This idea about Technology and interpersonal relationships has been floating around in my mind for quite some time now. In fact, Valentines Day of 2003 was a major catalyst for this train of thought. I had spent New Year's Eve that year solo, as my then boyfriend had a video game playing party with his two male roommates on their new flat screen and whatever new game system had just come out. I was tentatively looking forward to Valentines Day, though we had never made a big deal about it. I went over to his house to exchange gifts and he had a box for me with some sweet hand drawn wrapping paper (see graphic to left). He handed it to me with a knowing smile and I was surprised by how heavy it was. I carefully preserved the paper and revealed my gift (drum roll….) an external hard drive for my computer. I wondered, is technology the end of romance?
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OK. More then one person has asked me what I got for him that year. If memory serves, it was a shirt that said 'love is for losers', and Dirty Found. To be fair, I aim to point the finger, or at least a thoughtful gaze, at technology, and not linger on the idiosyncrasies of each individual instance.
Romance isn't dead. It has merely evolved.
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