You Give Love a Bad Name..

Edward Cullen, Edward Cullen..

Real life men are so sullen..

CAUTION: This blog is meant for female viewership/readership only!

Twilight readers know what this little pun means. Else allow me to show you who Edward Cullen is. A handsome vampire bloke stuck eternally at age 17, with know-it-all humble intelligence, and woo-them-all charm, he's fallen for the most klutzy & disaster-prone dame, who has no fashion sense or direction in life otherwise..

Men in real life have personalities that are at a 180 degree sun-dial apart than those potrayed in romantic novels or Rom-com movies. Having been blessed in a relationship & observations made from friends in the same boat, I present to you the generic eccentricities of men:

- No, they aren't all that articulate & expressive. Their compliments extend from 1-3 words. After a while, you understand the superlative meaning hidden within them. For instance, nice means fabulous & real nice means unbelievably gorgeous! ;)

- They can't all read your minds. You have to go your way to explain your convoluted Venusian minds to their Martian heads & unabashedly straighten things out. Communication is sharp-jagged key else the lock snaps shut tight..

- You need to dress up, once in a while, they need to get impressed. Unlike movies & novels, some women need the gym, need a fashion designer by-their-side by-the-season, need a cat's brush to straighten their messy hair, & need a filip to dress up-'n'-outta their comfy-casual-jeans routine. It's not because we doubt their attention span, it's a stupid hard-earned way to keep things as effervescent as the beginning..

- How often have you watched a romantic movie & expected the couple to have a major fight, for a very stupid, inexcusable, communication or emotional gap, & inevitably make up for it towards the end? The directors know too well that in reel life, you can't feature more than one major fight, like real life love stories. Most of the times, they aren't that simple, still based on your summed patience, things can be worked through..

- They aren't your girl friends. Sure, if you're lucky their lend you a ear or two. But you can't blabber nonchalantly away to them or explain your trivial little botherations away like needless chatter it all-off-the-chest..

ANOTHER WORD OF CAUTION: Romantic movie buffs have a difficult time accepting reality & can spoil their personal lives, study conducted Heriot Watt Univesity, Edinburgh. John Lennon says 'Love is the flower you've got to let grow'. It needs care & constant attention. Relationships touch you in ways that have no means of potrayal on the big-screen, still there's a constant effort that goes in its blooming. As much as I enjoy a good romantic movie/book, I've learnt to keep my head & my heart in its place before enduring it's side-effects.. :)

Shot through the heart, and you're to blame, Darlin' you give love a bad name!!