The XX Factor
~ The chromosome that changes everything ~

The Non-relationship because…

I need time.
I’m afraid of committment (Honest but jackshit nevertheless)
I’m really busy building my career right now.
My family won’t approve of us.
We don’t know each other that well.

The Non-conversation because…

It’s too embarassing to talk about.
Why ruin a perfectly good mood?
There is never an answer.
If you start, I’ll leave!
Je ne comprehende pas…Parlez-vous Man-ese?
Oh, forget [...]

They were in the same class. In my class.
She was the quintessential behenji in a hip crowd. Plaited hair, salwar-kameez and a sharp brain. In accordance to her curd-rice genes, she took copious notes, had a near-perfect attendance record and consistently high grades. She told me once that her ambition was to become like ‘one [...]

A friend asked me,
Have you ever felt bad on coming across photos of an ex (who you’re supposed to have wiped out from your memory etc and moved on) romancing another person? I know I don’t want him anymore, but it just sucks all the same.
In response I mailed her this. And this post is [...]

A new series, I call this ‘Heard-Felt-Thought-Did’. I may not use all four of them in the same post and the order may vary but I think it would generally occur in the HFTD order. This is my latest attempt at succinct expression.
Heard:
You’ll find another man who makes you very happy!
Felt:
After sometime, one doesn’t want [...]

To ‘the one special woman’,
You are the stuff of memories that never fade, rust or get forgotten. You are the overriding factor above everything hormonal, practical, emotional, logical and fair. Indeed, you must be special.
I’ve been thinking about you a lot. Do you know who I am? I am the one who he leaves to [...]