SO, I went out!

Not so much because I wanted to, but it’s a weekend, and that’s the rule!
You just have to go out. No questions.

Now, it may not seem to be as depressing a proposition elsewhere in the universe. Alas, it is, in the city I live, "correction", survive in.

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The best part about the whole exercise of “going out”, is the repeatedly evolving, vehemently scripted plan right before it.

It starts with one boredom-induced-proactive advanced ape-man emphatically broadcasting the “need to go out”, to his cosmos.

To start with the entire cosmos responds overwhelmingly.

And THEN the cosmos faces 4 questions :

1. Where?
2. When?
3. Who’s coming?
4. What do we do?

Simple Questions. Tricky Answers.

1. Where?
a) But that place does NOT serve alcohol!
b) But that place serves alcohol!
c) Too crowded
d) No people
e) Too expensive
f) Too far from our side of town. More importantly, “not far enough” from their side!
g) Oh but we went there the last time!

2. When?
a) Oh no! Not at 4. I have to hit the gym at 4. I haven’t gone there in 3 months. But now that we have a plan in the making. I must go!
b) It’s too hot at 5
c) I’ve to get home by 11
d) I’m busy till 7. Can’t they come a little late?
e) We fixed 5. It’s just 8. That’s not late. That’s absolutely allowed for group meetings.

3. Who’s coming?
a) I’m not coming if B is coming
b) I’ll come, only if B is coming
c) We can’t ask both, P and S to come. That’s colliding 2 different friend-worlds! You can’t collide the worlds. That’s catastrophic!

4. What do we do?
a) Something. Let’s do something.
I’m in for something
OMG, are we doing something again?!

b) Movie?
Seen it. No tickets. Bad reviews. Not interested. Oh! But I’ve to watch that one with M.

c) Let’s lunch or coffee.
That way, if the conversation, which will start and end with the famous and dreaded “How’s it going?” routine, doesn’t get interesting, we at least have a sandwich to fall back on. At the end of it, the waiter will get the check, which is nothing but a sign that the torture is over, and all of us can move on, without feeling awkward.

d) Catch up?
Or, at least get the ball rolling. Because to catch up, you need events in your life. For, these events happen you must go out. To go out, this plan must work. Which it will if we decide on what we will do! Aaah, the vicious loop!

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And then...

4 questions. 789 conferences. 8,932 one-on-ones. 12,385 msgs. 101,254,873 MOU -later:
So the plan’s chucked. Say, let’s do something next weekend?