So this morning I'm walking to the hospital and this thought crosses my mind- We are like dogs.
When it comes to dating, that is. We are like dogs. We mark our territories, guarding it closely, protective about it and bark at the minutest sound of anyone else stepping into "our zone". We bite into each other's food and space, we bare our teeth, we howl , we mate. It's a dog, the only creature I can think of who is so possessive abou his territory, so protective of his mate and so hellishly ready to scavenge anyone who dares to create a ruckus.

Well, now that I think of it , the concept of dating is overrated. Not really, the concept of dating is lost in today's world. This is an express world. We need gadgets, we need things on the move and we need it fast. Falling in love is now like sneezing every other day. You find someone, you talk, exchange numbers, text, talk dirty,flirt, get together and voila ! you declare to your friends that you are in a "relationship" which, I might add, is bound to end within a few months (except in the utmost exceptional cases).
Whatever happened to the whole phase of "wooing" a woman, of chasing her and waiting for her, of flowers and chocolates and cards and words and romantic dates and long walks and sharing songs and talking and actually, really, truly trying to get to know each other !?? Of girls freaking out over which dress to wear on the date and hand-picking gifts for him and understanding how he feels about her and so much more. The dresses are shorter, cooler, casual cuz o what the heck, they are gonna come off the minute they get to a room. The dates are just about movies and drinks and hookahs and partying and kissing and eventually ending up in sex cuz fuck, who has time to take her to dinner and ask her out for a long walk and ice cream? The chivalry is extinct cuz opening doors for her and pulling out her chair and calling to check if she reached safe is a waste of time and you couldn't be bothered less. The sweetness is lost cuz oh yeah, he wouldn't be the first man she slept with or the first who made her heart flutter since now we fall in "love" at the drop of a hat.
Fools. We are nothing but fools not seeing that in a fast forwarded world which we have created, we ourselves are caught in the web where we don't delve deep enough into emotions. Everything is a mechanical process. Falling in love, heart breaks, love again, sex again, the cycle never ends. It is all about lust. Love is lost on us.

Dogs, fools, infatuated teenagers, lusty souls, realists, idealists, whatever we call ourselves- We in the end are nothing but mere humans, hopeless romantics and in search of a li'l love.
A boy is nothing but a child looking for some love, a man is nothing but a boy hoping to be loved and understood and stood by and trying not to let the depth of his emotions show.
A girl is nothing but a child looking for some sweet promises of ever lasting romance, a woman is nothing but a girl who still waits for her knight in shining armour to protect her and love her to death and stand by her forvever.
It's us. We are humans. Simple, complicated. Dogs, fools.
To love and be loved is all we want.

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