Isn't love wonderful?

I have, from time to time on this blog, adopted a somewhat....shall we say cynical view? of relationships. It is possible my view has been skewed by people proving their love by ramming their girlfriends cars or jumping off bridges to show their love and affection.

Today we have a more heartwarming story but, like all great love stories, it comes with obstacles. For some reason most "great" love stories have not just obstacles but are implicitly or explicitly forbidden...think Romeo and Juliet or its blatant descendant the Westside Story where rivalries between families tear them apart. Or Mary Kay Latourneau (sic) where status as teach-pupil makes their love verboten...well, that and a several year jail sentence. But you know what I mean.

Well, in this love story what tears them apart is two fold.

It is perhaps the first fold which is the largest obstacle...he is 21 and she but 17, thus making her illegal for him to touch or express himself physically with. But, being neighbors, he is tortured by their nearness.

Then we come to the second obstacle, the one that provides him an opportunity; her dog went missing. Heartbroken, she posted pictures all over town. Where was her beloved dog? Our intrepid hero did what any love-struck man would do*; he purchased some Valentines Day candy, wrapped it, and put it in a box with the head of her dog and put it on her porch.

If killing her dog, decapitating it, and leaving it on her doorstep doesn't convince her he loves her then what will? Hence we come to the second fold; performing actions that in normal people will inspire revulsion, anger, and hatred and somehow thinking it will bring two lovers together. Good luck with that. Let us know how your future shower scenes work out, you freak.