Superficiality in affection

I'm back after a prolonged layoff.

Beg your pardon.

In the world full of breakups, what is it that we all need to ruminate about?

What is costing us so nastily ad nauseam?

Have we forgotten how to show affection? 

Have we been subtly replacing it with more superficial happiness?

Old School Love teaches us to be persistent, patient, deeply understand and respect mutual feelings and circumstances and what not. Right from letters, STD calls, seldom meetings and waiting on the balcony to the ultimate feeling of affection. Ain't too easy to pen this down without actually being able to have experienced it. Nonetheless it has made me ponder quite a few times recently how Last Seen on WhatsApp, concealing passwords from your better half, extra emphasis on extravagance and forgetting everything but how to fucking love has changed everything!

Go to a mall. You'll see a couple happily shopping everywhere. They seem to be happy. Have a walk down the street the following day and you might stumble upon the two of them yelling at each other with all their might just because one couldn't keep the other one's bags in hand! 

If not this, check out Instagram where you'll find umpteen folks posting about couple goals. If they're posting about every fucking thing such as video calling my bae, having fun sipping shakes,etc then how the fuck will they spend these precious moments together? All they'll end up doing is sending these snaps to every effing fella on the list and scroll through em later on to see if the other one has clicked good pictures of them. 

Pictures are meant for you to recall the memories spent together! First up cherish those surreal moments together and then you may click a pic or two as a souvenir. This will help.

Before you sleep, recall each moment you've spent so far with them and how it has been a food for your mind despite all the ruckus around you. Try recalling these memories while you've been wronged by the other person. Do not take a freaking dimwitted step to block and say "Sayonara" real quickly! You'll allow your mind to eat the positive space it had created during this surreal time only for it to have a crack at you.

Patience is an aspect in which we all lack as in affection! We all have a knack of lacking patience when things don't go in our favour. If you haven't seen them for months, don't go absolute bonkers! Time has its weight on you but you can lift it up and up! Wait until you meet the next time. Let your heart do all the talk while the brain watches something legitimate happening!

Be thankful to have beloved people in your life. Enjoy every moment! It might never come back!