Thank you so much Sasha!

I have been thinking of comin here writin, sharin so much which has happened or I have felt over the last few months but wud get busy...or rather i shud say - wud make myslef busy in some or the other sort of compulsive activity such as chatting, partying,dating etc etc...I would waste more than 70% of my leisure time doing all that instead of doing things that i would really want to do. And then a fortnight back, my soul mate D sent me "Quirkyalone" by Sasha Cagen saying from one quirky to another:-)...book is supposed to be a manifesto of uncompromising romantics who are anti dull relationships...who resist coupledom in favour of independent self expression. Relatives, co-workers give them quizzical look, they may not participate in a conventional romance but they are always romancing the world and themselves. So my friends who are reading this know how much i related with the book.

Book started with a small quizz and guess what my score was - 10 on 10, which means I am so so so Quirkyalone. This obviously got me curious to find out how i became or what qualifies me to become one...Sasha starts by explaining what is QA and how she can be a quirkytogether, quirkyflirt or the dark side of quirkyalone - Romantic Obsession (R.O.).

When i started looking back in the past to find similarities between me and Sasha's categorisation, I realised, I was a born quirkyalone, most part of my life. I would do things by myself - go for movies alone, travel by myself - infact something that i really wanted to do or the place where I really wanted to go, i wouldn't go with a bad company or company for the sake of it, that's why would go by myself or with my alter ego, my sister R. Then I became a quirkyflirt - i did date in college, while working but nothing went beyond few months (unless it was a long distance relationship). It would always happen, after creating a lot of excitement and making my friends think - may be this time she has met mr. right, i wud go back and say naah - not happening, connect nahin hai...and best feedback has been - "he is an extremely nice guy, fun too, i have really made good friends with him but naah...(I hold a reputation of turning most dates into good friends...infact have helped them date my friends:-)

Then i became an RO. Obvioulsy it didn't work and to get out of it, i again became a quirkyflirt...

But after reading Sasha - i somehow dont feel the need to be anything because what i felt was right, whatever i did or didn't do was jus part of being myself. And am sure all in QA community would agree with me on that - QA is all about being honest to yourself, giving your individuality a self expression, not playing mind games and most importantly loving your self and having a relationship with yourself.

And just a quick word of thanks for Sasha for writing this book...thanks for giving expression and name to something that i always knew was right!

Thank you so much Sasha!
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