As luck would have it I recently found myself sitting at one of those crowded food court tables at the Dubai mall tucking into a deluxe burger while my sibling was nervously glancing around hoping no one would ask him where he found the hungry hippo with the mayo smeared over her face .While I was devouring the breadcrumbs off my fingers and my brother was almost fainting in embarassment ,I saw an exquiste louis vuitton ( btw if I had a choice Id pronounce it lewis vatton like a true mallu as lui vit-oun sounds snobbish as the french would like it to sound ) bag being waved about my face . The lady in reception of my retarded expression was probably no younger than 20. She was walking with this burly egyptian man who seemed to be salivating when anything with boobs entered his visual field.I'm sure even the cartoon of the happy cow on one of those steak houses(i know!!) felt a little uncomfortable when it caught him leering . This combination of his hanging tongue ( no pun intended) and her nonchalance concerning her partner's ogling left me in that unfamiliar and dangerous territory of nonsensical note provoking thoughts.
Monogamy. One word. Shit load of responsibility and 90% of us wish it wasnt a norm of society . I know this probably had nothing to do with the couple mentioned above and for all you know they re erm very happy but paranoia being a congential weakness and flight of ideas being an acquired one ,I thought of the concept of monogamy and thought it was perhaps the most scariest thing we deal with in the present day.
Before the forever-after group and the staunch supporters of the twilight saga ( where Bella ,the indecisive twit tries to monogamise choosing between the only 2 gayest guys she could find on the face of the earth) bring out their brick bats , allow me to walk you through what can possibly be the killer of monogamy for me .
1) We were fortunate to be born into a world of choices . Possibly you ve found a man /woman you re alright with .But We always know things have a possibility of getting better . How the androids bitch slapped the iphones .How people cheated with google plus on fb.The question then arises. What if? What if there is a better person out there. After which of course you can possibly stick your relationship under a fancy tombstone with an RIP inscribed on it .
2)Sex. Primal needs or thoughts can rarely be tamed . Sex with the same person . Over and over and over again .The number of "overs" being directly proportional to the period during which you re actually not * allowed* to pursue it . People get bored . Either you have to be surprisingly innovative or you re going to have to be ok with your man watching 3D porn the moment you step out to do the shopping . Either way , one or the other turns out be a loser in the long run and at the end of it all you get yourself a sad person.
I could go on about the having to deal with pet peeves and emotional ruckus during PMS continually or for the select few lucky ones who end up with a bipolar person like me , the drastic rudeness that comes mood swings ,all of which could make you stay away from monogamy like priest from a strip bar but the irony is , I dont think polygamy is a solution either as much as I would want it to be .
STDs apart ,think of being a victim of constant comparison . Be it from coital behaviour to brushing skills .You re going to be pitted against people. In a struggle to out do competition , we 'd end up going to every extent to please an individual and then get worn out in between ( no pun intended here either) when in reality its supposed to be something that we enjoy doing . Also a wise friend of mine once told me at the end of it all,that teeny strand of love in your body would want to do one person more than the other .
So we really cant cut off the umbilical cord of emotion and the wanting to be with a person you can be yourself effortlessly with .Niether can you fathom tolerating their boring idiosyncrasies for life . Bummer .
In reality ,therefore we end up boring ourselves to death nevertheless ,weighing in the consequences . But if we actually reason it out , would infidelity still be an unforgivable act? Does the exclusiveness that is expected in a relationship include emotion? Would leering or ogling be categorized under infidelity? In that case arent we all victims or culprits of the same?
Anyhoo. All this would be a matter of concern only to people who have a choice in the first place . If you are in any way like me , and the only people interested in you are those who could pass off for dobby the elf in the Harry Potter movies , then we clearly dont have to bother with this gimcracker of a note that I ve made and could continue on with our lives . Eating . Sleeping . FB stalking and possibly hoping we wont die a lonely death.
Ruminatively yours
D.
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