I have been thinking of having a girlfriend
for some time now. The last few months have been precise. But there is one
single word that pops up whenever I evaluate my romantic chances,
"compatibility". How does one know whether one would get along with another.
Simple! Ask her/his sun sign. Yeah, I am not a superstitious or “zodiacoholic” but
seeing people around me failing in relations just because of compatibility, I
have got a soft corner in me regarding zodiac signs. May be they lead to a good
compatibility with my partner. I fell
in love with the zodiac the day a copy of Genelia D’Souza’s Sun Sign fell into my hands. Yeah she has been my first love till moment. Though it was one sided
only.. of course it was only me in it but it was true.
But there was a
tragic side to this fascination that directly affected my future plans. I
discovered, to my horror, that a lot of signs were incompatible with mine! In
one stroke it eliminated a huge list of childhood crushes as a failure. Scorpios
were too secretive, Virgos were too practical, Leos would compete with me for
the limelight and Sagittarians would never understand my sarcasm. I greet any
girl I meet for the first time with a smile and ask so, what’s your sun sign, I don’t
even bother with the name. Why punish her. She
would just have to get used to the idea that this handsome, talented hunk of a
man is not destined for her. I was also inspired by a recent movie by the
legend Ashutosh Govarikar, What’s Your Rashee.
I fantasize about
writing ads for myself on college notice board that begin with "If you are a
girl and you are an Aquarian contact me". I discussed this with my friends and
they were horrified. The guys started with You can’t just ask about her sun
sign! What about whether she can cook or not. At this point the girls broke
their bones so the conversation petered out. My friends tried to make me see
reason, If you fall in love with someone tomorrow, who cares what sun sign she
is. I answered morosely, You would, as you would be handling the breakup
proceedings a year later and subsequent breakup party(new trend in market now a
days). I know its silly of me to view people as simply belonging to one of 12
categories. I know that each person is a beguiling magic potion of traits. But
until I find a way to gauge a girl in her entirety, is there any young Virgo
lady who would like to accompany me for a coffee…
