Have you ever had a situation where you found yourself in the middle of a relationship? One day, you're laughing and interacting and having a good time. Then without warning you're tied down and you didn't even realize you were dating? Words expressing love and joy and need are thrown back and forth. Things are moving way too fast. YOU NEED TO GET OUT, AND YOU NEED TO GET OUT NOW! But it's too late, you've already gone past the point of no return.
This is what happened to me. But here is where it gets twisted - I was in a love triangle. With Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer.
Before you get your panties in a twist and before I get sued for libel, I never actually dated either of these two people. But I felt like I was a part of their relationship. Like thousands of other people who follow the pair on twitter, I was made privy to their love and feeling and emotions for each other because the two are unable to filter their private thoughts, call each other, or send a text message. How about an email? Nope, declarations of love were casually tossed left and right. They downright pined for each other. I felt like the rest of their tweets were just filler to support their blatant love shrine.
Do you really need to exhibit your relationship for all the word to see? Are you that uncertain that you need the public eye for validation? I didn't know they were dating until I saw it on Twitter and had a wtf moment.
The last straw for me was when Gaiman posted a message on twitter, meant for Palmer, and didn't even tag her. It consisted of Gaiman expressing his love for Palmer and letting her know TWICE (in the same tweet) that he left a voicemail for her. I would quote the exact message here but the tweet was posted two months ago and I'm not masochistic enough to sift through the rest of his public relationship, even for further mocking fodder.
Good thing I'm not his editor. Sure, repetition is for emphasis, but he crossed the line into pointless redundancy. I unfollowed them both.
And if Amanda, or anyone, uses twitter as a primary source of communication without good reason, I pity them. I always check my voicemails before twitter, because that's the intelligent thing to do. Epic fail, Neil. Epic.
Let this be a lesson to you all. If people aren't willing to take it from Neil and Amanda, why should we take it from you? Food for thought.
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