dear d,
im writing this as a post because there is this small hope tht u might still be reading "nostalgic moments" or maybe will do atleast once in the future...maybe it would be too late then tht u stumble on this post addressed to u...but this mail isnt about making amends anyways...it is for thanking u for what u are...:)
The only reason why im not mailing u this is because theres a very high chance that u might delete it without reading,after what has happened...i know its quite likely that u can STOP reading this post any further too, but knowing u, i think u might be tempted to read on...maybe...In any case, i just hope u do...
D,i can never thank u enough for what uve been to me...a friend, philosopher,guide and shrink...uve been everything i could have ever asked for in a 'confidante'...the friend i could blindly trust...the one i could close my eyes and cross a busy road with...someone i could be totally myself with...
U have been the angel who has helped me through the toughest of times...i remember those times i juss called u up and burst out crying not even considerin there could have been some important ppl around u...but d, thts what u were all about and a lot more...could laugh with u, cry with u...be completely myself with u...yaa and remember swearing on ppl we both hated...though u also did swear on ppl i liked and who according to u werent worth it..hmpf! and then it was always followed by an embarrased "sorryyy" thanks to wch u are still alive today...:-/
and im sure u checking on my spellings and grammer while reading this post :-/ hmpf!!u just needed an excuse to point out my mistakes dint u?? and yaa im an expert at ALL the "countries and their capitals" now after brushing up my geography atlas...well..errr.. almost all :-/...sigh! the things u used to come up with juss to prove me inferior...tsk tsk, how u hated to admit im the best...*yawn*
But frankly speaking ,its mainly because of u that ive emerged as a much stronger person...or else ppl would have definitely found me in some "mental asylum" or "rehab centre" by now...:) .thanks for all those "therapy sessions" and all those times u thought i would never come out of it...u still arnt convinced yet are u? :).
oye enuff ...im sure u must be calling me "nataunki" by now and this post juss a "comment increasing gimmick" or maybe fuming a "go ask your fans"...im right aint i??
U know how i always hated to say tht u r the best and how u would call me "jalku"...well, i was a bit jealous...hmpf!!ok ok have to admit..but only a lil teeny weeny bit...because i always admired tht "bindaas" attitude of urs, the very fact that u could move on so quickly impressed me and ur strong headed decisions did tend to influence me a lot ...u often irritated the hell outta me,but then that was the only reason i manged to stick to some of my most important decisions...
Remember the time when we both said we would be "strangers" because we both had our experiences and knew tht "best friends" sometimes are the most hurting kinds???
now i think we should have never drifted away from the "strangers" zone...i mean we would definitely be the best of friends cos thts what we were destined to be...but maybe maintaining the status as "strangers" would preserve the age old superstition we believed in too...:(..anyways...
u know im a very impulsive person and u also know tht ive taken many a rash decisions or jumped to drastic conclusions many a times ,but each time uve either screamed at me or laughed on me or irritated me till i yelled "crap" or.........plain understood me...:).
well ive not changed much in that respect though (heyy but they rnt as impulsive or baseless mindya), but thanks to u,i have learnt to stick by my decisions a lil better...and even with u not around, am still learning :)
Somehow i felt i'd known u all my life and when things and secrets revealed to me tht this wasent a childhood buddy who i knew everything about, it used to kinda upset me...
Making me laugh with your kiddish pranks,surprising me with your mature insight (only when u played shrink though..dont be too happy i said tht) amusing me with ur lousy mimicry and dumb imitations,ur "mumbaiyya" hindi,marathi,gujrati, marwari and french or whtever lil u still learning of it (only because of the chics in ur french class and tht "babe" who holds the classes..sigh!), cracking the most pathetic jokes on earth, being the rudest person in the universe sometimes and at other times,the sweetest monkey on the planet (heehee...couldent help writing tht), i dint even realise how time flew by...
The protectiveness of an older brother,the concern of family, the true care and trust of a best friend ,the times uve played "private eye" for me and then stopped speaking to me for days after for having made u go thru tht torture, the times u would spend hours just to convince me that i was wrong about certain things and would ultimately get tired and give up, not realising that i would always get convinced around 5 seconds after hanging up on u and thank u silently for helping me take the right decisions...there are soo many things i can never forget even if i want to...and rest assured i would never want to :)
uve always been the best buddy one could ever have...the one i could count on for understanding me even whn i hardly understood myself...
thanks for everything uve done for me...and knowing i hate to say "im sorry" as much as u do, would u know what i mean when i say "im really very sorry d"?..but then again, have used tht word often with u and believe me u r the only person ive used it soo many times with..(i hate admitting tht im wrong and mostly like to believe im always right and u know tht ...hmpf!).maybe u would forgive me for whatevers happened or maybe not...i dont expect anything cos even if u do forgive me, i wont ever be able to forgive myself for behaving that way...but human as i am, i still feel this tiny flickering hope that maybe u would understand this time around too...
If u thought even a little about it, or even went through our 'very initial conversations' u would get why i acted the way i did...but guess u would be too bugged with me to even think about it...its okay though...i can understand.. i would be too...
Neverthless whatever it may seem to u and ppl around u, u would always be cherished and remembered for ever...and u can bet your life on tht!! :)...
Always stay the same...
take care...
keep mumbai rockin!!
and all the best for everything...
keep smiling... always!:)
UPDATED:7th november 10am
D and i spoke yesterday...
and it reminded me of this saying which was very popular during my school days...many of u must have heard it...
"FRIENDSHIP IS LIKE CHINA WARE,
COSTLY ,FRAGILE AND RARE,
ONCE BROKEN CAN BE MENDED,
BUT THE CRACK IS ALWAYS THERE..."
sometimes life dosent give u a second chance...how could i forget tht??
no matter what, i can never undo the hurt completely...and im guilty of hurting D...
But i guess 'NO' friendship is much better than a 'CRACKED' one...because when it is cracked, everytime u look at it, u see the crack and remember the time it had been broken...and that definitely hurts a lot more...
Pri has lost out on a very good friend and will never be able to forgive herself for it...
I cant blame D for not being able to forget whatever's happened...some things though may be forgiven, can never be forgotten...
But then are some things which always remain and can never go away no matter how much we try---probably for him, the HURT...for me, our FRIENDSHIP...:)
NEVER HURT A TRUE FRIEND COZ ITS THE WORST THING U CAN EVER DO TO YOURSELF!!!
UPDATED: 7th november 8.45 pm
yayyyyy!!! the friendship is still alive and kicking...thanks to all your well wishes, pri hasent lost out on her best friend afterall...:)and that is what this 2nd update (in 24 hrs) is all about...heehee...yoohoo!! :D
i'd almost given up all hopes ...it was only when "sam" (confusedsam as known to the blog world) told me that sometimes we should keep our ego aside, and not lose hope and pester the person u want back soo much that he gives up and comes back into your life, that i realised that thts what i gotta do..i jus couldent sit there mourning over a dead friendship and not doing anything about it...so i called D right back...:D and within 15 minutes, we were back to speaking almost exactly like before...chatting away to glory updating each other with stupid things happening and cracking PJ's as usual...phew! i'd almost begun to feel abnormal,during yesterday's all serious and tensed conversation...thankgod! the old "D" is backk :p...for once i dint mind the pj's...:D
and thanks to u too sam!:)
and then sometimes all it takes is a little extra effort from your side...
i guess this cracked friendship needed just that...and thats what we did...
we spoke it over...im not sure if everything is as before or that i have or will ever be able to undo the hurt completely...but will definitely try and that ive realised is most important...:)
u cant juss give up on people u care about because u know u r guilty of hurting them...because sometimes all that is needed is a little convincing tht u want things to be back to how they were...and if u genuinely care about someone, no matter how wrong or hurting uve been, u jus cant stay without trying to get things back to where they were...and if the person cares too, he will definitely be waiting for u to offer an explanation...no matter how simple or invalid, it may be...it dosent matter...what matters is u promising that it wont happen again and ofcourse, living upto the promise :)
I would have totally lost out on a very good friend had i given up (wch i almost had) thinkin tht i can never be forgiven for what ive done...
but in life u come across some "angels" who are always ready to forgive u if they know u really mean it...:)
Never hurt these angels...and more importantly never give up on them...cos u never know, all it takes sometimes is a heartfelt apology to have them back :)...and u might be ruining your life in guilt ignoring it...