Awkward : socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner; "awkward and reserved at parties"; "ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know"; "was always uneasy with strangers"
Have you ever been in an awkward social situation? How do you react to that? Do you get carried away by the moment? Do you really reflect on it? Do you later on try to view the situations with your inner eye? How much of what people say do you really care about? What do you do in the following situations:
The Sudden meet: So you have great friends. As friends you hang out together, you make plans for weekends, you make fun of each other and all the normal things that friends do. There cometh a time when the friends move on especially when they find potential life partners. Their lives become different then. The luncheons become progressively lesser, meets rarely do happen. The times become hectic. Suddenly out of a blue you meet each other. Both of you have nothing to say. What happens next? Awkwardness
The Repartee : So you for a long time bear the brunt of teasing in your group. One fine day you just happen to joke on one of the others. The person receiving it takes it so badly that sometimes the accusation of negativity drops on you. What do you do to reply? Every other day the person would have been taking their liberties on you, making fun of you with all and sundry. All this takes a negative turn when you give the joke back to them. The next moment all you feel is plain Awkwardness.
The Worker : You bug your best friend to do a lot of work for you. He might be better than you at certain computing tasks. You get all your work done from him. You have the audacity to disturb him and go to the extent of even getting upset since he does not finish your tasks. After everything gets over, suddenly you vanish. You become more important. You have everything now. The next time when he calls you, you ask your office colleague to pick the phone for you. How would your friend react next? Awkward
The Accusation : So you have your certain set of interests. You have your ambitions. You love doing certain things. What happens when somebody says that you do the very things to satisfy somebody else or to be approved by a group. The next moment your whole life flashes behind you. You look at yourself moving through time and then take a moment to get back. Another gem of an Awkward moment.
Life is a roller coaster ride of little moments. One cannot be his best at every given point in time. One aspires to be. Sometimes, the best of them would lose track in the constant barrage of negative cannons thrown at them. Obviously one has to take it. Because only in falling can we rise up again
PS : I really don't know what to write on a rainy day. These were just reflections of a mind which is tired.
