It's complicated

What's that? Every time I see someone's friendster profile and they describe their present availability as "it's complicated" the bitch in me starts to wonder. What's so complicated. The woman he is about to marry is actually his long lost sister? She used to be a he but now decides 'she' likes woman after all? He is thinking of how to dump his girlfriend of seven years for a rich heiress whom he is going to dump once he gets her money to return to his present gf? He is actually a secret CIA agent and he doesn't want to endanger his partner by revealing his maritial status? To quote a certain politician, "please lah!"

What's so complicated? Methinks sometimes people just have too much pride. Being of marriageable age and still single is nothing to be ashamed of. Of course, on top of that, the IC (it's complicated) people don't want to burn any bridges by stating they are "in a relationship". There you have it, it's complicated- I am attached unless you are single and attractive in which case I am available. That's where the complication is.

Sometimes when you are shopping, especially for high value products you play a similar game don't you. When you are looking at cars or hi-fis for example, you wanna find out more about the product don't you. If you exhibit complete disinterest, odds are, so will the salesperson, unless they are really hungry for a sale and you are the only one to have appeared in the past three days. On the other hand, being a salesperson myself, if I have no intention of buying any time in the near future, I would not want to take up to much of the salesperson's time, lead him/her on and distract him/her from real prospects. So I guess for me I am not buying but I am not a mere browser either, it's complicated.

Or at job interviews, on one hand you must appear valued at your current workplace since no one likes a whining loser and yet you must not seem entrenched where you are now. So how is your present situation? It's complicated.

So why am I writing all these gibberish? It's complicated........