JUST MESSING AROUND

A messy home is all you have when your friends consider your home as their property. PT talks to people about their ‘dirty’ experiences.



FUN NO MORE:

Fun with friends can turn into a messy affair

when they take your home for granted

IT’S your day off, and you plan a get-together with friends at home. You prepare yourself to chill out with a few select ones. But then you see friends and friends of friends inviting themselves to your ‘private’ party to chill out with you. Till this point, you accept everything. But after the party ends, you realize that your house is in a mess. Hear Paras Bhanushali, marketing executive, “I wanted to throw a party for my closest pals and relax. Along with them, even their girlfriends came home. We partied hard and had a really good time. But after the party, I realized that my house was in a mess. Empty cans and chips packets were thrown on the floor. Sometimes, your friends do tend to think of your home as their property. But I do not mind that, as we had a blast.”

It’s really okay when your friends ‘mess’ it up. But what happens when you don’t even know the person who pretends to be your friend? Amrita Kabra, a student shares, “My friends come to stay with me as I live alone in the city. And it’s great to have friends over. But one day, a girl called me saying that she was my friend Meeta’s friend and she wanted to stay at my place. Although I was a little hesitant, I gave in to the request. In the five days she stayed at my place, she actually pissed me off. My bed was not mine as it was full of her books, clothes and her. My kitchen was in a mess and I reached college late as she took a lot of time to bathe.”

Something that even jewellery designer Meha Parekh faced during her college days. She recalls, “One day, my classmate came home as she wanted some help with her studies. By the time we were done with our book work, we were starving. So I decided to churn a quick dish. She said she knew how to cook so I took her help. That was one big mistake. She mixed up all the masalas, burnt my subzi and the worst of all, spoilt my kitchen walls. When I put together the things to make pulao she said she would do the rest. A few minutes later the cooker burst. Thank God, both of us were not in the kitchen at that time. Later, she confessed that she had never stepped in the kitchen until that day. My favourite vessels were ruined and my kitchen wall was decorated with colourful veggies. I was so angry that day. Though we are good friends now, I still keep telling her that she was the one who messed up my kitchen.”

We have all come across people who are brats and just wanna have fun. But for Vishaka Deshpande, student of software engineering, the fun quotient was raised beyond limit and everything was one big mess. She shares, “My classmates and I were enjoying a nice evening at my place. It was a bad day. The guys were so ill-mannered and while doing masti that they burnt the curtains and smashed the window glass. My face was red with anger. And by the time they realized that they had taken things for granted, it was too late.”

Fun with friends is good, but we all should know where to draw the line.