Wednesday, March 29, 2006

The most abusive relationship!

If there is one relationship that I have to label as the "Most abusive relationship", it is undoubtedly the guy-girl relationship. If you are thinking that the person abused is the girl, then the current year is 1827. Please use a time machine to get ahead to 2006. This, I say, from just 'observing' things happening around me for the past 24 years!

The object, hitherto known as the "most abused commodity on earth", refers to the boy/guy/man. The beginning. Guys generally fall "head over heels" for the girl. There is no other way that they have known, since the time dinosaurs were playing hide-and-seek. Further research on identifying new ways have hit the road block. Guy then proceeds to worship the girl. Changes the "Temple" entry in his cell phone, to the girls hand phone number. Starts deleting his guy friends number one by one. Hangs a plate around his neck with the letters "I love you" ; girl sees the same plate and accidentally misreads it as "Abuse me". And she is more than happy to do that. Guy voluntarily and willingly does all these actions, not necessarily in the same order - picks her up from her house, drops her back after college, showers her with gifts, complements on her looks, feeds her ego, feeds her, always pays everywhere for everything, checks on her regularly to see if she is doing fine, does her laundry cause she feels tired and not-in-the-mood-to-do-laundry, lends a patient ear to hear her "politely" biatch her roomies, complements her cooking skills (this after she makes hot water and serves bisuits with tea), complements her dress sense, worries for her, protects her, babies her and what not!? Even God takes pity on that guy after seeing all this from heaven. All this to just get the girl. And when finally he confesses his love, girl conveniently replies that she is not looking for love right now and has always treated him "just like another friend". Yeah right. Another friend who just stopped living his life and started living yours. Girl continues to treat him as a "friend" and continues to get all dirty work done. Guy hopes that girl will change her mind one day and continues to be "willingly abused at all costs". If the guy manages to get that/any girl at that/any time in the future, he will have to continue to perform all these services. And much more to retain her, cause he knows that there are many other men like him in this world who dont respect themselves enough. Girl knows the power she has in the relationship. She was/is/will always remain in the drivers seat. And she will continue to cruelly treat the poor guy before/after marriage too. Girl treats him/ their kids/ their everything according to her terms and conditions. Of course guy accepts the terms and conditions well before marriage. Like how we accept the 7315 pages of terms and conditions, after carefully reading each and every word listed, and proceed to install any Software on the computer. The rules and agreements that she lists for him, ofcourse does not apply for her. She makes them, she breaks them. Guys are not given the liberty to make or break rules. They are just allowed to follow rules. Guy is very consciously programmed to be in the be-anywhere-do-anything-at-everywhere mode at the snap of her fingers. Guy should expect nothing in return from the relationship or from her, except what the girl decides to "offer" him. Take it or leave it situation for life. Guy realises his mistake now - zillion years after he first met her. Curses himself so much and waits for the sweet release of death. But atleast he knows that he has a window seat reserved for him in heaven. Thinking about it gives him a smile - for the first time in 35 years! Guy's life, dog's life, wutever!

This post is dedicated to a (ex)friend of mine who conveniently forgot the very existence of me and our other friends, after he willingly became a henpecked boyfriend. All just to have that girl in his life. My heart goes out to you/other guys in similar positions. No girl is worth any of this sh*t. Absolutely no one. Not even your mothers when they were in their 20's. Guys should stop doing all this and have more self worth. Respect yourself much more. Stop doing anything just for the sake of having anybody-remotely-looking-like-a-girl in your life. A girl that likes you for the person that you are, and respects you as much as you respect her, and loves you equally, will never expect you to do all these for her in the first place. Just realise that. You will be better off and the world will be a better place!

36 Comments:

Blogger Me said...

adhu eppadi eb nee mattum kalathula erangaamaye ippadi vishyatha putu putu vekkara....:p

...seri ...unmaya sollu andha friend nu sonnadhu nee dhaney.....

btw nee innimel romba jaagardhiya irukanam ....ponnungala pathi ippadi ezhudhitu nee thittu vaangama irukaradhu romba kashtam......;)

11:54 AM  
Blogger kuttichuvaru said...

expect an avalanche of comments frm the 'thaaikulam'!!

well, the last paragraph states why u wrote this post, anyway, jus one small point!!

'less tension more work
more tension less work'

1:01 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

well hey... that happens the other way arnd too!
but well, it happens!

1:04 PM  
Blogger cutefreaky said...

hey enna romba kovama andha friend mela?

I hope u r now finding mre time to breathe out of work n start posting more often..

in a relationship.. not just men go thru this.. i know a lot of women who start living like slaves for their bf's :-)...it takes time for them to realize that all this is not worth much :-).....but then within one life.. if they end up realizing it late... then they are losing all the better things they could have done and got in the time they have wasted :-)

tata
sukku

12:34 AM  
Blogger Ramses said...

Hmm, i do agree..girls aren't worth it!!really! they can get real irritating!

and vice versa too.

but it all boils down to what one expects in a relationship...either sex.

2:25 AM  
Blogger che sara sara said...

hey u are dreaming or what???
come down to reality
the fact is different...

guys use gals only as a pleasure object ...even today...

just tell me how may guys love a gal for her intelligence...or for the talent she has??

they just love for her for her external beauty

the gal should be a blonde and all guys fall for her!!

does any guy love a gal in an orphange??

does any guy love a physically handicapped gal unless he is the same...for sake of her intelligence??

no no no....no Love is not love that has a reason or purpose behind it...it is called infactuation

guys get caught in beauty...and hurt themselves...its their pain...
we reap what we sow...

10:17 PM  
Blogger Eclectic Blogger said...

@me: ellam oru 'observing' anubavam dhan! no no, adhu naan illai.. thittugal yerkanave arambichiruchu..

@kuttichuvaru: starting-e negative-a yen yaa aramikkere!? :) amam one small point dhan..

@because of b: yeah, the other way is not very often tho!

@sukku: slaves to their bf's ah? where do they exist.. never seen them.. anyways.. it is not worth either way in any relationship :)

@ramses: true.. wut one expects and what one offers as well to the relationship..

@sophia: nope.. i was well awake when i wrote the post.. this post never talked abt the reasons why a guy falls for a gal.. i had written guys always fall "head over heels".. the reasons why they fall for the gal, may be different for each one of them.. everyone is different.. some prefer looks.. some prefer character.. depends on them.. depends on what they r looking for..

so i have only written abt what the guy goes thro.. in the process of getting the gal and after that.. "WHAT" motivates them is not in the picture..

as an offshoot.. u say guys love a gal just for her external beauty.. this may be true with infatuations.. but how many ppl do u think marry someone just for their looks?? i think no one is that dumb.. dont the not-so-good-looking ppl never find love or get married?? i think they, sorry we, do eventually :)

4:47 AM  
Blogger che sara sara said...

have u ever seen a handsome guy marry an ugly gal
or the vice versa??
moderate looking people get married eventually to moderate looking people

8:01 AM  
Blogger Eclectic Blogger said...

@sophia: in a few cases, i have seen that happen.. but we r all better off if we stick with our own league.. and most do coz of that.. not just looks, but culture, status etc.. ofcourse there r exceptions, and exceptions cannot be taken as examples..

8:27 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

the other way arnd is *more* common, i'd say!
but then i guess, we both r talking from own respective experiences :)

1:56 PM  
Blogger Kavitha Jay said...

well..u cant just blame it on girls.....there r some girls who do all the things listed by u for “guys”.... it depends on the situation and circumstances….
There is nothing wrong to care and love her to the extreme if she deserves it…..i am sorry to say this but u cant just take one person as an example and conclude something this easily..u can say that this happens to gurls and guys equally..i wont mind..:)

Looking at Sophia’s point I would say that most of the guys DO go for external beauty ..apparam than ellam…

2:52 PM  
Blogger Eclectic Blogger said...

@because of b: i have not seen the other kind.. lol.. we r def talking abt personal exp..

@mystery: welcome here.. first of all the one incident is jus an inspiration to write this post.. but the case is not with one friend.. i have seen it most guys.. thats y i wrote it..

caring and loving someone to the extreme does not need one to get "henpecked".. this applies to both guys and girls..

again as i told before.. reasons for falling in love is not the discussion of the topic.. everyone has their own reasons to fall for someone.. external/internal beauty .. wutever.. :)

3:21 PM  
Blogger DreamClicks said...

When I was actually reading fast, i read it as "showers with her" instead of "showers her with gifts" :P

"feed her" - man, talk about it! Why arent they ever satisfied with the ice creams and chocolates. And damn the pastries are always costly. Is that y they like em?

5:24 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

figure-a paarthathum friendship-a cut pannarthu-ngarthu fully unmai dhaan!!

5:28 AM  
Blogger Whoosh 2 said...

IDHAI NAAN MIGA VANMAIYAAGA KANDIKIREIN...

*psst.. ava poitaa*

IDHAI NAAN MIGA VANMAIYAGAA AATCHAIYAMIKIREIN!!! :)

8:34 AM  
Blogger IcEyeZ said...

Edho konja naal unga area pakkam varala...adhukulla ivlo adi dhadiya ? ;-) ...
Anwyayz I wud like to agree with Rams..Expectations Differ !...and on the positive side I wud like to emphasize...there are many more beautiful things in life !! :-)
[Chillax da !]

10:10 AM  
Blogger Thanu said...

Not all girls are like this. It’s just a select few girls that are like this, but the most fascinating thing is most of the guys fall for these select few girls.

2:45 PM  
Blogger Eclectic Blogger said...

@DV: "showers with her" .. lol.. i have heard sad stories abt 3 digit dinner dollar bills.. poor them!

@praveen: yes yes.. that is the all time true big punch line of vivek!

@whoosh: haha.. thiruppi vandhure pora!


@iceyez: pls to be lsiting the many more beautiful things life has to offer :) many shall find solace!

@thanu: i have seen the many-guys-go-behind-one-gal scenario way too many times.. and that is the chief reason the girls get attitude and spoilt as well!

3:33 PM  
Blogger vishy said...

hmm well there are some guys who do all this becoz they think the gal would be impressed.. ivangala ve ponnum nammala appadi dhan parkara nu imagine pannikittu.. vaal mari ava pinnalaye suthavendiyathu.. appala ponnu illanu sonna ..machi enna use pannita nu sollavendiyathu...

well some guys are so foolish to forget the rest when the find a gal.. athukku ellam avan pinnala varutha paduvan..

btw Sophia "guys use gals only as a pleasure object ...even today..."

enna kadhai ma ithu.. ponnungalukku mattum feelings illaya enna.. only thing is u gals r not as open as guys.. "annai vida pennukke unarchigal adhigam"

I do not understand why some gals maintain doublestandards when it comes to Love and arranged marriages:

Arranged marriage na they agree after seeing foto/ meeting guy and talking to him...

ana ithe love marriage na take too much time... test the guy...etc..

apporm en ponnunga mattum enna: does any gal like a dumb guy.. or blind guy.. gals too go for looks and bright guy..

I think it all depends on the situation.. when true love prevails neither the guy nor the gal have this kinda expectations... and forget the world..

5:01 PM  
Blogger Eclectic Blogger said...

@vishy: welcome here.. yeah, some guys are like that, cant help it.. ur last line makes much sense :)

@raz: ippadi yen pera kolai panriyey!? the probability that the other gender is abused is not ruled out, but is rarer..

2:27 PM  
Blogger Jagan said...

thalai ..weightu po ..and am sure u dont have gf ..entha post padicha piragu , no girl will b ur gf :-)) ....or is it the sour grapes story ? ;-)

12:29 AM  
Blogger Ram said...

Ok Eclectic, I can hear the BOOM coming down. Careful when you cross the street next!

Anyways, irrespective of the whole guy-girl thing, you can't really abuse anyone unless there is a victim. So, in this case its really the guys fault and he has himself to blame, and no one else, for being a sucker.

I have also seen/continue to see guys emulating your particular friends behavior - we almost always try to drill sense into him and do not interact with the girl involved.

After all, its his choice right?

Ram

1:44 AM  
Blogger Eclectic Blogger said...

@jagan: no sour grapes story.. nammaku gf illatiyum parava illai.. aana unmaiye puttu-puttu vekkanum :)

@ram: yes, depends on the lengths they r willing to go to have that 'special' someone.. no amt of us talking will help that person.. they have to realise it themselves sometime..

12:59 PM  
Blogger Expert Reviewer said...

Well.. Dont agree to this.. A guy shud never lose his dignity or self respect for a girl.. And ppl who think similarly like what i do, feel that you need to give and take respect in return.. And relationships cannot go on for long..if the case is like wat u have stated..

4:10 AM  
Blogger Eclectic Blogger said...

@sudha: well, relationships cannot go on forever like that.. yeah.. but during the initial stages (which may be even yrs for some) it is mostly like that.. yeah mutual respect is necessary

@kartik: thanks ba!

@raz: ayyoyo bayama irukku.. auto edha en veetukku inneram vandhuttu irukka!? rarity venam, aana nichiyamma kammi..

4:01 PM  
Blogger che sara sara said...

vishy
i cant write everything here...
u guys know the truth...and u wanoo say its is not

10:28 PM  
Blogger awakeningcoma said...

kuthunga ejamaan kuthunga intha friendskaley ippaditaan

10:53 PM  
Blogger Eclectic Blogger said...

@sophia: white flag kattiyachu.. peace!

@awakeningcoma: korricta sonne ba! figurea pathone friends cut panniduvaanunge udene..

9:43 AM  
Blogger Eclectic Blogger said...

@raz: nichiyama.. unga kanavulaya irukkum ;-)

4:34 PM  
Blogger Anck su Namun said...

If there is one beautiful girl around, every guy's eyes are on her. Guys look only at the external beauty, and that is all they want. So there are ready to spend on the girls.
You can even take movies for example. No matter what crap job the guy does, he falls in love with rich girls, always. Because rich girls are shown beautiful.

3:09 AM  
Blogger Jagan said...

u seemed t hav disappeared ..did ur "frd" kill u ..or the girls got u ?

4:18 AM  
Blogger Eclectic Blogger said...

@ank su namun: the reason why the guy falls for the gal is out-of-syllabus for this post ;-)

@jagan: my friend is too busy even to consider killing me.. next post viraivil..

9:54 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Petty generalizations are costly. Statistics are also vague with only some meaning. I’m not sure if you’re anti-feminine or a masculinist or just a person struggling to deal with these kind of situations happening to your friends or are afraid if you’ll become as gullible too.

There are only two reasons why women are demanding to such lengths;
- they are just ridiculously conforming to society or
- they are afraid of the man and hence are trying to get rid of him or are afraid he’ll turn out to be another abuser.

There can’t be any other reasons. There’s no test in relationships. And I think there’s a big difference between dating and falling in love. So “falling head over heels” doesn’t necessarily mean wearing a nameplate “ILUVU”. "Ilavusama kadaikkera seva illa kadhal”

Watching all these crappy movies et al, women and men are equally drilled with crappy ideas. As you said, for once they ought to think on their own. Both parties have to work for a relationship. But it’s hard to let go of familiarity (not love! phew!), just the familiarity of all the attention (for female) and fascination (by male). Once reality sets in, it's hard to let go. It's true for all cases.
Another reason why they don't let go is they feel "guilty" that the other person is going to suffer if they leave them, which is so entirely untrue because actually they are the ones who are suffering.

9:32 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

PS: If you think that would be the "most abusive relationship", I wonder haven't you watched ANY of the long running TV serials at all (just one episode would suffice)? Although highly exaggerated, in the process of which they're not really helping the cause, they're true to the initial extent of the idea.

Although in your case, the man willingly enters the zone of hell, the woman forcibly enters through the doors of society.

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Blogger bailee said...

i think, need some time to find yourself, to prevent you looking for a similar relationship or worse, to prevent you doing the same things your ex did to you to some one else.

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7:24 AM  

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