Letter from gen x to gen y

An open letter to the generation that has forgotten how to love

Dear Gen Y,

1. With emotions wrapped in emoticons, happiness hidden in herbs, hearts guarded by high walls, and love lost among a lot of other superficial things, where exactly are we heading?

2. When on the earth did "emotional unavailability" become attractive?
How hard is it to be there for another person? How hard is it to put some "real" effort? How hard is it to go a little beyond the layers of lust?
How hard is it, really?

3. Our fidgety souls are "almost" happy with the instant sexual gratification, amendable strings, easy entry and exit plans that our "almost" relationships offer.
Settling for mediocrity is fine. Playing hide and seek behind the curtains of ambiguity isn't.

4. Yes, most of us fear that the other person might not catch us if we fall too hard. And it is a genuine concern, of course.
But wait, is reciprocation our only issue?

5. We are busy. Undoubtedly, yes.
We are workaholics who struggle to split time between a couple of well-paid jobs, equally busy friends, and inebriated weekends.
And we only have 24 hours a day in hand. Agreed.
But is that it? Have we actually given up on love because we don't have "time"?

6. The problem is, we do want all the things we are running away from. But, we just want them the easy way.
We desire attention. But we are not willing to return it. We expect kindness. But we don't care for others. We want low maintenance Cindrellas, amiable Prince Charmings, and fairytales without fights.

7. What are we going to teach our sons and daughters? To run with restrictions? To be super heroes with apprehensions? To explore the world with boundaries? And to love with limitations?

8. What's happening right now, is not wrong. I repeat, it's not "wrong". It's just sad. And the sadder part is, it's never going back from here.

Yours truly,
A Gen Y kid cursed with a Gen X soul