The Two Faces

Over past few days, I have been pondering over Marilyn Monroe’s quote ”If you are gonna be two faced atleast make one of them pretty”. Cheeky thought if you ask me but one that is deep, dark and true. Whoever reads this quote definitely smiles inside because they know its right.

But i found myself asking another question. Are we all two faced? Is there not a single person who is genuine and true? Have we all become hypocrites in one way or the other? Surely, this cannot be true right? In my mind, I for one know its not true. Everyone is not the same and not everyone is a hypocrite.

So what exactly is being “Two Faced” ? According to me (and most of you will agree) being two faced is all about acting differently in different places with different people to benefit from it or benefit from them. One one side for example you will want to proclaim to the world that you are a good friend to someone and at the same time, you will want to backbite the same person you call your friends at the drop of a hat by gossiping, bitching or discussing things about him/her. 

But why do people enjoy such a thing? Why do they indulge in it in the first place? Do we not care of what the other person will feel if he/she comes to know? Or are we too concerned about our “image” to not even care about our friends or family? 

This is something i do not understand and at the end of the day makes me think about people’s intentions. Maybe Marilyn was right, If we are going to be two faced, might as well make and effort to make one of the faces look pretty and good so that there is atleast a false sense of well-being. It maybe a wrong thought but its something we have to live with today.