I have no clues. I ask her meekly, "Like what?"
"Like anything. Say something nice."
This is the big bloody question. This something is not what I got to say, as I had already been saying that when she stopped me short. This something is what she wants to hear. Now, I am not a mind-reader. I don't know what she wants to hear. I resort to the popular quoth for my rescue.
"I love you baby."
"I know that."
Well....
"You are beautiful, honey. Your lips are soft and your eyes so lovely."
"Come on, don't lie to me."
"I am not lying." I defend myself.
"Say something nice. Something about us."
I don't understand this. If we've not been talking about us, then about whom? There has been no talk of George Bush, Alfred Adler, Mary Shelley or any Tom, Dick and Harry. We've been talking about us all this while. Our friends, our families, our careers, our thoughts, saying whatever was on our minds. Now what's it about us that she wants me particularly to embark upon. I whack my brains to churn up something savoury to her ears. But she doesn't give me time enough for that.
She says, "We would have a sweet home of ours one day."
"Of course. And there would be a flower-bedecked lawn in the front. And a swing upon which we would sit and sip tea."
She steals a smile and retorts, "Come on, leave it. You don't have to say it if you don't want to."
But why then she wanted me to say it. And who said that I don't want to say this. It's all so confounding.
She adds, "Why can't you say all this yourself anytime? You say it only after I say it."
"Yeah, I am sorry. I would make a point to do that in the future."
And she sulks after having said this.
I realize that the answer could be anything except the one I have got. Some questions are not meant to ask for an answer rather to just question the other person. Long live Scarlet, who is not Gone with the wind. She is still here, infecting our conversations.
What if the girl says," Leave it n say something nice" only to make u stop worrying about what u hv been "Babbling about".. and trying to distract u and trying to draw your attention to something which you say brings happiness to you, HER . ;)
ReplyDeleteAnd when a girl says say "US", it doesnot mean the family, the friends, the carrier or even the thoughts.. She means You and her.. and how much you 2 are gonna be the happiest couple in the whole world and how u will keep on loving her even if everything goes wrong and that u r there for her and that no matter what worries you or how big a problem you are facing, she always makes you forget all the worries and as u hv written, assuring her that you are gonna be together forever.This is wat she wants to hear you say again and again and in different ways everytime..so if u being a writter have problems doing that I dont know who else would be able to make girls happy? :P
I don't know how can anyone find joy in listening to something which the other person is not saying spontaneously, and simply saying it for the sake for it, when something else is going on in his mind.
ReplyDeleteMoreover, I don't understand how many times should one say it everyday to make the other person believe about his love and admiration for her.
Someone once said, "Say something too much and it disappears", and I feel that he is right.
Gulfam!! I think if you love a person it will come spontaneously no matter when you have to say it.(of course leaving the times when you have completely different thing on your mind worrying you).
ReplyDeleteThen a girl won't want you to say "something nice" many times a day... Its not that she doesn't believe in your love ( thats only in the beginning of a relation) but its more bcoz she likes hearing it from you with such conviction.
Its true .. say something too much n it disapperars but say something enough times and you believe it more strongly.
tinny : "Gulfam!! I think if you love a person it will come spontaneously no matter when you have to say it.(of course leaving the times when you have completely different thing on your mind worrying you)."
ReplyDeletethose were the times I was talking about.
Moreover, When you ask someone to say something,when you expect to listen to something specific, when the other person knows what are you expecting to listen and worries about being careful with his words, it always lacks the spontaneity and corresponding conviction.