Good ones are always taken!

Everyone in their lives would have had crushes, and I too had my share of crushes. But, it didn't take much time for each of them to turn to crashes. None of my crushes took off, or probably they crashed even before they took off!! Today, when I look back, I can’t manage but to have a laugh. (not really!!)

My first crush was on Miss M. I was in my eleventh then and Miss M was a new admit in commerce stream. We happened to speak only once. That too because of a common friend. We three were sitting together during a school function (she wasn’t by my side, obviously) and I offered her chips, customarily. She refused to have it and I hurriedly finished the rest with my head down and not asking any one of them again. I still can’t forget the dumbstruck look on her face. A few days later, she started going around with one of my classmates. They used to go for wonderful evening walks, Miss M, my classmate and her doggy. Unfortunately (fortunately for me), the affair didn't last too long. On one such romantic walk of theirs, my classmate was bitten by the doggy. He brought up the question: It’s me or the dog......she chose the dog!!! (You should never give gals these kind of choices…they would always opt out of you. And you may wonder, it’s always safer to be a dog – explains the title of my previous blog). Anyways, the news gave me sadistic pleasure.

I was taking tuitions for my 12th class. I got very friendly with Miss M in my tuitions. It appeared to me that...yes...she is the girl. One day, Miss M came and sat next to me...close...really close.....my heart beats shot up. She said.. I want to tell you something....but please maintain it as a secret. I knew...this was it...yes....she went on...you know...X(another classmate of mine) proposed me......and I too like him...and I accepted. I am telling you coz you are my best ‘friend’.......WHAT THE HECK? I looked at her with an artificial smile and said....Congrats friend!!!

Next in SRCC, there was this hottie in my college. Boy....she was a babe...Miss P. She was ragged with me on the first day of our college and I was made to go around with her, propose her, marry her, divorce her etc etc. I prayed for at least the first 2 things to happen between us in real. But I guess, she was much smarter than I was. Miss G realised all my intentions coz I would be looking at her and not coming out with my ragging dialogues. I called her out ALONE on my b'day. She turned up with her whole bunch of friends. The girls kept giggling and I looked for a place where I could go and bang my head. I steered clear of her for the rest of my college days.

The next crush didn't take much time to happen. It was Miss K who walked in to college. I literally had my jaws hanging seeing her. We became good friends...but I never fancied my chances...given the Miss P experience. She was in my accounts tuitions as well....while she did the accounting...I concentrated on her assets! Just as the tuitions got over, and as I was mustering enough courage to tell her, her dad got transferred. She changed the city.

Moving on from here, it was a major success story. This time round, it took some time for things to crash....just a little longer..a bit more than four years. Everything seemed like a fairy tale when the crash factor took the better of me.

By this time, I was in my job and I decided to use the term "interest" instead of crush. So, my interest grew in Miss L in office. I thought she was a very pretty lady. Thankfully, the growth of my interest stopped very soon, the moment I learnt that she was supposed to go on leave the next week for her marriage. She was to marry her long time boyfriend. Only one thought came to my mind....The good ones are always taken!!!

Ha ha ha.....thankfully.....I have grown out of all these......no more CRUSHES.....so no chances of CRASHES......I live this way now.....hey...wait..... who is this girl????!!!!!!!!!!!! :)