Talk: That is changing

When Boy Dylan sang 'The Times: They Are A-changin', he definitely meant it in a different context, but the line has always caught my eye. The reason being; whenever I meet my friends, I realize that so much has changed. I remember the talks we had when we were in our teens, it always revolved around studies, future, parents, lecturers, clothes, food, books, shopping, movies, and boys. That was an age that called for such talks. When we reached our final year of education, we started dwindling with what to do next. Do we further our studies, or work? The next three months we busied ourselves in finding out the admission process to different colleges, and universities. So quite obviously our talks revolved around admissions, entrance exams, fees, etc.

As time passed, our talks started getting a little more serious; we discussed about marriage, love, career, expectations out of life, and much more. Often in a very philosophical sense. Our curiosity for what life probably had in store for us never ceased to exist. As each one of us settled into marital bliss, our talks steered towards the art of home making, cooking, outings, and above all husbands.

Gradually, we discussed about pregnancy, the different stages of pregnancy, and the anxiety that came with it. Then it was babies, burps, bottles, sleepless nights, diapers, vaccination, maids, doctors and a whole lot of things that revolve around them. Today, when some of us are dwindling with schools, and admissions; some of my friends have new born in their midst when some of their children are well settled in school.

What next? I will update as time passes (optimistic approach). When more than a quarter of my life is over, I look forward to the other bit that may possibly include studies, raising kids, the so called mid life crisis, job, finances, health, and the scary bit of life; old age.

I remember reading in one of the editions of 'Readers Digest' many years back and this has stayed with me ever since; that if anything changes it is the circumstances around us and as people we respond to it differently and that itself is 'change'.

P.S: The various talks that we discuss always cross paths. According to me, it is at a particular phase in life that we tend to delve deeply on a few talks(a little more than the rest).