Oct 6, 2011

Love that Never Sets: Story Told by an Atheist

The Unsure Atheist, who made a ‘virtual appearance’ in one of the previous chapters of Vanity Moments, offered me a great help some days before during his busy working schedule. Here I think I need to explain two phrases, which apparently look meaningless. Here you go; this atheist is called unsure, because, I hope he will one day be back to belief in God after shedding the intimacy with atheism, which he currently undergoes. The second phrase is virtual appearance – that is because when he appeared in Job Time Gabs last time, it was in the form of office messenger chat texts.

“Buddy, I have something to tell you as a theme for your next blog post,” during the breaks, he said.

“Well, that’s a good idea, now I am really running out of subjects with substance,” happily I replied.

He said, “Well, now what I am going to tell is about love, precisely it is about my friend’s love”

I thought a quick frown flashed on my forehead, “Love?? No! That’s not my subject. I am not the one to write about love. Don’t think I am a loveless one. But, what I am trying to do are mysteries, humor, and the famous ‘O Henry twists’”.

He said, “Buddy, this one is a different tale. He was one of my best friends. But now I have deep hatred for him. He is a stupid, ignorant, idiotic fool.”

“This could be a bloggable thing,” I murmured unknowingly. “Well, tell me more?” featuring an interested expression, I said.

He said, “This is about my friend and a girl to whom he had a deep crush. We all had our secondary school days together. At that time, when he revealed to us about the deep love that he carries in his heart, we all supported him. It was me who told him to go straightly to express his affection to her,” 

“Unsure Atheist knows how to write a blog. He tells his story exactly the way I write,” curiously thinking so, I implored him to proceed.

“My friend, this hero of my tale, I pity myself for calling him using the word hero, is a scatterbrained, and fainthearted guy. With fear and shiver, he approached her and somehow presented that he loved her,” the Unsure Atheist paused.

Obviously irritated by his lack of self-confidence, she said, “But, I’m already in love with some other one”

The story is becoming curious. The Atheist continued, 

“What she told was not false. She was actually in love with some other one. So, my friend withdrew himself from the race for love. But after some months the girl dumped the other one,” he said.

“Oh, then?” I used a motivating figure of speech to encourage the story teller.

“Then, my friend went to another state to study business management. She also joined the same school for the same course. But, this time she had another lover,” the Atheist went on.

I nodded.

“But after a few months long love, she ditched him also and started dating another one. This time it was a Tamil boy, who became the victim of the clutches of her love”, he said, gnashing his teeth.

Watching my face which lacked expressions, he proceeded.

“After the course, she got married to the Tamil boy.” 

“So, that’s how the story ended?” eagerly I asked.

“No! After two or three months long married life, she divorced him,” the Atheist said calmly. 

Britney Spears was quicker in identifying her wrong choice and quickest in decision. She took only one night to find that the one she married was not the right partner for her life.

Inquiringly I looked at him.

He said, “Buddy, after these all matters, my dim-wit, good-for-nothing, rattle-pated friend still followed her. He called her and said that he wanted to marry her. And this time she accepted his proposal.”

“So, what’s next?” I wanted to end the story somehow.

“We all called him and asked him to withdraw from his decision. But, he is all set to marry her. Buddy, this is the story. See, I have deep hatred for him. He is so foolish and dull,”

In the end of the conversation, I thanked him for giving me another thread.

18 comments:

  1. maybe he is the guy she is waiting for...maybe she is a man eater....scary plot...i thought it was men who did the wild chase and dumping.

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  2. The protagonists of this story depict the today's boys and girls..:)

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  3. Use and dump theory. How exactly did she get a divorce so fast? Do you have her email id. Maybe she can start consultation on the subject. Its good business these days! :D

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  4. What do you call that, mad love?
    Anyways we can wish him good luck

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  5. Well, your friend is crazy. Perhaps, two crazy people will make this convoluted relationship work.

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  6. Hmm, well they do say you never truely know someone until you marry them!

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  7. @Reka

    World is changing..so we need to form new presuppositions

    @Renu

    Thats true..but not the boy. only the girl..

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  8. @Juxta

    No, I have no contact of her, and I dont want to keep it..Yes..these kind of attitude is becoming popular among people nowadays..

    @NRI Girl

    Yes..

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  9. @Vijay

    Mmm..dont know..perhaps only 'madness'

    @Rachana

    Thats a good pOV

    @Pretty Witter

    hmmmm..that knowledge comes through experience, i guess

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  10. hahahah i like the comment of renu: The protagonists of this story depict the today's boys and girls..:)ya ya only the girl..tomz bhai..sorry yar could not be in touch for sometime as i got busy with some work..for a change haha..and thanks for keeping in touch dspite that...god bless cya

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  11. Dear Tomz,
    what a strange story! I love O'Henry twists. I can follow you atheist trying to convince his friend not to marry that silly girl (though I think it is better to wait with advice till one is asked - otherwise the person will not listen). But I do not understands why he HATES his friend now! I can understand that he thinks: 'Silly sod' or something like that - but hatred?

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  12. @Ramesh

    Oh sure ramesh bhai..ur appreciations are my greatest encouragements

    @Britta

    hahaha Britta..nice simile..'Silly Sod'..yes..but I know the atheist..he might have been thinking about the stupidity of his friend..and everyone hates stupidity..thats it..

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  13. hhmmmm....interesting...my best wishes for him too... :)

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  14. @Irfanji..

    Thanks to see u again..and hey sorry for beling late to reply..

    @Petty Witter

    Yes..that was a nice hello..thanks hello back..

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  15. I enjoyed looking over your work...great blog!

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  16. She is great...Is she a Malayali born and brought up here. Then I would really like to meet her one day...and also the boy. I am going to share this on my fb. I hope you don't mind it...I love your blog...sad that cannot follow it regularly....

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