harassed by parents obsessed with the idea of support, harangued by neighbours in their car-pool-to-school santros, crowded out by young parents hogging the best tables at your favourite restaurants, looked upon by concern by acquaintances who are on the verge of popping out the progeny by the time they hit the next traffic signal, deemed as unsightly adult-acne like blemishes on the society by potential landlords and employers - life is hard indeed for the singletons. we need to stick together to survive the onslaught.

yet it is those very people who undermnine the cause giving the the smug-marrieds their unfair advantage. shaadi.com and
8-minute dating services, times matrimonial and casual hook-ups, enduring abuse and living with neglect, ceasing to be meaningful to another person yet clinging on to the EMI-enabled shared life - just how much do people fear being alone?

there is something very sad when a person begins to think that by himself or herself, they can't claim a complete life. not that they have to be resigned to being lonely for the rest of their lives, not that they have to forget how nice it is to get an unexpected daisy, not that they have to deny how nice it is to wake up to someone holding them.

but to think for a moment that you are not good enough for you is a great injustice to life.

and no, most people are not likely to end up dead on the durry with red ants eating their left eye.