Those Oldies!

In those days, when the first whisker started to sprout, and we were having way too much fun for one at that age (like all people at that age), I used to look at some of the oldies. By this I refer to anyone on the wrong side of 27-30. Look at them going to office, coming back on a routine basis. Boring lives, I thought! Then these miserable people who lacked a life, got married! That is it, no romance in their lives! They are just choosing to get married and 'settle'...as if they did not look settled already! What kind of sad existence is it to live a life of such drudgery!

Some 15 years down the road, I have been so absorbed in my existence (that is another way of saying I am so full of it!). I do realize that time has gone by and now look at all those irresponsible folks (those who actually called me uncle!) and snigger! I continued to look at the generation(s) above me as people who never had a life!

Recently, I have had the chance to interact with more than a few of those irresponsible things. I realized in hindsight (dont we all!) that I had this almost avuncular attitude towards them. I have been getting these questions on life those good old days and like a complete dork I have humored 'them'. Until one of those times of completely needless introspection, that it hit me!!! It was like Agent Kujan the Usual Suspects after the bird had flown. I was so dumb! Then I reflected back on all the conversations I have had in the last few months with these "lively" ones! Essentially the questions boiled down to Now that you have this mundane existence, was there any time that you had actually lived? there members of the opposite sex existing in your times? Did you even notice them? Did you have crushes? Was there anytime that you had decent fun?

I was one of 'them' to the brats! Imagine the anger, shock!...The audacity of these young things to think that I did not have a life! huh! In those days when we used to....Aw forget it, you will never understand...It is not like that anymore!

The next day I chanced on some of them uncles on the roads! The supercilious look that I had when I looked at those grayer or balder than me had vanished! Each of them must be enjoying good full lives, run around trees, sang songs and duets, made fun of teachers etc etc! It dawned to me that the only person who needs to know that they have had maximum enjoyment living every minute is me!