally well. I got a real jealous with them when I saw some of the girls of my group joining them. But the jealousy faded when I did the same.
Later we went for dinner which was awesome (at least much much better than what we get here in Aravali). We talked to the girls who by now appeared quite friendly. This surely broke some of my notions about IIT girls. Also I made a few new ones which are:
# They don’t understand if you are flirting or you are serious.
# As long as you talk about CSL101 assignment, they are fine.
# They have a cold war with the only other girls hostel – Himadri. So never dare to praise Himadri in Kailash.
# The only place where they’ve stepped outside the hostel during late hours is the reading room.
After we finished the dinner, we thought for some more dance. But Alas….our time was over. The host announced the end of the party and calmly requested all the boys to get their asses out of the hostel in 5 minutes. The guard also came shouting the same. We went to Nescafe with girls afterwards and had some more vellapanti till all of us began feeling sleepy and decided to leave. Boys thanked girls for the invitation and girls welcomed with pleasure.
***
PS — I hope no girl present there read this post. It would be difficult to answer some of their cross-questions. 
PS — Got selected for the Street Play house team. Bingo..!
PS — If I’ve to ask to remove a thing from my life for ever, I would choose CSL101 course.
PS — Probably my next blog would also be based on it.
PS — Its been 3 weeks I’ve stepped outside the IIT campus. Thanks to bomb blasts.
PS — IIT LAN rocks man…watched some of the very nice movies through it.
PS — Till then, Tchao. 
