I remember back in my school days, I used to crave for the simple pleasures in life - just being with the guy I loved, accompanying him on his gym and track routines, staying by his side while he did his own things. As long as I could accompany him, it did not matter where we went or what we did, even if it was an activity that bored me to tears.
As we grow up and as each of us become more affluent in our own ways, as we make our way in life, life experiences change us. Situations change us. Jobs change us. Our characters get moulded. Some of us become more aggressive. Some of us become stronger. Some of us crumble and become weaker. Some of us, the lucky ones, are simply unaffected.
Hence, the simple pleasures in life may no longer just be waiting for your loved one to come home. It may become a night of degustation to some. It may become a car ride into unchartered territory. It may become an overseas trip to a lone resort island somewhere in the Indian Ocean to some.
That is the price of growing up. The so-called "simple pleasures" in life suddenly become much bigger-scaled. It is not enough to just watch a movie and have a hawker meal anymore. It is the trend to go for fine dining. It is not enough to just have a picnic to celebrate your birthday or anniversary anymore. It is the trend to go overseas for that occasion. It is not enough to just receive flowers for Valentine's Day anymore. It is the trend to receive Louis Vuitton handbags and platinum jewellery. It is not enough to go on long bus or train rides to go anywhere anymore. It is the trend to have a car and be driven around.
As people become more affluent, these became the "simple pleasures". Anything below that is what teenagers or kids do. Anyone who is a grown up is more sophisticated than that. Hence, the simple pleasures in life is no longer just accompanying your loved one everywhere and anywhere. It is to ensure my time is also fulfilled and not a total waste.
I guess everyone goes through these phases. I used to think the simple pleasures in life is to just accompany my man, and I still do think the simple pleasures in life is to accompany my man. Except the mode is now different.
Unfortunately, he has not quite grown out of his teenage ways on what he views as the simple pleasures in life, hence his way of accompanying and my way of accompanying are very different. His is the teenage way, while mine is the supposedly grown up sophisticated way.
Who is right, who is wrong? Neither, it is just a matter of preference. Although I really prefer he starts growing up and starts indulging in the simple pleasures in life - the sophisticated way, and not the teenage way anymore.
As we grow up and as each of us become more affluent in our own ways, as we make our way in life, life experiences change us. Situations change us. Jobs change us. Our characters get moulded. Some of us become more aggressive. Some of us become stronger. Some of us crumble and become weaker. Some of us, the lucky ones, are simply unaffected.
Hence, the simple pleasures in life may no longer just be waiting for your loved one to come home. It may become a night of degustation to some. It may become a car ride into unchartered territory. It may become an overseas trip to a lone resort island somewhere in the Indian Ocean to some.
That is the price of growing up. The so-called "simple pleasures" in life suddenly become much bigger-scaled. It is not enough to just watch a movie and have a hawker meal anymore. It is the trend to go for fine dining. It is not enough to just have a picnic to celebrate your birthday or anniversary anymore. It is the trend to go overseas for that occasion. It is not enough to just receive flowers for Valentine's Day anymore. It is the trend to receive Louis Vuitton handbags and platinum jewellery. It is not enough to go on long bus or train rides to go anywhere anymore. It is the trend to have a car and be driven around.
As people become more affluent, these became the "simple pleasures". Anything below that is what teenagers or kids do. Anyone who is a grown up is more sophisticated than that. Hence, the simple pleasures in life is no longer just accompanying your loved one everywhere and anywhere. It is to ensure my time is also fulfilled and not a total waste.
I guess everyone goes through these phases. I used to think the simple pleasures in life is to just accompany my man, and I still do think the simple pleasures in life is to accompany my man. Except the mode is now different.
Unfortunately, he has not quite grown out of his teenage ways on what he views as the simple pleasures in life, hence his way of accompanying and my way of accompanying are very different. His is the teenage way, while mine is the supposedly grown up sophisticated way.
Who is right, who is wrong? Neither, it is just a matter of preference. Although I really prefer he starts growing up and starts indulging in the simple pleasures in life - the sophisticated way, and not the teenage way anymore.
1 comments:
I can't agree on your classification of "simple pleasures" into "the teenage way" and "the grown up sophisticated way". The way you're putting it is more like "the not much money spent way" and "the splurge money way".
There is a reason the word "simple" is there. What would be simple to a person who earns 1 million dollars a year would most likely be not simple to me.
Take a person who enjoys fishing. He can be just sitting by a small river and fishing the whole day instead of having to be on a power boat fishing at the Maldives for him to call it his simple pleasure.
My own favorite would be hanging out with friends playing boardgames while sharing pizza.
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