Few days ago, I bumped into this guy I used to know some 4 years ago. The place and situation we met was completely unusual, hence it was a total surprise and I was bewildered. The fact that I had a huge crush on him could have added to this emotion.
Well, we talked about people, career, each other’s frens, laughed at jokes, danced, slow dance as well, dined together, we were having fun in each other’s company. We were too comfortable with each other like we’d been tight buddies for long. Then it dawned upon me. Damn! We were both tea bags.
Now you maybe wondering what I mean by teabags. Well, I have this way of simplifying a relation between two people. When I said we were both teabags, I meant we were too similar, with same tastes, same aspirations, same way of viewing life. Many might consider this as an ideal match. Sadly, I don’t fall in that many. I want someone who can compliment me, not supplement. I am a teabag looking for my hot/warm water which can bring out my color, my flavor and help me fulfill my destiny of becoming a good tea. And I am saying this at the risk of sounding corny. But hey, don’t we all want corny in life?
It is good to find yourself a fellow tea bag; you could spend your life with them in comfort, friendship, mutual understanding and what not. But that’s not a teabag’s destiny; its not meant to be bottled or packed together with tea bags.. but to be taken out of its kind and dipped in a hot/luke warm water to form a tea. Now that’s called fulfilling one’s destiny.
Kudos Tea bag! I agree totally. I have been friends for over 4 years with a girl now and the same with her and me. We are so close that all of my friends have either met her or know her, and same with her. Hell we share the same native village too. Even my mom has, on more than one occasion been skeptical and asked me if She can be her bahu and I was like….Waaat?
Anyway, we are more like tea and coffee, but still we both wanna stay pure, no hot water or milk for us.
Oh come one.. u DO need hot water or milk in some point of life.
P.S. Her real name happens to be Mani.
must’ve hit u close to heart then.
very well written .. sumtimes, i do feel the same way too .. keep up the write-ups!
Dear ManLi,
It is a very interesting analogy you have come up with. We are the master of our destiny and fate. Because I think, therefore I am. I feel, it depends upon what you are looking for. It also depends upon if you are a tea bag who needs hot/warm water to truly bring out your colors Or you could be the tea bag with hot water, and just need either a tea bag to make it a little bit strong, for those who like strong tea, or may be more water? It depends upon what you are looking for. What I do know is what ever it might be a tea bag or a hot water, when you are with the other person, you both become a better person, which means everything good in you is personified. As you put it, it not only compliments but also supplements you as well as the other person. That I feel, if there is such a thing called destiny one has fulfilled it.
Cheers