h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

How terrible the world is when this is true.

Hm, it's certainly pertinent to my current situation...

I suspect that without love we wouldn't have anything we value though...

And I mean all forms of love, love for the very planet we stand on and everything...

Barry Adamson - Vermillion Kisses:

Once upon a time a very handsome prince was walking along dead man's trail. Once upon a time a very Handsome Prince was walking along dead man's trail. Morning had just about broken and the wings of tiny birds cut through the rays of the sun casting slithering shadows as they went about their pleasure. The Handsome Prince was preparing to engage in this splendor when all of a sudden he noticed a beautiful and quite voluptuous maiden travelling towards him in slow motion. "Oh my god" thought the Handsome Prince with shameful excitement "She's incredible and so very... stimulating." As the Beautiful Maiden approached him he gathered all of his resources, plucked up courage, and gave her one of his special curtsys that would hope to see him in with a chance when he realised she was very tearful if not completely crushed. The Handsome Prince swallowed a wave of guilt as the Beautiful Maiden now openly stood before him sobbing her heart out. Realising something was terribly wrong the Handsome Prince put all of his hangups on the shelf and asked "What are you so inconceivably sad about if I may be so bold to enquire?". The Beautiful Maiden gave a big sigh, which seemed to last a lifetime, as the Handsome Prince sat upon the edge of his metaphorical seat in preparation for her answer. She announced "I've just seen my Therapist, who is convinced I have a borderline personality disorder with narcissistic traits which means I'll be unhappy all my life as nobody will be able to measure up to the fantastically high standards that I just can't help but impose on them." The Handsome Prince's heart exploded with joy as in this moment he fell strangely and completely in love. "Why that's outrageous, who is this Doctor of misery?". The Beautiful Maiden had broken into the tiniest of smiles and seeing she had the Handsome Prince by the short and curlies she began to weave a little magic here and a little magic there "I've never met anyone like you before. Not only are you compassionate but you're also very handsome. I've lost my purse and the keys to my hovel and it looks like storms and I was wondering..." The Handsome Prince floundered slightly and then ejaculated "You're so very beautiful, I think I might die if I don't invite you to my castle at the end of this trail."
"Would you like to kiss me my Handsome Prince?" His knees began to knock as he lent towards the voluptuous maiden in implicit expectation. When they kissed the Handsome Prince felt a wave of nausea and a pain in his chest as blood began to now pour from it and the tiny birds dipped in the morning light and said "Goodbye" to the Handsome Prince, who folded into a heap on Dead Man's Trail. The Beautiful Maiden exclaiming there is one born every minute.

Cynical? vous?

How about the ones where people save children and people feed others before themselves and people look after each other?

nice story though... But you know, anyone who is so vain they fall in love like that... well, dont you think it's darwinism in action rather than a comment against love?

Not cynical.

The Prince has BPD too.
It's why he's drawn to her like a moth to a flame.

Like the prince I'm drawn to a certain type. And like the girl a certain type is drawn to me.
And someone always gets burned by the unreasonable expectations and the intensity and the needs.
And I'm always the one left alone in his bed, wounded.

It just gets old.
And nothing seems to change it.

I'm sorry for you.

I would love to say that one day .... but then I can't promise, can I? Still there's always hope.

i know mate... I know! The number of false starts and misplaced expectations are wearing...

But dont lose faith and dont stop trying to make yourself the best person you can be. Someone, or many ones out there will want who you are and be able to live with it! X

I think trying to be the best person I could be was a bad way to go. Given being a good person and being an attractive mate to women are completely different things.

What I was going to mention is that I'm going to see this Barry Adamson guy down in Brighton soon.

Barry whatnow?

...Oh, and being the best person you can be will attract the *right* people... it's hard to keep the faith, but I do... Anyone who wants me to be different to that or to not aspire, is not good enough.

Hence being single I guess!