Three Idiots

Ten years ago, three friends were travelling on a train, on their way back to Kolkata from Delhi. Let’s call them – i1, i2 and i3. They had been to the capital for an entrance exam. While i1 and i2 were sure that they had cracked it, i3 was visibly tensed. But there was a twist. While i1 and i2 were also sure that leaving Kolkata was not an option, i3 was ready to go anywhere. For i3, it was only his career that mattered and so he was a free man, only engaged to his career.
Can’t blame i1 and i2 if they can’t stop talking about their girls and how they are missing them, but for i3, being the odd man out, the discussion became unbearable after a point.
“Would you guys please stop. Here we are at such a crucial juncture of our careers and look what you guys are talking about? Are you guys insane?” i2 turned to i3 and said, “What’s wrong with you. We have a life. We have people who love us and are waiting for us back there in Kolkata. As far the DSE exam is concerned, we have cracked it. But none of us will be taking the final offer; we can’t afford to leave Kolkata for two years. So, what’s the point?” i3 replied, “Both of you are crazy, you guys are wasting such a career move just for two chicks. No one knows whether you’ll even end up getting married to them,” i3 said.
i2 suddenly said, “Let’s see who is better off after 10 years: You (i3)— with your loveless and ambitious life, or us, with our girls. And also see if we are still with them even after 10 years?” The three of them agreed to connect after 10 years with their individual status reports.
Cut to today, i3 suddenly, after a decade, sends a LinkedIn request to i1, he is a now a retail banker in a reputed bank in Africa, still single. i1 didn’t end up with his ‘girl’ but is happy with someone else and has a decent career. i2 died in an accident eight years ago.
Only idiots try to predict the future.