A New Discovery

Last Saturday, I went out with this senior of mine -- a male senior. I'm calling him a senior just for the sake of it; we are essentially on the first name basis. Actually I had plans of shopping and I called him up to ask the exact location of Lajpath Nagar market. But, as it turned out, he was upset over something. So, I shocked myself by sacrificing my perhaps only opportunity left to shop and asked him if he wanted to hang out or something. I mean, come on, since when did I become the one to set aside my ego and ask someone to spend time? But then, he was upset and... well, he has always been my Agony Aunt so I simply had to be there for him. But being the perfect gentleman he is, he obviously didn't want to ruin my plans for shopping but eventually we decided to go out for a movie.

This may be a trivial thing for many of you but looking at the chaos in my life, it is an important discovery for me. So, I had this amazing time with him and we watched this not-so-amazing movie The Amazing Spiderman. It was pathetically predictable from the beginning to the end. Still, I enjoyed the coke and nachos. And, what I discovered was that it's completely alright to be 'just  friends' with someone from the opposite sex. It's not that I don't have any male friends, I have tons. But some are childhood friends, some are the ones who have asked me out at some point of time and some others are friends of my friends of the second category. There are many more but i simply never went out with them-- alone, that is. So I simply enjoyed the time I spent with him without any qualms.

I love the fact that I was completely relaxed when we decided to meet. I usually have jitters when I'm meeting someone after a long time though I come out as completely confident. ;)

And I'm proud of myself coz I did not go berserk when he asked if we could go for a movie coz the Lord knows I'm not into malls and movies. And I've never been to a movie alone with a guy.

And I feel great for the fact that I did not react stupidly when there was a fight scene between Spiderman and the transformed Dr. Connors. The girl next  to me was clinging to her boyfriend as if her life depended on it and her boyfriend swiftly covered her eyes with his hand. Uff, for crying out aloud, it was just a fight scene; no ghost was coming out of the screen!

And I'm grateful coz I didn't need to speak to him during the movie. Believe me, its not possible when you go to a movie with your boyfriend. He always feels the need to ruin the scenes you wanted to watch the most by telling you something banal which he considers absolutely crucial for your knowledge. Huh!

But the fact I loved the most? Its that didn't need to calm down my nerves over anything. It was just so normal. And I spoke freely of all the people in my life and what's going on with whom and how I would like the things to turn out. It all came out naturally coz I knew he won't judge me or my choices.

So, thanx a lot Mr. R for the awesome time we spent. And you, dear readers, call up a friend of complementary gender today and go out with him/her while I bask in the warmth of my new discovery. Adios!