How Do Indian Men Overcome Breakups?

Enrique Iglesias once jokingly told Anna Kournikova: “You can run, you can hide, but you can’t escape my love …;

I wish every lover had similar sportsmanship after their breakup (Love is not a sport or is it?). Kind of cute to believe in love this deeply while it lasts but not sure if the feeling survives in today’s day and age amongst couples after they decide to split like a pair; only one way to tell. Here’s how I and few I know have dodged the bullets, after breakups. (And no, I will survive song doesn’t heal as much anymore frankly).

A quick note for beginners OR rather the (un)fortunate ones

So what is a break-up? In the context of human relationships, it means two people who decide not to meet as a couple or do things as a couple.

Example couples who are either in love or just for ‘A Night at an ONs-center’ arrangement; meaning for a hook-up OR to simply put; couples who used to only meet during erections – decide to explore life independently while respecting each other’s differences. A la – Netflix, eat, masturbate and sleep (choose your sequence).

Indian men and breakup

It’s said that Indian men are not wired to accept a breakup amicably because their egos are bigger than their you-know-what. So don’t be surprised if after a breakup they get drunk and shout “Basanti!!” below their exs balcony. Post-breakup the fave lit-and-movie character for Indian men so far was Devdas because he gave them ample reason to drink gallons and lie by the roadside drain. But all that’s changed now. Devdas is passé, tears are passé, some do believe in seeking revenge by sharing intimate photos of their ex on the net or end up messing up things for her if she has moved on, but let’s not generalize. That’s a minuscule part of the Indian population. Indian men usually grapple with the going away of their girl for some time and then they do move on, too. While they are in the process of getting over the breakup and mending their heart there are a few things they do. And trust me I am talking from experience.

What All We Indian Men Do To Overcome Breakup

Since I love narrating from a first-person perspective, the following are my real and made-up ploys to escape nightmares of breakups, FFs. (For friends’ sake).

1. Drink like crazy

Buy two-port wine bottles from a wine shop near Versova and drink with your buddy on the rocks. It gives a strange high, strange happiness and you do feel like you own the world.  Well yeah I know does sound a bit cliché but all Indian men do get over their breakup with the bottle.