I never knew he would fall for me. The cutest guy in school, the sweetest of all finally asked me out years later. Yes, that’s the tragedy of my life. It always happens when I don’t want it to. I am now taller than he is for once, he still looks like a kid and well I am a woman. He still has that boyish charm which I use to die for, now it just bugs the hell out of me.

Had a miserable time in my teens, every guy I liked wanted me to play cupid for some friend of mine. Sometimes I wondered, hell! why I am the only loser around! Now I realize those immature relationships wouldn’t have lasted long. I have grown up to be an entirely different person, a whacko still but there’s a new dimension to my personality.

People grow up but their old acquaintances don’t let them to. They still think “Oh! She’s the same brat”; no one really has the time and energy to analyze or to change opinions. That’s why I guess school friends, college buddies, colleagues all know you differently. And parents always think you are a baby, well atleast in my case. I am not like other people who had a serious countenance since they were kids. Even when I am stern I have that comic look which spoils the fun!

Anyway, my solemn point is if you want your growth to be noticed start reciprocating the same. Changes, if good are always welcome and bad ones need to be rectified. Give your loved ones a chance and you will be received seriously as well!

Mansi Raj Singh