I met her in my freshman year of college. Went through the usual introductions, but never really found her attractive or anything. There were a lot of girls and a teenager's eyes does pan around though will not get fixated to one piece in particular. I got to know her in more detail though there wasn't really any big or sparkling conversation between us.
I reckon it was January when we entered and won that electronics competition together. One can't help but get closer to someone if you are stuck with them working together in a team for two days straight. There it was, our first unofficial date. We were getting closer and closer to each other. There was a week when I am sure there were more than 700 texts each way ( We had a 100 texts per day limit then ). Then started the occasional call, the odd date a month. Things were going just awesome.
It was a really nice spring evening one January when I went ahead and messed it all up. I said I loved her. Surprisingly, she said she loved me too. It lasted for a day, the second day we broke up and she blocked me in orkut. She had changed her mobile number also. I reckon she got a little too panicky. Things went on cold war for la couple of years, we teamed up again for the senior year comprehensive project.
Then it was the turn of facebook, a fine person centered social network, invention of a certain red-green colorblind.. She added me in FB and till date I consider the following two years the best years of my life. We started going out again, we were so close to each other that we are practically a couple living together. College ended we became more close then ever, thanks to facebook mobile. It was her turn this time, she started the question of us again, and we were again in love, we both knew it. I had to come to Arizona for my Grad School and she was working in Bengaluru. I wonder what we would have been doing if not for facebook.
Alas, our relationships are never stable. Out of the blue, she had blocked my facebook profile, she changed her mobile number yet again, changed her physical address and moved elsewhere. I could never talk to her again till date. Perhaps one day we will speak again, get to know each other again, date again, just perhaps perhaps perhaps.. ( lol like all couples we watch sitcoms together and coupling was one of our favorites :D )
The pleasures of relationships that we see these days courtesy social networks are huge. That being said, they are also equally hurting and torturing when you break up with the love of your life, for when they block you, you can still feel their presence amongst your mutual friends, but they always elude you. It is hurt !
