The Joint-Account

The grass is ALWAYS greener on the other end? Perhaps is. When I was young, I always dreamt of getting older. Unaware of what being 'older' meant or comprised of. Being old is cool or so it seemed.

Positives:

• Boss younger siblings with zero resistance.
• Talk bullshit (which is idolised as 'her stand on the issue').
• Cellphones and Debit Cards are mandatory.
• Own a shoe wardrobe on the claim that your feet size won't grow more!
• The maid servant doesn't call you 'baby/baba' anymore!
• The teeth-falling ceremony is over now. :)
• In a position to give 'crucial' career advices (Wonder why they are never self-implied!)

Negatives:

• Cannot wear pink frill frocks :(
• Chocolate bars no longer come as gifts!
• Are branded 'ill-mannered' for licking the maggie-masala in the end.
• Appear amusing if using Johnson and Johnson soap and shampoo.
• STRICTLY cannot drool in public profanity.

Besides, age does make you realise that education is an unchangeable fact in life. No, tearing textbooks is NOT the simple end to it.

However, there are some harsh facts of growing old too and 'Responsibility' is one of them. Every word you speak is a statement of your parents' investment into you. Don't debit it out completely if you don't want your cheque to bounce. It's after all a joint account, isn't it?