Shilpa and Lostworld tagged me for “My Sins against Gender-Stereotypes” This tag says, list at least ten things you have ever wanted or done which your gender is not supposed to and maybe I am the last species on earth doing it …
Well I have’t broken many stereotypes… always been known as the perfect girl of the family… my relatives actually pray to have a daughter like me 😛 so I am every bit a girl a girl can be … by today’s standards climbing trees, fooling around, gadget freak isn’t non-girly any more… so won’t count those 😛
So here goes my list …
1) Pathar dil, Nishtoor, Stonehearted – these have been synonymous to me since childhood… I am very unsympathetic … There have hardly been moments when I have felt the feeling of Pity in real life… the only time I remember feeling it was when Oliver’s wife dies in Love Story {Eric Segal}. During college days, my friends used to rejoice even if I show an iota of sympathy … they still know me as the most unemotional girl.
2) Stitching – my stitching is so perfect than I can make a million dollar diamond studded kurta look like a photha kaanni {Rug to sweep floor} I cannot stitch even to save myself. One of the reasons why I don’t buy Kurtas in Chennai… they are never of my size and my stitching can be safely termed as Horrible … usually my roomie would come to my rescue in these matters 😛
3) I can never explain in glorious details … totally inept at describing things … that’s why no travelogues, only photos in my blog… and if possible I would usually cut short half of the things… example
“I have loved you with all the love that my heart could store,
I don’t think I can love you more”
Now what if I just say the last line … wouldn’t it be a debacle… and that is what I have now expertise in … creating debacles …
One of the reason why people don’t understand my writes is coz half of the thing will be in my mind and the other half on paper 😛
{This is an example… a famous quote … I would rather die than use those clichés }
4) I never ask for permission {Except for office work of course}. The last time I took permission was to drink water when I was in primary school. My parents just expect me to inform them about my whereabouts. Asking for permission was an excuse I used to make for not accompanying my friends for a trip.
5) I refuse to grow up, be mature and take responsibility.
6) Unlike most of the girls, I am a fast walker… real fast walker… when alone my walk would get a military touch breezing through the sidewalks … since school people would pave way for me … or else they would get hit … head on 😛
But unlike my sister, I don’t walk like {as my bro defines it} a Duck 😛
I simply cannot match my walk with slower walkers, and getting stuck between them… in cafeteria or stairs … is a nightmare.
7) Only in occasions you would find me in groups… I prefer to be a lonely rider… or with just one friend… three is a crowd
8) I never had any criteria on how my dream boy would be. Never ever I had any expectation on his looks or color or nature or anyother aspect. My friends would be gushing and praying for their criteria-fulfilling-guy to land in their life … while I would keep explaining that if in Love, all criteria dissolve… what’s the point in having them.
10) Being the only girl engineer in my family, I have broken a norm. {apne muh miya mitthu 😛 }
Whew over … this was reallyyy tough coz I can be the real irritating girly girl that every guy is scared of 😛
Cheers!!!
Cute blog you have out there Rajlakshmi!!
Pretty interesting points
Et tu…
i guess someone got you too.. But it was nice reading some points .. excellent …
Wow Ditto on 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7 thats a lot we have in common 😉
pather-dil
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wow..
didnt think that would be the case..
…good list.. and yeah and good stereotype breaking things…its good to break things..things like stereotypes..
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i guess i have a thing for things..
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good post..
Very interesting. Cannot imagine you are an unsympathetic person. You cried when Jennifer died? Me too. In addition, I was touched when she told Oliver "screw Paris".
You are my kind of person. My motto is also "it is better to ask for foregiveness than permission".
Quite interesting…m also a fast walker but it would look strange if a girl walks fast bac i hav never seen any :)!!
Nice blog!!
Hmmm
i thought you would just go on with the points 🙂
gr8 compilation ,enjoyable read 🙂
cheers !!!
You are not the last species to do this tag; I am going to claim that position, if at all I do the tag, that is ! 😀 😀 😀
Except for cooking and stitching, the rest of the points were very different from the rest 😀 😀 good ones !
LoL @ apne muh miya mitthu!!! 😀 I agree with you, what used to be considered stereotype earlier isn't really one in todays times..That's why I found this tag too difficult.
I'm with you on pt. 6. Its quite annoying to be stuck behind slow coaches while walking 🙂
I enjoyed your take! Coool!!
Nice to read ur 'princely' side too 😉
very nice raj, very educational.
haha!
but i had tagged u too 😛
Yaeeyy!! Sinner!! Welcome to the group.
I walk fast too, looks very yucky when I do that when I am draped in a saree 😀
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nice fairy tale…
Hi. Well, I share the not taking permissions part with you. In fact, I don't like taking permissions from people since childhood, if I do not respect the person from within:)
ahaa 😀
am also a fast walker!! 😀
And i have no idea about my dream guy! 😉
nice to know you more than what i know! 😀
Lol…nice one Princess…#1 ka main bilkul opposite 😛
And no, me not afraid of you 😉