Banging The Odds
“Hey stop it, Someone will see us”, she said, pushing him away but he didn’t listen and started unbuttoning her shirt.
Her eyes were closed and he was about to plant a kiss on her cleaves…
When Riya happened to see it and came running to us
“Did you see, something is cooking between them…”, sighed Riya.
“What, nothing is happening. They are committed to different people outside this office”, said Rahul making a ridiculed face
“Shut up!!! You don’t know anything, you haven’t noticed them. That’s why you are saying that”, Riya reverted.
“Oh god!! guys stop gossiping and spreading rumors”.
Rahul was irritated by now…
“We are not spreading rumors just saying what is true.”, said Riya in defense.
“You both stop fighting over this, let them have any kind of relationship, that is none of your business”, I said, trying to resolve things but Rahul was all geared up to prove her wrong and was Riya.
“No dude she is wrong, it’s not like that”
“Then???? What will you buy me if I get you proof of mysterious fishy things going on between them?”
“I’ll take you to any restaurant you will say, I promise.”
And their fight was put to a halt by this agreement.
From the ADs to the 18s and as time passed by to the 21st century, everything has taken a new shape. Especially relationships, For some it’s love and for some, it has squeezed down to casual sex.
The next day … Again the talk of the office, hashtag couple on surveillance was spotted and Riya dragged Rahul there, but they were just talking…
“See, Riya, they are just friends…”
“But, I saw them doing stuff”
“What stuff, nothing is there…”
Riya started as if delivering a speech, “They were making out and I heard they are doing it because they are not satisfied in their relationships. But so what? In olden times throwing away a watch was so hard that we would mend it and use it till it becomes impossible to use, but what about the relationships these days? Should we keep it forever, cherish it, or buy a new one? ”
“So? ” Asked Rahul, “Haven’t you heard the famous dialogue from the Bollywood movie Dear Zindagi where Alia Bhatt asks her counselor Sharukh whether it is fine to have many relationships? He replies by saying when you go to a furniture shop you sit on a chair and see which is comfortable and try them till you get the perfect fit and cozy ones for your home. In the same way, you are moving from one relationship to another till you get your perfect fit.”
“But, that doesn’t mean you’ll go on hurting people. What if you are their perfect chair and they are not for yours, adjustments have to be made, right?” questioned Riya.
Both were true in their ways…
In the backdrop of changing phases of life, relationships have also changed to some extent in different forms and shapes. Earlier people used to say cheating was less, people used to be more committed, used to love more, used to do this and that and the list goes on but have you thought of why it’s more now, or maybe you can say more evident.
The more we embrace the changes around us, we come across times and situations where we get to meet people and nowadays you can be around the globe in just snaps and will be interacting with anyone you want to. People have started exploring their interests and wants in life. In short, you can interact and know people more easily and closely.
Now, every day, our coffee breaks which used to limit itself to gossips turned into battlefields of tug of war of words on relationship concepts.
“So did you find anything to prove me wrong? ”, Asked Rahul.
“No, I didn’t”, replied Riya with disappointment.
“See I told you to stop spreading rumors ”, and he went to the coffee machine corner.
A few seconds later he came running and said “I am sorry Riya you were right, I saw them making out in the corner ”.
“Out of the blue, we heard a sound, it was Sarah, They are having an open relationship, I heard”
“What!! How are they doing it, if you like someone can you let them go with someone else? I can’t be so open-minded”, said Riya with astonishment.
“Yeah but not everyone thinks that way, Riya. Everyone has different perspectives, maybe, you haven’t tried that’s why you are saying that way”, said Rahul.
Rahul was right in a way.
Nowadays, multitudes have come across various ways to fill the gap they have in their relationships by communicating and trying things such as casual relationships, open relationships, marriage, and so on.
Humans love sex as much as an animal does, and finding a partner who assuages you both emotionally and physically is what most people try to find. Some are satisfied with emotional fulfillment and some with just the physical part, it is the perspective that varies from person to person.
But the question that arises in everyone’s mind is, Is love just physical attraction? What about emotional attachment? Open relationships and situation-ships are merely physical connections, what about feelings?
After so many days of discussion, Riya was stuck there…
Open relationships are fine I guess”, said Riya while sipping the coffee and looking confused about what to say.
Rahul and I laughed. “You didn’t leave that topic? It’s okay Riya, everyone likes different things, let them have their choice of relationship, you have yours.” I said.
“People are confused but no confusion can be tagged as an unsolved puzzle that can’t be solved. Every puzzle has a part that fits in, all you need is patience and determination to fix it.”, said Riya.
“But not everyone is as clear as you are, about relationships and needs…”, taunted Rahul.
“Guilt-free sex and haze in that heat of the moment can occur, but if you are a person who learns from mistakes and tumbling in the haze, then do that, and if you are a person who loves clear bright light and marches forward. ”, said Riya, she took everything so seriously that it turned out to be a Ted Talk.
“What is your problem with open relationships?”, Asked Rahul.
“Why multiple partners, are we animals to go around and fuck?”
“Oh God, Riya, today people have reached the realisation that a person’s character is not determined by something that is between their legs. People have started acknowledging relationships as well as their sexual preferences as a mere part of life….”, said Rahul.
“You are saying guilt-free sex is fine?”
“Yeah if the partner approves”
“But how will someone approve if you are partners and in love?”
“People are different, not everyone thinks the same and relationships are easy when you are ready to talk and the other person is ready to hear and understand, and the confusion can be avoided very easily…” Said Rahul
“Exactly, relationships are the way you define them…”
Unwinding concepts of relationships are a way of exploring your needs. It is your choice and you need to know what you want. Doing it without hurting a person’s sentiments can be done by communicating with the partner.
Now it’s a situationship and open relationship, with time, it will turn into a new name…
So whether it’s guilt free sex or new definition of love or relationship if you are not hurting other, then everything is beautiful and can be named anything you want, all that is needed is save your sentiments from getting hurt and torn apart…
(Names Have Been Changed To Protect Identities)
