In my entire online existence, the only kind of women that get applauded are the super-moms and the ambitious up-starts. There seems to be no end to odes to their existence. This is not about them.
This piece talks about the lazy girlfriends and laid-back wives. It talks about the kind that nudge you lovingly, to get them a glass of water because they can't be bothered to get up from the bed. The kind that doesn't cook. The kind that cleans not because she wants to but because biology gave her a stronger sense of smell than you. These women are peppered throughout the world and you'll be lucky if you can make one of them your own.
Bill Gates wasn't kidding when he said that between the studious and the lazy, he'd always pick the lazy. After a couple of years in a relationship with one such girl, I concur with Mr Gates. It took me a while in this rat-rewarding world to realize that laziness and incapability are not mutually inclusive. I also learnt through her that lazy people are also highly proactive. I'm assuming that they plan and act ahead so as to keep their 10 hour sleep cycles undisturbed. On Monday, she asks me about my plans for the coming weekend. As someone who doesn't plan what I should do for the next hour, this is a refreshing change of pace.
For Valentine’s day, I ordered a bunch of roses to be delivered to her office. Her response, “Why take so much trouble? You could've bought a couple of roses on your way back from work.” I didn't even know that there was a flower shop just next to where we live. I guess, when you're lazy, you don't want your man to jump through hoops to make you happy.
You form better relationships with women who are lazy because she values the little things in life. Forgot to buy her an expensive birthday gift? No sweat. Fail to make her feel special on her birthday? To the doghouse you go. For her, while some gifts can be too expensive, no gift is ever too cheap. Frugality is not an obligation for her, it's a choice.
This brings us to sharing food. I mean i love her and all, but there are some food items I don't share. She doesn't have that problem. She'll share everything. If I finish my food first, she asks whether I want some of hers. As someone who's trained in psychology, I know when someone does something out of love or out of a sense of duty. The number of times she shared her food out of a sense of duty stands at 0 till date.
There are a million other things that they do to make you feel happy, to make you feel complete. This is not an encyclopedia on them. As I said, it is an ode.
Dear lazy girls, thank you for giving one of your own to me.