THE GENERATION OF BROKEN PEOPLE

 You shouldn't love the way this generation does.

This generation is us. 

We either take things too seriously or too casually. Sometimes, we open up our hearts, love them with everything we have, travel 10-20kms just to get a plate of momos with them, and sometimes, we shut people out, ghost them, and do not give a fuck. 

Our only plan these days is to look at memes, smile, smirk, laugh, and then go back to feeling lonely. That's us!

We have heard a lot of stories from parents and grandparents and how they would secretly meet after school or sometimes call on the only landline of the house hoping their lovers would pick up the phone instead of their parents. But now, we hang out in cafes and are still bored. Our generation has redefined love stories. 

There was a time when we would fall in and out of love without our parents ever finding out about it. But now, it is not true love unless you post a picture with them on the internet.

We have ruined the concept of love. 

"Love is not just a feeling, but a person. It is the rise and fall of your breath when you are with them. It is the little gestures that become big. It is you lowering your guards and allowing love to exist."

We seek solace in moments that don't last. Everything is available at our fingertips, from casual dating to one night stands, and it is all okay but the problem is that we are the generation that has forgotten to love selflessly, to stand up for love, to believe in something like the concept of "forever".

We don't practice what we preach. We read books like "The Fault In Our Stars", shows like "This Is Us", and we all want a happy ending but we don't wanna work for that happy ending. We don't want to put effort into it. We don't cross mountains or even puddles.

We just want things to happen quickly. Did we forget how to love? or even to love? We try to run even before we can walk. We are not shy, we are straightforward. We only approach people when we are bored, or want to move on. Our bio says "thank you, next".

We are leaving behind too many broken hearts and those broken hearts will raise broken families. Perhaps, we are the last generation who will love, if we do. Anybody after us, they will only be in love with the concept of love. 

"This generation has become so obsessed with starting the rest of their lives that they are willing to give up the one they are currently living. We have romanticized the idea of romance and it is cancerous. People are more in love with the idea of love than the person they are with."

XOXO,

Sanch.