Yesterday one of my friends shared what a famous Pathologist said about living life, with near dear ones today rather than burning out today in the hope that tomorrow we will have everything to 'enjoy' with our family if we fire our engines full time today. I was obviously thinking of the endless weekends, not just the week days, that I sweat and fret about my profession just to secure my tomorrow. And then, as usual in the evening I went out for a walk. Lost in my own thoughts, I didn't initially register that I was standing below a garden restaurant, waiting for the pedestrian signal to turn on. Casually looking up, I could see a handsome young pair, obviously on a date, with a cold coffee and two straws begging to be sipped, placed between them. It was just that they didn't heed to the call of the coffee. Both were busy scrolling and tapping into their respective mobiles so much so that I was tempted to reach out to the coffee to console it. In the two-and-half minutes that I kept waiting for the traffic to halt, not a hand was held, not a sip taken, there were no giggles and loving teases that normally go okay in date. It appeared that they were there just to date their mobiles.
The Gen-X or Y or whatever they like to be branded today is obviously different. Being more intelligent than their parents, more tech savvy and up market, perhaps they know better. In our times, dating was taboo and if one did manage to ask a girl out for coffee, the entire time was indulged in paying so much of attention on each other that the world ceased to exist. There were always occasions to hold hands, cast unabashed looks, and chocolates or coffee to be shared. For the more romantic, there were roses to be sent the next day which served more as an invite for a date again than saying 'Thank You for yesterday'.
I seem to forget that all these pokes, nudges, kisses and roses can be sent by mobile anytime. Yeah, now I get it!! Those two youngsters must have been holding hands, saying sweet little nothings, sharing coffee and sending roses to each other on social media!!! Oh my God, how romantic!!!!
I must accept that I am growing old, not just in age but pretty much in technology. Actually I belong to the age of dinosaurs....holding hands, sharing coffee, sending roses, eh? How backward can I get more?
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