Thursday, August 7, 2008

Relationships

Relationships are complex.

Humans are so obsessed with relationships that you would find an entire chapter on relationships and their complexities in any modern maths book. Jokes apart, Relationships are dynamic and alive, and you could even say that they lend color and variety to life.

We just returned from watching 'The Dark Knight' - another of the batman series.. I love Batman movies because Bruce seems so real and life-like. I mean of all the superheroes - Superman, Spiderman, X-men and who have you, I think Batman comes across as a fairly real life persona - someone whom you could relate to in a way. You find a web of relationships and philosophies wherein both the good guys and the bad guys have their black and white shades, and get estranged in myraid ways and relationships - some open, some too dangerous to be kept open.

When you look at life, you find that relationships can be truly complex. Take the case of the 'semi-girl friend', a term that I have borrowed from Chetan Bhagat's novel - A night @ the call center. You are not sure if she is a girl friend or just a friend, or someone that you are using to forget about your true girl friend. Take the case of a married man, who might love his wife, but cannot work with at office and then at the same time who likes working with a girl in the office, and not really be in love with.

From whatever little I have seen of the world, I would think that relationships do tend to be so complex sometimes that you might not really understand it all, but if you are honest about them, then maybe you can deal with them in a much better way. Transparency and openness would then be the only way for you to weave in and out of the complexities of relationships.

1 comment:

Ashish Gupta said...

I think relationships are complex because they define our spiritual (non-material) existence to large extent. Without so much thought to those we may as well be walking machines! And may be if you stop thinking and go ahead proposing your semi-girl-friend, whoever she is...