On your date....
One last satisfied look at himself and he walked out to his
new Audi A6. His new date would surely be impressed. He smiled and whistled as
he drove to pick her up, thinking of all the good times he had had in the last
year in this new office. Tina, Meena, Niki, Polly, Seema, Priti, Samy, Liz,
Neeti….. and not to forget Shalu and Mini he had dated them all and today after
dating the new girl in the office, his count would be 28 or 29 in the last 16 months. Proud of his abilities, he saw his close friend and colleague Raji park
his bike as his girlfriend waited for him. As he watched them, he recognized
the girl – Simi from the nest office and he thought to himself,
“Still stuck
with his second date?”
He looked again towards them, still sitting in his car. They
were hugging and quite comfortable with each other, undoubtedly enjoying each
moment spent together. Their stance and togetherness spoke volumes of their
friendship. Just then Raji saw him and greeted with a wave of hand, calling him
over. Excitedly he told about his engagement with Simi and invited him for the
party he was throwing for his friends next weekend. Congratulating them, our
hero moved over, looking forward to meet his new date.
The beautiful girl waiting for him looked gorgeous and eager
but he hardly seemed to notice. The time spent for the wonderful romantic movie and dinner also
found him preoccupied…. Throughout the evening he kept comparing himself to
Raji. He looked better, held a better office, had better riches and maybe a
better bank balance. But he could not remember taking out the same girl for a
second or a third date, let alone for a time long enough to get engaged.
Sometimes he longed for companionship. But was not able to understand why all
the girls suddenly became busy when he called them back after waiting for their
call for over a week. All of a sudden they had family emergencies or office
pressure or parents’or cousins visiting….
Why? Why? Why?
What was it that made
them refuse?
Why he couldn’t follow up?
Why he always had a new date but no repeats?
What was he lacking?
He could not find the answers….
What can be the reasons?????
