Its complicated!

I still haven't been able to understand what it means when some one gives his/her relationship status as 'Its complicated'. Its particularly funny when the profile in question belongs to a 17 year old. And more so because all relationships inevitably are complicated, irrespective of your age, sex or sexual orientation!

From how I understand it, 'Its complicated' can mean the following. I am taking a male as my sample specimen for this study for the obvious reason though all the below points apply equally to females too!

1. You are in a state of indecision as to whether you are actually in love or not. I am being too optimistic here, but in most of the cases, it's your partner who is in this particular dilemma. You cannot spit it out because there is a chance of a 'Yes' somewhere in the distant horizon. You cannot swallow it either because the horizon seems to be a few tiny light years away from the Milky way.

2. Another possibility of the above mentioned complication could be due to the presence of more than one female in the frame and our shy groom is out there in the sun, holding a garland, wondering which one to choose. Please don't assume that our 17 year old is being chased by an axe mob of females, its more like him chasing them. The count of the females can go up to any number and as it goes up, the complexity of 'Its complicated' shoots up too, following a parabolic curve.

3. Yet more disastrous is it when there are more than one guy lingering around a single female. Of these, one has to be a villain and the other has to be a hero, Bollywood style and yes, the hero would always get the girl. Now, you are not able to decide whether you are the hero or the best man at the wedding.

4. More often than not 'Its complicated' is an open invite. I am free and I am available and I can give up what I am into currently because you are important. So why not just single and why Its complicated?. Market value!! Remember, the utility of a commodity follows its demand curve. Or is it the other way round? Well, I don't know, just apply a little commonsense here ;).

5. I must give credit to some for whom it really is complicated. Issues at home, trouble with the relation as such, uninvited interference of a third person and so on.. I do wish that you would soon be able to transform your status to Marrried/Engaged or if it suits you, to being Single.

Relations are tricky. The relation status is just another fancy word, being Single does not make you ready to mingle, being Committed does not make you a Romeo ready to die for his Juilet and being Its complicated does not make it any more complicated or simple than it really is!!

So be ready to sing,

You brought your worst and I’m right here
Now I've seen it all, and it’s never been so clear
Laa laa laaa.....