Being more than friends and less than a couple is the best thing ever. I am proof

It sounds complicated, but it's not that tough. Photo Courtesy: YouTube

I remember how writer Chetan Bhagat, actor Arjun Kapoor, actress Shraddha Kapoor, and director Mohit Suri were collectively criticized and incessantly questioned about their joint venture Half Girlfriend sometime back.

Even as they received flak from many for promoting the idea of having complicated, toxic relationships in life, I had an underlying sympathy for them.

Wait! Before you accuse me of enjoying watching a girl/boy taking advantage of someone's feelings for them and selfishly keeping them in a state of confusion about the status of their relationship let me clear this out.

I most definitely like the idea of being more than friends and less than a couple but conditions apply. The conditions shall be discussed later, but let me first brag about how happy this arrangement makes me.

It Makes Me Feel Stronger

Do you remember the days when in a bid to encourage you to stay away from bad company, your teachers would tell you about how one rotten tomato spoils all the other tomatoes in the basket? While all that information seemed useless to me at that time, it made a lot of sense when it came to making this arrangement work.

It's fairly simple. If either one of the two starts feeling for the other, he/she automatically becomes the rotten tomato and spoils this undefined and light-hearted relationship. And since there's a 'no strong feelings' clause involved here, you know it's not for those who are ruled by their emotions.

Knowing this instills confidence in me. The confidence that my emotions are in check, you see.

But the one thing that this arrangement just can't work without is SLIGHT attraction--surface-level attraction, I mean--the one that seems to have no chances of culminating into love. Once that's there, you're on the path to happiness and bliss.

At least, that's what my experience of six months tells me. 

I met this guy at the gym, found him hot, started hanging out with him and realized he's good company. Make that cute company, please and put a full stop right there. What next?

Togetherness Minus Any Burden

That's the thing about being more than friends. You don't have to enter those parties alone or worse still--you don't have to be a third wheel to those couples and feel out of place. You can enter with your "half boyfriend", enjoy with him--and your friends and--simply go home in peace. Not to mention, there will be no questions asked about why you were chit-chatting with another guy either because you don't owe each other any explanations. It's all about having a good time, that's it.

Even Though There's No "Fun", It's Still Fun

Ladies, apart from not letting feelings get involved in this relationship; you've also got to steer clear of sex or any other form of physical contact because for most of us that translates into an emotional attachment. And what's the point of it all when emotions come into play, anyway?

You can do other fun things together though. Talk, explore new places, watch movies, and well--even flirt a little. That sounds like a win-win situation to me.