(A self-picture I clicked on a lazy Sunday afternoon)

Okay, so thereโ€™s the thing. I hate to admit it, but Iโ€™m a wimp. Erm, quite a big one at that, I recently realized. I havenโ€™t always been like that. I guess back in the day I was one of those annoying little high-pitched girls who whine and tantrumize* their way into getting what ever they want. But Iโ€™d become quite sensible and sane when I grew up. Just when I developed such a high level of EQ I fail to understand. Maybe it was during those idiotic, early-teen years, when youโ€™re stupid and wistful and โ€œI-think-Iโ€™m-totally-in-loveโ€ types. Hmm.


Anyway, whatever it was, it really loosened up my tear glands quite a bit and since the past two days theyโ€™ve been on a roll. Yeah yeah, it was just โ€˜one of those daysโ€™ and I got over it. But itโ€™s not only days like these. I cry at the lamest of things. Make me watch an emotional, mushy movie and Iโ€™d be sniffing my way towards the end, all red-nosed. Make some friends throw a surprise party for me and Iโ€™d jump on all of them, delirious and teary-eyed. Make me read a warm, soulful book and Iโ€™d be wiping my tears on my sleeves. Thatโ€™s just how I am.

I agree I did change massively over the years. But a few things donโ€™t change. For instance, Iโ€™m still extremely loopy when it comes to love. I go โ€˜Awwwwwwwwwโ€™ when I look at other couples or when I read about two madly in love people getting married. In fact, I once cried (almost sobbed) at a friendโ€™s cousinโ€™s wedding. I mean, what the hell? (And that attracted a lot of name-calling and fun-making which I had to endure for the next two days) I feel an old couple sitting close on a park bench is the cutest thing in the world. And I feel that sometimes you just find someone who you just click with and the rest becomes history. The whole Dil to Pagal Hai โ€˜Someone, somewhere is made for youโ€™ theory is true. I believe when someone is born, there is another person who also enters the world, and destiny makes them meet somehow. I love love. And I love the feeling of being in it. I love it when it makes me feel warm and gooey and happy inside.

I love daydreaming and long phone conversations, and stifled laughter and wacky jokes. I love bizarre confessions and early morning SMSes and wake up calls. I love random e-mails and dream discussions. I love ugly-face competitions and hand-holding and midnight whispers and spurts. I love serious Gmail chats and undecipherable Facebook wall posts and colon-phies and little hearts. I love the fluttering butterflies and the little smiling at inappropriate situations.

Whoa, I didnโ€™t see this post going in this direction ๐Ÿ˜›
But oh well, anyway. So yeah, I admit it. Iโ€™m twenty and Iโ€™m sensible and smart too, to an extent, ahem, but Iโ€™m a loony, unrealistic, starry-eyed day dreamer and a sucker for romantic movies and books that make me weep.

Uh oh, I guess I still am stupid and wistful and โ€œI-think-Iโ€™m-totally-in-loveโ€ types. Hmm.
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[*a new word I invented, amongst others. I believe my words will be a rage when I become big and famous and rich and will go and shop in Paris. Geee :D]

7 responses to “Emotional much?”

  1. En Avatar

    you have another fan! ๐Ÿ˜€
    (apart from everything you've mentioned,I also cry when a best friend in a different city sobs over the phone to me)
    and u look like a VERY pretty version of olive oyl ๐Ÿ™‚

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  2. Astha Avatar

    hahahaha, I've heard that before! Thank you!! ๐Ÿ™‚

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  3. Sakshi Avatar

    i liked a few expressions you have used:
    '… extremely loopy…'
    '…they've been on a roll …'
    '… colon-phies … ' (whatever they are … anyway, what are they?)
    Nice!! ๐Ÿ™‚

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  4. Qwerty Avatar

    Um, even I don't 'exactly' know what they are – those colon-phies ๐Ÿ˜›

    I love the way your blog transcended from wimpy to mad loony ๐Ÿ™‚

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  5. Astha Prakash Avatar

    Thank you Chweents! ๐Ÿ˜€

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  6. smriti Avatar

    Now THAT made me want to fall in love…. ๐Ÿ™‚

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  7. Astha Prakash Avatar

    You should! It's an out of the world feeling! ๐Ÿ˜€

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