My animosity towards rain

In movies, getting caught in the rain is a precursor to either: a romantic moment when someone admits that he/she loves another and then they make out like crazy, OR a scene where someone gets shot and says his/her last words, OR when someone suddenly falls into utter desperation or suicidal tendencies. And yeah, during burial scenes? Especially if the one who died was the lead actor's love interest or something? Yeah, rain is imperative.

Now if you're indoors while it rained, it's usually a sign of depression or a longing for someone far away.

I hate rain.

To me it's the antithesis of wonderful things. On the surface, I hate it coz of the millions of things I CAN'T DO when it's raining. I hate it when I go out after the rain and everything's all muddy and wet. On a deeper level, I still hate rain coz it makes the world gloomy as if it wasn't already.

The worst thing about rain (in real life) is that it comes when you least want it to - very much unlike in the movies where they start dropping on cue. I've been in several instances that could have been life-changing if only it had not rained. Well, maybe not life-changing. But still, rain was the last thing I wanted during those moments.

I'd wish for rain to never have existed, but I know it's not going to make sense once you talk about nature and plants and stuff. I know it's weird, but I'd rather die of extreme heat than endure a lifetime full of impeccable rain.

But I want to give it a chance. If I could change the way I think about rain, I'd make it so that:

• it would instead make me think of all the blessings I've had and still are having.


• it would instead make me think of what I would do as soon as the sun comes back to view.


• it would instead make me think of friends and how valuable they are especially when they're not around.

That's not the way I think about rain, though. Maybe I need a good thing to happen while it's raining, so I could reprogram my brain and tag "rain" as a feel-good concept. I don't know.

Ugh, still raining.