In this materialistic world…oops modern world. The word friendship has really lost its meaning; or perhaps its usage has been broadened. Flirting, dating, break-ups, one night stand and open relationships – all of them have been included in scope of this beautiful word.
While people have embraced and accepted the western culture, the words alone seem to have been conveniently left out.
Shadow warriors –These are people who do not have the courage to talk to people of opposite sex directly. They always look for ways and means to communicate indirectly. The internet age has provided them with numerous chat zones and networking sites to satisfy their vanity. Friend requests are more often than not used as flirt requests.. An attractive profile picture is all it takes for these people to select their friends (Or so do they call).
Career Builders – These are people who are so focused on their career that they do not have time for any marital commitments. They foresee personal commitments as a hindrance to their professional growth. Hence they move with a person and cite career as a reason to break up a relationship and friendship as a reason to cover it up.
Soul Searchers – These are people who completely believe in finding a soul mate or life partner themselves. And as it happens, they invariably try their best by moving along with more than one guy/girl hinging their hopes on laws of probability. And if they succeed in one relationship, they safely call the others as friendship. And if probability fails (Not their ability) they call all as friendship and marry a girl/boy that their parents choose so as not to hurt their wishes and sentiments.
Flirters – These people are very good in striking an initial conversation or contact. They easily move along with the opposite sex and need a medium to push across or expand their flirting zone. And friendship seems the obvious word to do so without committing. They have the talent to move from chatting to meeting and dating and finally stop their flirting with a ‘We were just friends tag’.
The real problem lies in where people want to get the best of both the worlds. They want to enjoy the western culture but also need acceptance in our culture. And the scapegoat happens to be the beautiful feeling called ‘Friendship’
Friendship – R.I.P
