Crisis 23

Maybe Adele can go out and release an album ‘21’ and still be a total rocker – why? Cause she has vocal chords which can give u goosebumps, what do you have?

Are you 23? Or 22? Or even 21? Have you recently graduated, are graduating or flunking your ass off? Once you turn the corner of your second decade things change. If you are a girl, they change in a whole different perspective.

So are you 23 and broke and unemployed and way-too-single? Is your Dad telling you to go for masters, somebody else ‘advises’ you for a certification course and somebody you have no idea who is telling you how great it would be to apply for a scholarship? Are you 23 and having recently graduated, have jackshit no idea about what is your next move? – What to do, masters or job!? And while we are at it – who the hell will hire me? :s Do I want to be stuck at a desk coding like a drone, or do I want to become the corporate dog 9-5, checking in cheques and late sittings? Meanwhile your friends are scoring job interviews every day, getting hired on good digits while you are sitting biting your nails. Are you 23 and wondering what the hell am I supposed to do? Is this some post-graduation-crisis? Do you diplomatically change the subject in your friends circle when it gets around about ‘my office’, ‘my boss’ or ‘my work’? Are you 23 and wondering what really is your dream job or if that it even exists? Are you worried you wasted your 4 years doing something you didn’t want to?

Are all the aunties nagging you on being single? Or wait a minute, being – STILL – single? Are you 23 and have no suitors? (Read: OMG she is gonna die alone) Are the aunties telling you to lose weight, show off your curves and bat your lashes? Are they dutifully offering your mom to show you around to their ‘falanay ke falana bhai ke falana ka beta’ ? Are you 23 and all your friends are married, pregnant or popping out babies? Hell! Some of your guy-friends are also married or engaged. You are stuck in a situation where in every wedding you go the rishta-brigade is the choice of game and the funny thing is you are not playing. Are you 23 and seeing your younger cousins get hitched cause men are looking for trophy wives and since you are the plain brown eyed girl you don’t stand a chance. Other than that you are old (23 is old?)Therefore a younger woman is what they want (its sometimes comes across as paedophiliac nearly, man of 30 and girl of 18 – r u kidding me?)

Are you 23 and slowly running out of people to talk to? Because your cousins are married, your friends have babies and husbands. You crave an intelligent conversation and finally you just resort to watching television. Your parents are waiting for you to make the next move; your mom is secretly hoping to find you a match. Are you 23 and now slowly realizing you are going to die someday? Time has suddenly become of essence, reality is being forced upon, and nostalgia is real. Do you want the time to rewind and take you back to your happy place? Are you 23 and realizing adulthood is so overrated? People change, promises broken, friendships are altered and nothing remains the same.

Are you 23 and wondering how depressive this blog is? :/