One of my friends just called off her engagement as their love story was getting too convoluted. Another one just discovered that she got cheated on pretty bad. This other friend hooked up with someone recently, but only a few weeks into the relationship and she has stopped hearing from him. Now the dude has officially gone missing. There's heaps of other stories, but the bottomline is that the jerks of this world are taking down my friends one by one and I can't help but get alarmed.
My best friends are an extension of myself, and thus their pain is only too palpable. I've been there, I know what it's like and I commiserate with them. I just can't help but wonder how come jerks are multiplying exponentially. The jerks-nice guys gap is widening at a staggering rate. What is the world coming to? Are nice guys being reduced to a myth?
I've now made some resolutions in an attempt to shield myself from getting burnt like my friends did. The recent nasty turn of events involving them has inspired me to seriously rethink things. Note to self: spare yourself the trouble and just stick to the status quo.
On a related note, I went to this thingo last night. I swear to never do it again, but I still think it was worth giving a try ONCE. At the rate things are going with my own friends, it isn't really such a good idea to put yourself out there for vultures to devour.
about me
- nmanuson
- Twentyish and working as a researcher. I like arthouse films, reading books, listening to music, food, traveling and decent conversation over a couple of drinks. I hate eggs, birds, heights and dodgy people. I am very much interested in international relations, communications, Southeast Asia, gender studies, development and public policy but I will never blog about those topics. Listen to me spew forth a load of meaningless drivel about my humdrum life in this space.
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