Who stole my pickle?

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Slumber parties, girly nights, X-box nights and even camping nights perfect ways to cement a lasting friendship. But increasingly, despite the bonding mechanisms youngsters are fleeing their flocks to come into their own.

Even after knowing your friends, you never really ‘know’ them, says Nikita Jain, a final- year student. She adds, “It sounds fun to live with friends when abroad, but it can be nasty if your friends don’t adjust. The biggest reason why so many girls don’t stay together for too long is due to their silly fights on lame issues.”
Young students like Parth Atha, a Class 12 student says, “It’s exciting to live with your friends, no tension, no cribbing and lots of fun. Having friends around is a lot easier, but it could turn ugly, if you are in the wrong company. It’s important to have friends around who know you well and wouldn’t mind adjusting. Sometimes when others find better company, they tend to isolate you, and it’s best to move out.”
All it takes it seems, is a new-found love or exciting friends from an international culture. Vaishnavi Iyer, a college student says, “It may sound super cool, but it’s not. When I was in Hyderabad with my friends, they just wouldn’t adjust. I had to always come and tell them to complete their set of chores, which they would crib about, so I moved out.”
Knowing a friend and living with a friend is completely different. Bhavil Jain, a final-year student says, “Initially when my friends and I used to live together, I was the chef. They would always tell me to cook which I did, but later for every little thing they would ask me to help them out, and being friends I didn’t want to fight, but after a point I just couldn’t bear it. And because they are friends, you can’t tell them anything so the best thing was to move out.”
Vasugi Kailasam, a student studying in Singapore says, “Friends usually drift away as they find different people to hangout with. Being in a new place where nobody knows you, it’s easier to create an identity of your own and gel with the group. With people changing their interests, which is not acceptable by your peers, this might be one of the reason why people don’t stick together anymore.”
Ranjith (name changed on request) says, “While I was in Australia, my room mates used to constantly steal my food and pickle. It annoyed me a lot. And some of them used to bring their friends home and party till late. Eventually, we grew apart.”