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I don't know why i just read bulla bhai. And remembered the iconic dialogue 😂

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Friends, the sun has set, laptops shut, there is just me and my bed  Where has friend my circle gone, why have I even forgotten my crush, when will light shine?  Thanks to Grapevine, at least I hav...

Friends, the sun has set, laptops shut, there is just me and my bed

Where has friend my circle gone, why have I even forgotten my crush, when will light shine?

Thanks to Grapevine, at least I have a listener but will it suffice? 🤔

Raat = Tanhai

Raat = Tanhai- Grapevine

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Mostly a rant but I guess also a cry for help that I have been subduing for a long time now.
I have never felt alone at times in my life as well as lost, but they have always been at 2 different times. Never together. Always it has been a purpose or the company I am in (not work, social circle) that kept driving me forward. At times both.
But now, its neither.
Ever since I was a kid, I had dreamt up a picture of my bachelor life.
A great social circle of close friends. A place to live in most comfortable way possible. Finances so stable that I don't have to think twice before getting something I wanted and felt needed. Working or doing something that kept me excited for it.
And here I am today, sitting and wondering, I have achieved just the 2nd part of it. Everything else is still a dream.
I lost the close knit friend circle and I think its a huge list of misunderstandings and small mistakes that caused it and I can't see a way back. Financially, I have no savings and I have spent money like there is no tomorrow for past 5 years. I have a job that doesn't drive me at all, while just 2 years back I was excited to face the new challenge I am gonna get the next day.
I have no idea what to do and where to go. 
I feel in my gut that this is going to be a similar phase in my life that I have faced before. This may go on for the next 1 to 2 years and then I would emerge out of it and value what I have more than ever.
But still this phase eats at the inside of me at times and I just feel empty.

Thanks for reading till the end.

Feeling lost and alone

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Looking back at our college days, I remember how close we were. We used to think our friendship would last forever not only friends but cousins too, but things have changed. No one keeps in touch anymore. The friends I used to fart with are now distant, and when we do talk, it's only after months.

It's frustrating. We're doing well financially, but our relationships are suffering. Whether it's because of work pressure or being tied to the office, we can't visit our hometowns as often as we'd like.

On weekends, I find myself drinking alone, scrolling through old photos and videos of friends and family with some songs playing, and crying.

Life goes on...! Monday comes restart....!

I just wanted to share the feelings so i did :)

You are alone at the end of the day..!

I am still a student
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Even after knowing this is all worthless
Focusing on career is everything

But a void still remains ain't it?
To share everything I had for the day
Or even listen to some good words

Not everyone has a good relationship with their parents
Not everyones good friend is free for every time talk

Sometimes it feels this isn't enough
Had to reach the place where all my friends at the top are

Sometimes it feels right to end and leave everything

Thanks for reading
Have a good sleep

[Night Thoughts before Sleep] I really wished I had a partner

Yahan pe likh deta hoon toh mann halka ho jata hai 


badi achchi jagah hai

especially unke liye those who are not so extroverted 

kya tumko bhi aisa mehsoos hota hai?

Grapevine love

I saw a friend tweet about how Bangalore is full of connected but lonely people jumping in to join every Meetup/WhatsApp group that becomes available. This is my problem with the meetup / conference culture. Meetup culture is all about optionality. You think you'll meet someone new who's cool. Someone who can help you build your network. 

You would rather join a meetup with 100 other strangers than build stronger connections with your friends. In life there are only a few people who really matter. 

People who you can call at 11 PM to rant about your workday. People who you know will be genuinely happy about your promotion. People you share screenshots from work with. It is not probably the 100 strangers in that Whatsapp group that you think of when you are having a health issue and want to share your fears. It also means lowering your ego, which I'm happy to do with my old friends. I'm always happy to ping them when I get the chance, and I'm the one asking them to call me. 

I'm the one who asks them to hang out with me. I used to think, "Why bother?" but then I realised that it doesn't matter who reaches out first. It is not about keeping a count. 

I realised it's for me! If I have a chat with a friend of mine who I have known for over 10 years, my mood improves immediately. Everyone is very busy. Everyone is stressed with their jobs and their personal lives. Some of them are married now. Some have children. But that's where you've got to work to keep connecting with the people who matter to you. Friendship is also about being vulnerable. True friendship is built on vulnerability. 

Being able to share your dreams, your failures and your demons with each other. While the meetup culture is all about bumping into people for 5 minutes to judge their worth and whether they are worth your time, my preference is for long 1-1s. Either on the phone or face to face. I am happy to meet just one person over the weekend and have hours of conversation about work, life or wha

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Asking for a friend 💁‍♀️

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I’ll go first, getting that old PSP, the one which had WiFi in built. Or maybe PlayStation 2 which was like 5k-6k back then.

Now, I could get a PS5 or buy games to play on my PC, but the feeling is lost. Just like my childhood.

I guess I lived a part of my childhood today. Went on a walk and had a Cornetto IceCream, which back then I didn’t have the money for and had to buy an Orange/Cola IceCream. Then, I walked around my society.

Saw a few kids playing football and instantly teleported back to when I was a kid.

Now that child is gone and the dream has too. 
But still, it feels good remembering that 5 year old me would be proud of adult me, and that’s what truly matters. 🥰

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Hi there... 
I have a fat crush on this girl in my office. Lately, I saw her playing Candy Crush saga on her Mob. 🤧
and now I'm kinda turned off 🥱😶

...and now I'm turned off

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I am 28F working with an MNC. Ive realised that existence is pain and there is not much to be alive for because everything is temporary- all the beautiful places, moments, and people. 

I am just a breathing body with lots of love in her heart for the world, but no emotional energy left to share because I feel that everything is fake and everyone is a hypocrite.

Why do you get up from bed everyday?

I’m finally in Bengaluru and this city seems glitzy yet underdeveloped. What a weird dichotomy. 🫨

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I'll start - shifted cities, didn't work out, had to shift again xd

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I'll go first - 

Shut laptop, get in comfy clothes and watch Amar Singh Chamkila!
Imtiaz Ali after 4 years!!

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Bada achcha lagta hai kuch der Grapevine pe baith ke……

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