DeepVeer article

Disclaimer: The following rant is my personal opinion, based on my very personal irritation with this celebrity couple, and in no way, shape, or form does it represent Vagabomb's feelings about DeepVeer, which range from awww to ugh, depending on how we're feeling that day.

As someone who gets paid to write about Bollywood on the internet, one out of every 10 articles I do is on Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone's relationship, or as the fans like to call it, DeepVeer. I've written about their adorable PDA time and again, until I started running out of adjectives for my headlines, and even had to Google "adorable synonyms" one day.

At that point I started wondering if I even liked their relationship any longer, or if I was simply buying into their PR drivel. When I saw those pictures ofNovak Djokovic with the "leggy brunette", for a moment I ignored my knowledge of their friendship and the existence of Novak's wife, and told my horrified friends, "Wouldn't it be insane if Deepika breaks up with Ranveer for him?"

That's when I realized that my dislike of this over-exposed relationship has turned into inexplicable irritation.

Let's rewind to when this relationship started, which was who knows when, since for the longest time they played the exhausting game of 'we're-just-good-friends.' Ranveer has always been like an over-enthusiastic puppy, so he was forever gushing over Deepika and talking about how amazing she is, but Deepika would make faces every time he so much as hugged her in public. In every interview, they would deny that they were dating.

Then, some time between Ram-Leela and Bajirao Mastani, they became completely okay with talking about, and showing off, their relationship, while still somehow magically avoiding the words boyfriend and girlfriend.

In a country where, until 10 years ago, love was depicted by two flowers quivering next to each other on screen, this was a LOT of PDA.

Soon, Ranveer and Deepika became the epitome of #RelationshipGoals. They were going on dates, giving interviews, touching each other's parents' feet, crying at each other's achievements, Facetiming at award functions andflirting on Twitter. It was glorious, it was cute, it was too much.

But suddenly, an entire generation of disillusioned, jaded millennials who've been nursing broken hearts since they hit puberty, found role models. They hated DeepVeer only ironically because they set unrealistic expectations for relationships. The world loves a love story, especially when the characters are stupid hot and can't get enough of each other.

But how much of it needs to be in our face all the time?

When it became clear that Ranveer and Deepika could do nothing without alluding to their relationship, and couldn't make a single public appearance without falling into each other's arms, it also became evident to me that their love story was getting on my nerves.

First of all, how much of it is real? I'm probably being very skeptical but it seems too good to be true. I mean, what's going on here? Nobody's honeymoon phase lasts that long. The other thing is - how much of it is for the media? I understand that it's a vicious circle - the media expects it, so they do it, so they expect it. But is that helping anyone? Deepika and Ranveer are both huge stars in their own right, and do not, under any circumstances, need to pander to the media for additional publicity.

So basically, from India's sweethearts, DeepVeer have now turned into that annoying couple from Facebook.

You know the one - posts pictures of every single dinner they go to and makes it seem like it's the first time anyone's ever fallen in love in the history of human relationships. You cannot log into your account without seeing a lengthy, emoji-ridden update from them about their #luvofmalyf and #soulmate.

Do I want DeepVeer to break up? Of course not.

There's no scope in my life for that kind of bad juju. DeepVeer 4eva or whatevs. Plus if that ever happens, whoever reads this article will curse me and then my (future) husband will cheat on me with someone named Seepika or Lipika.

And who knows, maybe it is a perfect relationship and Deepika does appreciate having someone so vocal in her life after dating the scarily closed off and detached Ranbir Kapoor. If that's the case, good for them. But please, for the love of all that is warm and fuzzy, cool it with the PDA. I like you, I like your love story, just don't try so hard to make me believe it.