LJ Idol, Topic 28: "Where Does Love Go When It Dies?" [fiction]

[dslartoo]

Love is the finest thing in the world, he thought. Until it dies.

It had been flattering, at first. She was lovely, enchanting, sylphlike. Tall and willowy, delicate of face and feature, graceful as a tree bending in the wind. He'd looked at her and thought: dryad. And so when she sat down across the table and asked if she could join him, he was

Comments

[medleymisty]

It's so hard to be in a relationship with someone who's borderline. For me it was a really close friendship, not a romantic relationship, but still - I could identify with this. There's a reason why a book written for the family and friends of people with borderline personality disorder is titled "Stop Walking on Eggshells".

So yeah. Well done.

[dslartoo]

This is actually very very loosely based on a friend's relationship. It was nowhere near this bad, but he went into it with a "this is a casual relationship" attitude and she became WAY too clingy WAY too fast. He really had to struggle to get free of her without crushing her completely. I felt bad for both of them.

Glad you appreciated this piece. Thanks for coming by!

cheers,
Phil

[jacq22]

A case of smother love? and this portrays it. When my sons have been involved in this sort of love life it has always ended badly.

Well written.

[dslartoo]

"Smother" indeed. Based very loosely on the relationship of a friend who dated a very very clingy girl. Fortunately it never got anywhere near this bad for him.

Thanks for dropping by, as always!

cheers,
Phil

[similiesslip]

When a relationship goes very fast, I always wonder if it is healthy...based on my own experience of marrying rather quickly. He kept moving up the wedding date. At the time, I saw it as "aw..he wants to be with me quick." Actually, that should have been a warning sign. You wrote this very well. I know in the other comments you said it is based on a friend not you but you "got inside his head" very well.

[dslartoo]

I have known some relationships that went very fast at the start and are still together today.....but overall, I think you're right. When it goes THAT fast, I have to wonder if it's healthy myself.

Thanks for the comments!

cheers,
Phil

[m_malcontent]

Oooh good scary-psycho date-from hell story.

There are a couple from my own life that might give it a run for it's money.

Well done here...I was twitching by the end of it.

[dslartoo]

You've led an interesting life, haven't you? Notice I didn't exactly say "a good life". :)

I wish I could say this was entirely fiction but sadly it is very loosely based on the relationship of a friend of mine. He dated a girl who became very very clingy very quickly. Fortunately it never got anywhere near this bad.

Thanks for coming by!

cheers,
Phil

[myrna_bird]

I am glad for your friend that the situation was not really as intense as you portrayed it.
Her idea of 'let's get married" had me screaming at the page, "RUN Boy!. RUN for your life!"

[dslartoo]

No, fortunately. He actually went into the relationship telling her up front that he wanted it to be casual only and she got clingy very very fast. He even told her once, flat out, when things had gotten really bad, "I don't love you. I don't care about you. It's just sex."

Her response? "We can make this work". I mean, good grief.

cheers,
Phil