We've all had that empty feeling at the end of the month – when the money earned runs out and we aren’t even sure where it all went. Twitter was abuzz with tweets about that end-of-the-month feeling; when the pockets are empty and the prospects seem bleak. The tweeple also shared thoughts about other philosophical musings:
One's salary could last till the end of the month; or it could disappear in just a few days, as this Twitter user says.
The engineers always get a mention, don’t they?
A lot of families take loans to pay for the higher education of their kids; in the expectation of a high paying job. Alas reality tends to be different from expectation.
The ambitions and aspirations of a person often do not match their reality at all.
The salary deposited into the bank is quickly spent on necessities and what few luxuries one can afford. There may be little or nothing left to save and deposit into the bank at the end of it all.
According to this commentator, the cab fare estimated and the amount actually paid can differ greatly.
Sacrifice and selflessness are values enshrined in our families… at least some of our families.
Thrift is another ingrained trait – is it any wonder that our parents bargain as though their life depended upon it!
It isn’t so much about who’s getting the haircut; more about who’s giving the haircut. If you get your haircut from a naayi (barber) you pay a modest sum. You pay a little more at a ‘parlour’, some more at a salon and probably the most at a hair ‘studio’.
Perhaps this commentator has more reasons to be anxious and tense than reasons to be happy. Or maybe she means that having money is itself the source of anxiety and tension?
We have hundreds of ‘friends’ and ‘followers’ on social media, but how many do we actually know or interact with? How many do we consider actual friends; people who can count on us, and whom we can count on?
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