The scientist who pitched men and women under the same species homosapiens certainly had a lot more to learn. Even biology wouldn't have imagined how messed up this world was going to be when it decided to grant the different sexes with different hormones. And hence, different feelings and different thought processes. Feelings and thought processes is what this particular blog post is all about.
From keen observations I can derive a theory which all girls are most likely to agree with and most boys, silly as they are, would scoff at.
Theory# Girlfriends are the catalysts that help boys graduate to being men.
All those who are smirking/ laughing/ giggling and wondering if I have lost my mind need to stop thinking dirty to be able to understand the profound nature of this theory.
Boys by nature don't have to act cool because they mostly are. I used to find the effortless cool and nonchalance of men charming before I bore witness to the foolishness which camouflaged itself as the chilled out behaviour. I used to believe that all boys are programmed to act at least a bit chivalrous when they are out with girls. Forget chivalry, that's too strong a word. You can say they act superior by nature when they become all protective of the fairer sex in their company by leading the way, walking on the side facing the traffic, bossing around the waiter, insisting to pay, waiting outside the powder room and so many other cliché gestures. The reasons for this behaviour can be ego - boost, show-off, 'setting an impression' (I love this phrase! :P) or genuine chivalry (the chances of which are minimum as this quality became endangered, if not extinct with the princes of the past). I have had the pleasure of being treated like a princess many times and though it can get slightly irritating at times (when I'm in a feminist mood), it is mostly charming.
Therefore it was a rude shock for me when I recently discovered in an appalling manner that this sudden burst of superiority (or whatever you might want to call it) is peculiar to boys who have had the presence of females in their lives as more than mother or sisters. Boys, who for whatever reason stuck to singledom missed out on some basic manners to be practiced around girls. Like giving more attention to them than to food and by attention I mean talking to them, and not their..err.. other body parts. Remembering that humour is good only till it doesn't convert into snide, rude and embarrassing comments. And similar things.
This epiphany struck me when I went to a temple with a group of friends. The girls and boys got separated during the security check and while the girls were going berserk looking for the boys (mobile phone were not allowed in the premises. How stupid!), the boys were busy filling their tummies in the food court. What is more, as the evening was winding down, the girls wanted to reach home in time (parents, I tell you! Well, they deserve another blog post), the boys wanted to go bowling (after a very late and heavy lunch, imagine!). So we girls who were still offended by the ruthless behaviour shown by the boys decided to play the non - chalant card, acted as if we could manage to go back home alone, wished the boys fun for the rest of the evening and stalked off, not sparing them a backward glance. Well, of course we were sure that they would come running behind us offering to drop us home as it was late and dark and none of us were very sure of the way back home and the city is no longer a safe place for young girls to venture alone in (Excuse the dramatics, at that moment, it did pose a BIG problem, I mean the newspapers are full of gory stories, but that again is worth another blog post). But it did not happen! The boys surprised us again. Hence, 7 girls fit themselves into one car and drove around speculating about the correct way back home, cursing the boys for their insensitivity. That is when it hit home. That had we even a single couple amongst us, the day would have had a happy ending. Granted that the boys apologized later (much later!) and girls, as is in their nature, did not make much of an effort to understand the boys' side of the story. But what's use of hitting the iron when it has cooled down already?Infact, it is rather easy to tell which guy has had a girlfriend at some point of his life. Girls bring out the best in men which stays with them even if the girl doesn't. Hence, to help boys grow into men (I hope NOW you understand the deeper meaning behind this statement, dirty minds!), and not hesitant, insensitive, crude jokers, a girlfriend is a necessity. So girls, be smug; guys, think about it and give some credit to the fairer sex and forever single guys, do yourself a favour. Find a girlfriend.
