I am peeved. Period.

Friends. Who are these people? If I were really corny I would have searched for some cheddar-cheesy quotes on the web and extrapolated on that one. I am not saying I am not corny. I do give in to some extra-saccharine sweetened quotes now and then. But, lets not talk about that. Lets talk about friends for now.

They are people who at different points of time have comforted you. At that point of time they have made you smile. The same people do go ahead and do various other things. Which are at times ugly or at times even more beautiful. By their actions and of your own they somehow either stay on as friends or move on to worse things in your life.

Everyone has their own definition for a friend. The person you call in the middle of the night to sob away. The person you drop by without calling beforehand. The person who can be the tough parent when you don't have the balls to go yours. The person who is the mother hen you felt so secure with. The person who you never talk to but you know will be there just an offline or phone call away. The person you have shared a million experiences with but haven't met so far. The person who would share that large pop-corn with you at the movies and let you drink most of the Coke. Well, you get the picture. You have your own definitions. I am sure that no matter how you define your friend, he/she will be just as glad to have you and you'd do the same for them.

Now, why am I peeved if I have so cutely described what my friends are to me? It is because there also those people who define you as a friend and fail to keep their end of the bargain. They expect you to be their friend while they go on and do things that don't fit into their own definition. I will not ask why?! I don't ask questions. If I ask, they misconstrue it as caring and they go ahead and make bigger fools out of themselves.

You might also be wondering, why this kind of a post on the eve of Friendship Day? Well, to me, tomorrow is a Sunday, one that I am going to be spending with a ward full of patients. But, the freakish messages from some random person who called me a "Sweet Friend" did spark me off to begin writing such a piece. Where on earth do people come up such stuff? The crazy messages that am sure if they really meant, they needn't have sent it at all! I don't mean to sound all snooty but one does get tired with superficial crap.

Friendship Day or not, if you are my friend you will be treasured forever. If you aren't then you will know it sooner or later. All I am asking is, try and respect someone else's feelings and they will appreciate it with twice the efforts to respect yours too.

All those corny message senders and forwarders, May Their Souls Rest in Peace!