Let's pretend nothing's wrong !

Do me a favour. For the rest of this post forget that a 22 year old guy is writing this . Just assume this post is ananoymous . If possible also assume that the author is very smart . Done ?

Now how many of you know how to use a bank account  ?  No ,I don't mean using your ATM or making online payments. Do you actually know how to use the bank for transactions . I don't. My dad has been working in Canara Bank for over 25 years now and yet every time I need to pay a challan , I need to ask someone which one is the challan form ,the blue one or the green one . But  I can type 100 words per minute when sending out messages from my cellphone.  Now don't look at me like I am the only one. I know most of you out there are in the same boat as I am.

I committed a grave mistake once. Sometime during 2009, I was in Bangalore and my dad took me out to a mall. Yeah, Just the two of us .  I saw a Coffee Day and said  Dad,lets have coffee . Dad seemed pleased , maybe he was glad that his 20 year old son did not want anything fancy and opted for  coffee. He received the shock of his life when he saw Cafe Latte priced at Rs. 79 . He turned back to me and said  Do u know I can 10 good coffees  with that money ?  I have seen my dad take us to fancy restaurants and pay hefty checks. I couldn't figure out why he couldn't cross the coffee day mental barrier. Now I know , when you work your ass off earning that money, you think before spending it.   Now tell me how do you manage to spend so much of your parents money with such nonchalance ? Our generation has a very bad spending habit . Spending 3K at Hard Rock Cafe on weekend is just not done. This lack of life skills is one serious flaw with this generation.

Let's see what we have got in our favour.  Have you ever talked to your mom about things that do no concern you. If you have you would notice that their generation is a lot more bitter about people. There is too much bitching behind relatives' back and there is too much jealously. They just cannot accept the fact that others could also be blessed with good fortunes. Our generation has let go off the blood relative concept and adapted a more comfort oriented approach. We are friends with people we like. What we are today is the result of who we chose to be friends with . Today I can go to Hyderabad and stay there with my friends for 10 days without having to feel uncomfortable ( Thank you Tiwari,Ashwini and JP ) . Can you imagine staying  with relatives who you don't meet often ?  That's something our generation has to be credited with.  One more thing our generation has to be credited with is we accept people as they are. Yes we also judge , we also scrutinize and criticize but not in a serious kind of way. To me this mutual respect  for each other  is the highlight of our generation.

Our dads ,moms .uncles and aunties may not say it ,but they feel superior inside .They consider us inferiors. They think we are lucky that we get high paying jobs and we blow our money. They don't regard us as equals.This is the reason why most parents object to love marriages. They do not trust the guy or the girl as an individual. Arranged marriage is a combined package with groom ,property,relatives and money. That's why parents prefer arranged marriages. I accept ,our generation is a little careless with things but are not missing the bigger picture in life. The purpose of life is to be happy and that is what our generation is trying to do .The earlier generation can learn a lot more from us than we can do from them .  So for now  Let's pretend nothing is wrong with out generation .

P.S : Odd years have never been good to  me. So I don't have my hopes high for this new year. Wish you all a wonderful 2011.

Cheers :)