Love Gone Sour

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The following lines by Emily Dickinson depict my feelings of the early days of my love story:

ALTER? When the hills do.
Falter? When the sun
Question if his glory
Be the perfect one.
Surfeit? When the daffodil
Doth of the dew:
Even as herself, O friend!
I will of you!

The love story had begun before I met you all through blogs, Facebook, or Twitter and has soured gradually, but there hasn't been any closure yet. There was a time when I was obsessed with only one person. These days, though, my love and affection is equally divided among all of you because I feel connected to you after skimming through the day-to-day, mundane updates about your love life, kids, job, travel, lunch, dinner, etc. etc.

I can pinpoint the start of this mess-up during the first few months of my internet surfing. I used to read a lot of Shakespeare, Voltaire, Mark Twain, Einstein, and other famous people’s quotes. Snuggled among them was someone whose mundane, down-to-earth quotes, covering wide range of topics caught my fancy. He came across as genius and yet approachable. He didn't have that “celebrity aura” around him. A sensible person like me would never fall in love with a celebrity. They are so full of themselves. Here are a few random quotes from him. Notice the range of his intellectual canvas:

Personal:
“They told me I was gullible and I believed them.”
“I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure.”
Relationship:
“All men should learn these six words which have the power to make any marriage successful, 'You know dear, you are right.'”
Theological:
“If God wanted me to touch my toes, he'd have put them on my knees.”
Scientific:
“If you're not part of the solution, then you're part of the precipitate.”
Philosophical:
“Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open.”
“Never put off until tomorrow what you can put off indefinitely.”

Aren't they profound? When I started this blog—obviously to impress him—every once in a while he would comment on my blog, saying, “Brilliant,” or “Awesome,” or simply “Nice article!” Such pithy and to-the-point comments delighted me to no extent. And they also proved that this wasn't a one-sided love affair. Aag dono taraf barabar lagi thee!

Later, he began sending me cryptic messages accompanied with links to his various websites, which implied that he was running many start-ups and businesses and I was very happy for him. I also read in newspapers that he was an ethical hacker, which was extremely fascinating. As the comments from Anonymous grew in number, they started to land in a new folder called Sweet Personal Amorous Messages, also known as spam to the less technically savvy people. Slowly, the messages started to annoy me. These days, I receive about 5-10 comments from him everyday. How long can the love between two people last if it is conveyed through cryptic messages such as these:

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“It's impressive that you are getting ideas from this paragraph as well as from our discussion made at this place. Visit my web page - ... dating." on Mission Driven Life

To sustain a relationship, you need to hear something concrete and coherent in clear language, nothing of which I witness these days. Many of the messages are so weird that they can not be mentioned here. Some of them include suggestions for body parts' enhancements. I don’t know if he has gone mad. As there is a fine line between genius and insanity, there is also a fine line between love and nausea. And I thought I would never surfeit of this special friend.