Have you ever noticed how the same action carried out by different people can elicit entirely opposite reactions in us?
Imagine 2 men…t1 and t2…t1 is someone you dislike…(nope “dislike” won’t serve the purpose…it calls for a stronger word)…t1 is someone you despise and t2 is someone you admire (to be precise you are romantically interested in him).
So the situation is- t1 you abhor…t2 you adore (surprisingly they rhyme!)
Now this is how they would make you feel.
When t1 copies your way of talking- You are annoyed (very).
When t2 talks like you- He mirrors you…you two are meant to be together.
When t1 changes himself to please you- He has no self respect whatsoever.
When t2 moulds himself to suit your taste- He is so accommodating.
When t1 displays a trait absent in you- You always knew you two are poles apart.
When t2 does the same- You always knew opposites attract.
When t1 makes a clever joke- He must have heard it somewhere and is repeating it with a stupid expression that is killing the fun.
When t2 tells a stupid joke- You laugh heartily just to see the twinkle in his eyes.
When t1 hits the gym- He is a confirmed narcissist.
When t2 tones up- You develop a thing for brawn.
When t1 grows fat- What a slop!
When t2 grows fat- You suddenly start to think cuddly is cute. (I know it’s a bit hard to believe but it's true.)
When Bejan Daruwalla says t1 and you would make a great couple- You are in the 21
st century and hence you trash astrology in a jiffy.
When he says t2 and you make a great pair-A coy smile…matches are always made in heaven.
When t1 calls you up 2am in the morning- How inappropriate! You may not even answer the call.
When t2 does the same- You take a couple of seconds to calm your racing heart and then take the call.
When t1 says you look great in a sari- You show up wearing a short skirt the next day.
When t2 compliments you in a sari- From now on you will wear a sari as often as possible.
When you catch t1 staring at you- How dare he? You’ll punch him…no…no touching…you’ll hit him with a stick.
When you catch t2 staring at you furtively- You feel the blood rush up to your cheeks… you feel self conscious…“jaadu hai nasha hai” starts playing in the background.
(“Dekhti hai jis tarah se teri nazrein mujhe
Main khud ko chupaao kahan…”
-these exact lines. Haven’t heard the song? You should…it’s a beautiful song.)
When t1 stares at someone else- You heave a big sigh of relief.
When t2 does the same- Sleepless nights and soggy pillow.
When t1 commits a spelling error- How can one be so clumsy?
When t2 does so- Well...this one still irritates you a bit.
Note: Always t1 and t2 have a tendency to be singleton sets…t1 can be a null set too. And by the way, t1 and t2 are essentially disjoint sets…transition from one to the other is NOT at all possible. There are other sets (t3,t4…tn) like friends, good friends, best friend (whom you do NOT have a secret crush on…else he belongs to the intersection with set t2), acquaintances, teachers, relatives, strangers, et al.
Women (and men as well) appreciate improvements almost always. This post does not encourage men to stop bringing about positive changes in themselves…it just emphasizes the futility of doing so in the event of a man’s belonging to set t1 or set t2.
I have written this post after conducting an elaborate research on the whimsical behaviour of women …I however was not a part of the sample set. (I’m totally aware of the fact that this is not a courtroom and hence you cannot hold me guilty of perjury.)
