Has our generation actually forgotten to love?

Dating apps could be blamed but with Tinder getting installed in each phone, I don’t think we can.

It is us who are giving them the market.

There’s instant meals, instant coffee and even instant pleasure.

Thanks to technology, it’s never been this easy. Running in the race of grabbing those dream jobs, working our asses off, telling the world what’s on our minds, and trying to socialize with a bazillion people.

But while we’re busy juggling so many things, haven’t we forgotten one of our basic needs?

‘The need to share, Love and embrace’.

It seems like our generation has found a middle ground between relationships and hookups.

Slogging at work, spending the evening in a drunken haze swiping right on Tinder, you’d think we’ve got everything sorted.

We’ve kept ourselves so busy, there’s barely any time for anything else.

We are available, but never really available.

We are out there - on social media websites, on dating apps, at parties, but all this while, are we really available?

Not so much. We hide our inhibitions and are scared out of our wits.

We have become too dreamy, too choosy –from buying clothes of Zara to owning a luxurious car, we want everything to be perfect.

We are so obsessed with perfection that we can’t deal with smallest flaws. “He is cute, but too chubby”. We need to realize that the world is much more than his weight and her height.

Let’s face it- most of us believe to be in love without having a hint of what it actually is. For us, it’s a game that we think we know too well.

From meeting at a bar, it’s down to ‘meeting’ on an app. And frankly, there’s nothing to judge there. If two people want to indulge their lust in a night of unbridled pleasure, who’s anyone to say anything?

But, what about affection?

What we are missing out here is not sex, Its love.

And just to make it clear they are two different terms which are intimately related to each other.

After a long tiring day, you need someone. One who can kiss on your forehead and tell you that-‘ you are doing great, I am proud of you’.

This might not lessen your burden but it makes you believe that your each struggle is worth the chase.

Also, sex is more convenient now. You don’t have to commit, you don’t have to invest. You start with some swiping, proceed with some thrusts and in some time, it’s over and done with.

Now, if only getting affection was as convenient as getting an orgasm, right?

Our whole lives we keep waiting for the universe to tell us the right time to fall in love. How hard is it to understand that ‘there is no right time for us’.

Stop waiting for things to occur magically to you, make efforts, try loving.

Delete Tinder, go out, meet people rather than adding them on Facebook, have a real conversation instead of sharing emojis, and don’t be afraid to give love a chance! It will be worth it.

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