A common theme in Indie media is the instant profound relationship.

Example: Boy bumps into Girl. Rather than say “Sorry” and move on, he engages her in conversation. Completely open with one another and holding back none of their quirks, they explore who they really are and help each other deal with the realities of life.

I tend to like movies like this (e.g. Garden State, Donnie Darko, In The Land of Women, and Elizabethtown). When I see a movie like that, it makes me want to be a lot more open and honest with people.

But does the instant profound relationship ever happen in real life?

I mean, I can see one person trying to initiate it, but how likely is it that the random other person will reciprocate this soul-baring attitude?

Locally owned coffee shops. That is the only place I can see something like this happening. Simply because that is where people who would try this sort of thing would hang out and have the most likely chance of having that random other person be willing to engage in a deep personal conversation with the initiator. Then again, the other person probably isn’t so random since this venue is more conducive to such an encounter occurring.

Yet, even if two people seem to be having one of these instant profound relationships, I find it hard to believe in the innocence of it. One or both parties is pretending to be deep or trying too hard. It isn’t real.

Maybe I’m just cynical.