Irrelevant social knowledge!!

Some people just cant get enough of poking into others lives right? I am sure everyone can look back and think of that one situation where Mrs. X( well they are generally women.. and they are generally married.. actually this requires a study on the psychological trend observed here.. but that will have to wait for now) that one situation where Mrs. X is alive because well.. you dint want to be accused of murder.. else in your alternate dimension she is dead cos you pushed her off the cliff ( or a knife or a gun.. well whichever works in your alternate dimension). These Mrs. Xes are oh just so curious!! they want to know everything.. well this is a very good trait when they want to know about how gravity works.. but no what they want to know is  how much Mrs. Ys son makes.. or why Mrs. Z s daughter has not gotten married.. that list goes on and on.. its like suddenly they realise someones kids finished school.. oh good lord it starts.. whose that girl i saw your son with? oh so you daughters 20 when is she getting married? oh your daughters 25.. hows is the search going (please read the presumption that there is a "search" going on) oh your daughters 30 what is wrong with her! oh your sons working in xyz.. how much does he make.. your son is in IT and he has still not gone abroad? oh its been over a year since your daughter/son got married.. why havent they had a baby yet (read what is wrong with them: and this i have faced A LOT) why is it everyones business to know everything about everyone else? why is the accepted norm around here.. it gets worse when they dont just stop at gaining this social-irrelevant-to-their- lives knowledge but also go on to comparing how someone else is doing thing correctly (read as per the social norms) and how that is better cos well.. they think so!! this weird kind of berating  actually gives them some kind of a satisfaction.. its mostly cos of some kind of a complex i guess.. but whatever!! The worst part is women succumb to this so easily.. we all know its very easy to make women feel guilty.. but its worse when educated Strong headed career women fall for this.. they apologetically explain why their daughters not married yet or why they have not had a baby yet.. why dont more people put it across that well .. its none of their business...
Maybe iam being judgemental (i dont think i am but still the benefit of the doubt) maybe theres some rhyme and reason as to why people dont mind being asked all this or why the people who mind dont ask them to mind their business. if so please good god.. let me know so that my alternate dimension self is not a serial killer!!

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  1. I think most of this is due to some people holding themselves in low esteem. They derive some sort of satisfaction out of digging for imperfections in others' lives. This also manifests as unwanted advice disguised as concern for our well being.
    "why dont more people put it across that well .. its none of their business..." - I do think that you have a point here. Even though we can brush these people off as "having self esteem issues", we owe it to ourselves and our future descendants to nip this annoying habit in the bud.

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  2. Yeah! and i am gonna sincerely put my efforts to do tat!! :)

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