Elastic
(Cyber Romance)
Our affection is elastic, stretching from here to there.
My nightly kisses reach you through a thousand miles of air.
We have a date at 2 p.m., another at eleven
or twelve or one. It matters not. This freedom is just heaven.
No scrambling for a lipstick. No reaching for our combs.
No need to leave the comforts of our cozy homes.
No reservations must be made, no flowers to be bought.
No rashes to be suffered and no colds to be caught.
We are so safe here sheltered each in our favorite place
without expending energy meeting face-to-face.
It is a cyber romance—the newest thing to do.
And instead of having babies—one, perhaps, or two,
emojis I will give thee—as many as you please.
Life is so much simpler lived out via screens and keys.
RDPFor RDP Wednesday: Elastic
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Men have AI girlfriends now. I think that’s a little much, but another human I’m okay with.😅
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Did you ever see the film, “She?” The first AI girlfriend.. I think that is the correct name of the movie.
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I think you mean Her. Close enough! This is the second or third time it’s come up in conversation this month. Must be a sign to rewatch it!
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Ha. I knew I should have looked it up. I was thinking the same thing about rewatching it.
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Joaquin Phoenix is a great actor.
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Lol! So sweet Judy.
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Actually, a bit hyperbole but not fiction!
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Love it nonetheless 🩷💜🩷
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Sadje, is your Reader exactly like before or has it changed so you just see the name and when you click on it and read the blog, you have to go back to Reader and start all over again? So time-consuming.
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It hasn’t changed, but then the reader on the app is different.
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My how things have changed! Fun poem.
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Thanks, Heather.
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You’re welcome.
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My marriage started as a cyber romance – cyber dating for almost two years. It has its advantages.
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What year did you first meet online?
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1997, the era of America Online. We were among the founders of the first Russian-speaking chat room and just started communicating, found out we were from Odessa and had a lot in common. Then I mentioned that I was going to Boston to present at a conference, and he drove up, unbeknownst to me, to take a look (I refused to post photos online), walked into the room, and just stood in the back. I saw him and realized who it was. The rest was a year and a half of long-distance dating and marriage.
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