Occupational Hazards

With writing comes great responsibility. The responsibility to not only sound intelligent but appear to be one at all time. Even in between your sleep you’re expected to blabber something really smart. So that people around you are disturbed but for a special purpose i.e. to wake up and realize how lucky they are to have your wise company.
But the pressure is tremendous and every time you open your mouth, you have to measure each word that you speak. You are expected to have a higher intellect than most with an even bigger responsibility to manage the dumb. Be sympathetic to the dumbest as they are not as gifted as you are. Bear with their torturous conclusions. And when you go back home, all you get to hear is, “Writing…what kind of a job is it that you get stressed so much? What is the big thing about writing?” Like, till lately all my folks thought were that I copy and write for a living.
Oops…sometimes I feel I should look for a career shift.
The men who write must like to think otherwise. Because a writer is the biggest aphrodisiac for women of all ages. They love to hear the intelligent talks even if they made no sense most times. They love to be in the company of men who communicate their mind. Maybe they think that such men will utter few words of wisdom after sex rather than turn their backs and snore. Some words to appreciate the experience, to tell them how special it was this time. Anything that would boast her ego and overlook the imperfections in her body like the protruding belly which doesn’t give her a clear view of her feet.
While for women, nobody wants to date a writer because she looks intellectual and chances are that she might be one. Who wants brains when all you desire are a pair of good assets that also starts with the same letter B? You can’t stop ogling at those precious little ones while all she does is talk and talk more. Such a big distraction when you have just one thing in mind and she has ten great ideas to pen down.
Then there is this added pressure to look like a writer. A pair of glasses is mandatory with a jhola to fit into the role. Only cotton is accepted because you are a natural and sensitive to the tee. Be it writing or depleting natural resources. You’re a rebel to causes close and far from you. Hence, the ponytail look is better or any weird style that is easy to spot in a crowd.
And even after reading, you still want to pursue a career in writing well you deserve to be one because writers need to be very thick skinned to: criticism, racism and a whole lot of ‘ism’ I wish I was intelligent enough to figure out.



Pic Courtesy: Google Images