January 8, 2013

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The fingers trembled as I changed my relationship status to ‘its complicated’ & stared at the screen blankly.

My blurry eyes saw little red dots appear instantly, indicating their concern for me. Soon the numbers grew & even people I didn’t know “liked” my status. The inbox flooded with messages and chat requests were popping all over the screen.

‘Have I become famous?’ I wondered.

"Where were they when I wanted to live?" I thought & pulled the trigger.





Gyanban thoughts:  this short story goes out to all those friends we once like and loved, and now ignored. How many times have they tried to reach out to you? Or if they have not, have you wondered why?

11 comments:

  1. Hardhitting and real! well written GB.......

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    1. As always,thanks for reading and appreciating.

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  2. Hardhitting and real! well written GB.......

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  3. "Where were they when I wanted to live?"....sounds very familiar. A thought that keeps coming to me. Good one!

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    1. and so it does to so many of us, thanks for reading.

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  5. Did We try to connect at all to those long forgotton dear friends ??

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  6. Did We try to connect at all to those long forgotton dear friends ??

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