These days my relatives love me. ( haha! you are thinking shouldnt they? or So? or Showing off? or things like that)
Well, When I was younger, I got a lot of ... Ahem "comments" . Why dont you dress up! why don't you wear a saree or make up! Why you cut your hair so short! Why are u always reading books! Talk to people. Too serious. Too silly always acting like a kid. Why dont u sit properly etc etc etc Not appreciated for my good bits, like studying well, frugal, not greedy and not seeking attention etc! Hello! I have some good points too!!! Really! it seemed like being me was not really desirable :-)
and Now...
They just love me - the reason - "You have not changed at all! Deepa!"
LOL! I keep thinking Yeah!!!!!! but you din like the same me before! :-D ( Not that I am complaining :D )
Now it was become, Deepa doesnot dress up, so simple she is, So down to earth, no airs -doesnot care about looks. So well read. They also lovingly say - You used to sit like this even when you were a kid,Deepa! he! he! he!
Its not just one relative. Its all of them! Strange :-D
Now comes the gyan part. As it always does :P
I was thinking this and I realised.. I have infact changed.
Not in the aspects I was criticised on and the aspects they admire me for not changing but I have changed as a person.
I had an edge before, I was totally immature and arrogant, snappy and short tempered. Now I am nice ( er :-P ), can confidently say not arrogant, have lost the edge, slowly, very slowly trying to be a better person, and for most parts not so snappy, okay! for most parts I said! not SO snappy I said! :-P
They din dislike me for the above reasons, that was just a symptom, Now the like is also not for those reasons, its also a symptom. I think its the person underneath that they sense. ( which now is bordering on AWESOME :P )