Monday, April 03, 2006
MISTAKE!! MISTAKE!!Sigh, throw my mum's youngest sister into a function, and she'd be your biggest critique. Never a dull moment with her around, but yesterday, we had a really heartening talk about women. Yeah, a different twist, considering how we two always conspire to make fun of people behind their backs, and rock the dancefloor whenever possible. Sadly, Mystique Fusion, the dancers at the party weren't spared, with our non-stop chants of "WOO!! MISTAKE!!!". Sigh, and that one is a tamil teacher summore. Tsk.
Cut to the chase, I realised my chitti is a very conservative lady, beneath all the nakkalz and what-nots. She pointed out some girls who were rather showy in their dressing, and from there, raised a few thought-provoking issues. Like how, back in the 80s, things were very different. In that, the mindset of a woman was a case of, if I fell in love with a guy, that's the guy I see my future with. No girl then would jump into a relationship blindly, and then, end up with tears or for the matter, a messy divorce. Of course, you can't count discount the small percentage, who make-up the divorce cases.
She mentioned a line that got me thinking, like how men then would choose their wives by stating, I'd marry this girl if my daughter grows up to be like her. Our friend then goes on, asking me to number the girls whom I can actually relate to that. Woah, honestly, when she said that, I thought through the girls I know, and perhaps my standards may be a little too high, but I could only muster a paltry 6.
Quite honestly, which father would ever like his daughter to club, consume alcohol and smoke? Yeah, a case of double-standards, true, if a guy can expect so much from a woman, likewise from a woman. So I shot back, but it ain't fair for a guy to expect this much, and a woman not to expect eh? To which she said, true, a guy should likewise, be restraining, but at the end of the day, you don't see people talking about a guy's name getting smudged, as much as a woman's name rite? Hmm, yeah, blame society. But that's how it is.
Like what Gom mentioned, when a girl has a ex-boyfriend list that can probably form a S-League team, how is she even gonna get married. Or for the matter, it taints her name.
And it got me thinking...
6:12 PM
supernova lit up.
