Her: Sweetie, that was a nice thought. You make me feel vulnerable though. That is a side to the deal I hate to look at.
Me: hmm. Sorry ya. I guess I pulled some skeletons out.
Her: Mad or what? No re. Just made me face something I was not too happy looking at.
Me: So you have a take on it?
Her: Tell me sweetie, if someone let you down during a really vulnerable time... Didn't listen, shortchanged you, ignored the issue, would you trust that person the next time you were really low?
Me: Shit. No!
Her: How about people you aren't too close to? Or those who are uncomfortable with negative emotions?
Me: Mad or what?
Her: Well, if this happens a little too often anytime, we just learn to cope on our own re. Then later, even if we meet people we can trust, it takes time to build it up. Sayings were not made in a vacuum you know....
Me: Enh?
Her: Once burnt twice shy. You not too strong on thought today? :D
Me: hehehe. Well, can't say I've been there. The last few years have been the maddest for me... And I've had you around then...
At this point personal incidences came up. We shall, for the sake of confidentiality, pass on ahead...
Her: But tell me, how do you call me strong? I mean, you know just how silly I am...
Me: I consider you strong because you can keep your issues aside and find time and concern for another's' tears. And that is not something easy, is it?
Her: Nope. But don't we all?
Me: You saw me try that recently?
Her:
Me: Egg-zactly! But you have never been so preoccupied as to not listen to my moaning, have you? And you actually even got down to helping me sort things out for myself.... When you were not in the best of places yourself....
Her: For you girl.... Always.
Me: That's just why I call you strong. Because you can hear out other people even when you are dealing with stuff.
Her: But that is just concern!
Me: Yes, and the strength to show it. That's what I lack, na? Not the concern... Just the rest.
Her: Ummm.... Never saw it that way....
Me: That's why I call you a twit.... :P
We shall now remove a part due the use of profanity (though affectionate)....
Me: So you will finally grant you are strong? Come on... I even wrote a post on you on my blog cos I see you as strong....
Her: And you saw a lot of things that I thought were invisible...
Me: I just woke up to it one day. Then felt bad that I rarely am there for you, and sit and cry over my issues.
Her: That's really what is sweet ga. You saw something that I could not show of my own volition. Because I'm scared that exposing the need for support could make me vulnerable. So I can only show that there is a problem..... Like I said about the time when......
Me: Ya I know.
Her: But you managed to see that I was not ok. That's important.
Me: Just that?
Her: Darling.... You asked me if I was ok.... That showed you cared. Sometimes, that is enough. Makes the feeling of loneliness go far away.
Me: And that helps? That much???
Her: Yup. jhoot bolega kya mein?
Me: Hehe. Nope.
The rest of the conversation is again a little controversial. Thus, shall call it a day here.
note: This may get modified in the next couple of days. In case my memory brings up an interesting tidbit.
note 2: If this sound like a mutual admiration club, well, yes it is!
note 3: The reason I wanted to put this here, was to get a little of the strong person's ideas in directly. They are human too. Just humans who manage to see other humans more than most can. And that, is their real strength. The rest are just artifacts of this one fact.
4 comments:
This conversation sounds uncannily similar to ones that you most are likely to have with this one creature residing in a place called Chembur...am i off target?
@ kripa: close! really close! :D but no, this particular one was not with that her, though similar ones have sure happened.
@ stinger: hang around. u'll possibly find urself a member.
look whoz talking. idiot. At least I know for certain there is a weakling out there for who you do the crutch-giri.
@ quasi: eet ees all relative, strength, weakness, ain't it?
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