Witnessing A Breakup - Live!

This happened in office. 

I was having lunch in our office food court. There were very few people around when my attention went towards someone having a phone call. There was a boy who was talking to someone over phone in an animated manner. He was speaking using a blue tooth earphone and since his both hands were free, he was making gestures using his hands as if he was speaking to an invisible ghost standing in front of him. He was also a bit restless, since he walked to and fro while he spoke. Now I heard what he was saying. He was calling the person on the other side of the call as "kyun aisa kar rahe ho", "puch rahe ho", etc, meaning, he was using the term "rahe ho". That instantly reminded me that this is how boys speak to girls over phone if people are around them, in order to not reveal the gender of the caller. Ideally, they should say, "rahi ho" instead of "rahe ho", and "rahe ho" is said to a boy, but the pitch of their voice give away that the caller is a girl. Anyways, so I tried to ignore the boy on phone, but his call was going on and on, and hence I once again looked at him. 

The boy was well built, with great biceps; and while he walked, it was clear that he used to go to a gym. It is again a general phenomenon that boys who have girlfriends tend to look after their fitness more; after all they are in a highly competitive environment! 

Till now, it was only my hunch that he was speaking to his girlfriend. After some time, it became clearer. He was asking the caller, "ab kyun bol rahe ho? Pahle kyun nahi socha?" (why did not you think about this earlier; why only now?" Well, well! 

Next, he said, "Main nahi badla na? Nahi sudhra na? Nahi sudhrunga. Tumhe ye pahle bhi pata tha par ab bol rahe ho?" (You are saying I have not changed; I have not changed for the better, right? You knew me earlier also, why only saying this now?") Well, even now, there was no direct clue, while I was 100% sure the caller was his girlfriend. Male friends never try to "change" a man, only women do! 

Then he came to point, "Ek baar milne ke lie kah raha hun aur tum das bahaane bana rahe ho!" (I am just asking to meet once, and you are making a dozen excuses!" Now, this reminded me of horrifying crime stories from newspapers of killer boyfriends who take revenge on their ex-girlfriends after they stop seeing them by calling to meet "one last time" and then their body is discovered in the bushes near some hill, at a tourist spot. I only hoped this bodybuilder boy was not like that. 

In the end, he even started taking the person's name, calling "Nandini, aaj hi end karte hain" (Nandini, let us breakup today itself).

That's it! 

It was proven that he was calling his girlfriend and asking her to meet one last time, while she was saying she was not interested in taking their friendship forward because of how he was. And the boy was furious at her for she knew how he was and yet why did she remain friends so far? Who knows, may be the girl got a "better deal" (better boyfriend) now, that's why! Or maybe she was getting a "better deal" through "arranged marriage" (money won in 'money Vs muscle' battle). Or maybe she had reached her tolerance level with him, hit a wall and after that she could not convince herself to spend rest of life with him! 

Men are known to be "sore losers" and they can't handle rejections easily. This often results in horrible murders and suicides. If the boy is kind on his 'ex', he is probably not going to be kind on himself, and I suspect a large proportion of road accidents also happen to young men on motorbikes because they are disturbed after their girlfriend broke up with them. 

Hope the guy with big muscles does fine here on and does not become a killer on the run; and hope his girlfriend with a nice name really gets a better option and both of them live happily ever after. And may their paths never cross again. Because who wants to witness another drama over lunch?

- Rahul Tiwary