We all have them. We cannot do without them. Our guilty pleasures. So why do we feel guilty about them? Over indulgence or indulgence itself?
Here are few of mine
1) Chocolate – there’s a lot to talk about people who love chocolate. They are the kinds who love attention. They need reassurances of love and security all the time. They cling on , they ensure they are heard. Some of them can also be irritating but aren’t these qualities found in all of us. If not all of them together some in fact. Maybe that’s why we have so many chocolate lovers. I sometimes indulge in chocolate so much that I can feel my tummy hurt. I don’t think it’s a sinful pleasure but yes the day I indulge in chocolate so much I do feel guilty.
2) Rumour sponge – I love listening to gossip. I never have problems saying I do. But I never use that to harm anyone. Neither do I judge anyone out of gossips and rumours. Let me also say I do not spread it too. But when someone comes to be with that I never turn them away. I’m curious to know what people have been up to. If it gets too personal I turn myself away from it. I can do that and I also know where to draw the line. I’m not being defensive about this pleasure. I’m just saying I know how much I can take and I don’t feel guilty about it.
3) Shopping – I shop extensively sometimes. There’s something about shoppers like chocolate lovers. They are insecure too. And sometimes lonely. They take it all out on shopping. They can have like a zillion people surrounded and yet feel lonely. Because they let themselves be. You can try hard to pull them out but you will never succeed. I have a passion for clothes. I can never have enough of them. I can even get a little brand conscious and buy bags and shoes to go with them. Junk jewellery, I indulge in that too sometimes. I love the colour green. For my wardrobe I also pick a lot of black. The last few years has seen me become adventurous. I have all the colours now. There was a time when my wardrobe spoke of only green and black. Colours speak a lot about you too. Green says you are a simple yet intellectual person in love with the nature. If that’s true I’m not complaining about loving green.
4) Friends and phone – they go together now. There are times when I spend more hours than there are in a day speaking to them. How’s that possible. Well try being me for that one day and you will know. I have a very few friends. Really few. I made one really close friend at every phase of my life. That’s how I have these few friends I treasure. I love the indulgence of chatting up with them. It’s fun and so exhausting and yet to refreshing. I’m a whole new person after a long talk with one of them everytime. They all don’t live near to where I do so the phone plays a crucial role. Cannot do without them.
5) Writing – This is the first of my pleasures. Not the last. This has kept me company since I put my hand on a book first and the thought struck that I should also write so what if I write trash. Ever since I’ve written my umpteen pre teen, teen and post teen diaries. Now my diary is my laptop. Times changes so do means but the emotions and the passions never. I do all of the above daily, often and once in a while. My indulgence sometimes costs me a lot monetarily but the happiness it gives me is far beyond.
So they are my pleasures, guilty maybe.
