Life

Was watching the new episode of How I met your mother yesterday, the gist of it was about Barney going on and on about how the group is breaking up with Robin moving out and Ted spending time with other and so on.

Seeing that I was reminded of my last weekend's trip to Mysore. It was meant to be about us friends. We have known each other from last 8-9 years and have grown pretty close to one another. Well for one it didnt turn out that way.

4 of us went on the trip. Me 2 of my friends and one of my friends husband, who over time has become close to us and is almost part of our group. The only reason I went was to spend time with my friends. One had already dropped out saying he had to go to Chennai to get US Visa.

My friend who is married has twins who are 11 months old. My Friend bought them on trip with us. There was no way she could have left them, thats a different thing. The point i want to make here is that the trip which was supposed to be about us actually became about the kids.

We hardly spent time together. Most of the time was spent talking hush hush as the kids were sleeping in car or keeping them entertained when they were awake.

After the whole thing I was just thinking, what the hell happened. The answer was so obvious. Life happened to us. We are no longer the carefree people we used to be. Everyone of us has responsibilities that we need to attend. When we were kids growing up seemed to be fun. A day when I no longer had to study, do homework or be afraid of teachers. Looking back it now it feels like a very distant past. For one I definitely do not miss the childhood. The only thing I miss from those years are the innocence. How nice it was to think that there are tiny people inside the TV who are doing things.

Well I guess one just has to accept that in life you need various people during your growth and move on. You cannot expect anyone to stick with you. Well this always reminds me of Blade Runner, where in spite of the technology being that advanced we notice that humans have lost the very basic thing that makes us who we are, social relationships.