I often wonder if our perception of love – the one that is
said to exist between a guy and girl, is influenced by movies and popular
culture. I mean there could be three-four common place situations and we could
the love-birds that we see around us in one of those:
1. The high-school/under-graduate – Also known as
puppy love, as they are yet to see the real world and have a pink tinted view
of love. First time crushes, first proposals, first acceptance, first
rejections. They feel the butterflies in their stomachs, sleeplessness, etc…
2. The master’s degree/medical students – A little
above the maturity level of the kids mentioned before, these guys have probably
seen a prior relationship and are better equipped to handle a second serving of
the same. A little subtlety in their relationships, but very dreamy, planning
futures together, same jobs, same companies, same cities and other stuff…
3. The office romantics – Experienced, settled in
their jobs, earning a decent livelihood and now hitting on a colleague/junior
and in some cases…senior. These guys know exactly what they want from life
partner and are basically scouting for deals. They are very subtle so as not to
jeopardize their careers and hence generally are the quiet ones, without too much
PDA.
Apart from that, I couldn’t really think of anymore
categories (I know I’m pretty illiterate in this field)
But then I saw something, last night while returning back
from a movie I got in a shared auto and seated in front of me was a not so
well-off looking man and a woman who was from the same social strata. They were
talking to each other while the woman held the man’s hand. They were discussing
as to how he could get a job as a security guard for a bank and how she’d get
more houses where she could wash utensils and do house cleaning. And since I
was intrigued by their discussion, I hunched up a little and she clenched the
man’s hand tightly. He said something in her ear which brought a re-assuring
smile to her face. She looked up at him and straight into his eyes. I could
actually feel the connect they had.
Blame it on my
ignorance, my notions about social strata and people belonging to them, never
in my farther reaching dreams had I thought of a scenario where the
“hero-heroine” of a love story were a security guard and a house-maid.
And then I realized, love doesn’t really exist only for the
rich, only for the people like me and you, but for everyone who has a heart
which can give love to the other person.
As someone rightly said….LOVE - One Size Fits All….
Stay Happy, Fall in Love, Dream Together with the Most
Significant person in you life :)
