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Marni's Online Romance

Date: Mar 25 2008

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New love can make you do strange things. When new lovers first fall for each other, they find themselves staying up all night together, traveling to be with one another and forgetting commitments. Sometimes they learn a language to be together.

But certainly online love makes people do the strangest things of all. They type back and forth for hours on end and exchange photos by the dozen. If you fall in love with someone online, next thing you know you might be watching your computer while trying to fry some whole lemons in your kitchen.

Wait…what!?

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Dialog

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Beren

Marni

Beren: What are you doing?

Marni: Um, uh, well…

Beren: You’re cooking and looking at…

Marni: I’m trying to cook and…the…OK. So I’ve been…I know, I know, it’s my dirty little secret. I’ve been having this online relationship, which is kind of a new thing for me…

Beren: Who is that?

Marni: His name’s John. I just think he’s really awesome. He’s this really great guy and we seem to have a lot in common, so I’m trying to cook because I heard he really likes Middle Eastern food, or that’s what he was saying. I just…I don’t know what I’m doing…

Beren: But you have your computer by the stove, which doesn’t make sense. Is he watching you right now? Is there a camera?

Marni: No…I mean, I just, in case he sends me a message. I just don’t want to miss it.

Beren: In the time it takes you to cook these lemons. Whole lemons.

Marni: I don’t really know how to cook. But I don’t want him to know that because he really likes Middle Eastern food and I was thinking, “OK, well if he thinks I can cook, then you know, that’s a plus, right? Everybody likes a gal who can cook, so…”

Beren: Sure.

Marni: Yeah, so I’m trying to figure it all out, but it I want it to be close by just in case.

Beren: OK. Cool.

Marni: Yeah.

Beren: Best of luck to ya.

Marni: Thanks. I need it.

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Discussion

Beren walks into Marni’s kitchen and discovers a very strange scene. Marni’s computer is sitting on the counter so she can look at while she cooks. While she cooks lemons. Whole lemons.

So Marni explains that she has a new online boyfriend. His name is John. Maybe you’ve seen him around the Ebaby!...

Anyway, John likes Middle Eastern cooking, so Marni is trying to learn how to cook. She’s not doing a very good job of it, probably because she’s distracted by her new love.

Beren slowly backs away from Marni as though she’s insane.

What’s the strangest thing you’ve ever done for love?

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rahul31b

India

i never fall in love online. Love make people good crazy angry. Because we have to scarifies in love. love is god and god is love. so don’t cheat anyone in love. I appreciate to marni love because she is trying lot for her love

loong_wang

China

love is pure

Eileen &

China

Love can make people more confindent

khaled1

Yemen

can love by online a good way ?
i don’t know.

khaled1

Yemen

that is the love

sunlibo

China

what a lovely girl ! finding frieds online is amusing thing. I like it!

shabii786

Pakistan

Love is like the sea, there are no ends from all sides,
It’s like the sky, sometimes dark, sometimes bright,
It’s like the wind, blows from anywhere.
Love is like the flu, catches you instantly,
It’s like yawning, passes through everyone,
It’s like tripping; you never know when you fall.
Love is like the fire, as long as its burning, it wouldn’t die,
It’s like bleeding, it never stops until it’s bandaged,
It’s like breathing, stops once the heart dies.

shabii786

Pakistan

tewye2000

Ethiopia

hi
this is tewelde from ethiopia

Drusla

Ukraine

YOu can go outside in the street and find love there! whY are peoples becomes so lazy that wasting their time near lap-top instead of living real life with real holds, kisses? So silly! I think!

shuceeb

Somalia

HI MARNI'S MY NAME IS SHUCEB AND TEL U, YOU 'LL NEVER KNOW A LOVE UNTIL U SARRENDER TO.
IS'NT THAT RIRHT MARNI'S?

shuceeb

Somalia

HI MARNI'S MY NAME IS SHUCEB AND TEL U, YOU 'LL NEVER KNOW A LOVE UNTIL U SARRENDER TO.
IS'NT THAT RIRHT MARNI'S?

shuceeb

Somalia

MY NAME IS SHUCEB I’M FROM SOMALIA BUT NEW Y LIVE KENYA SO I WOULD LIKE TO MEET PEOPLE IN EVERY COUNTRY END LET US SHARE MORE QUESTION THANK U GUYS

shuceeb

Somalia

HI MARNI'S MY NAME IS SHUCEB AND TEL U, YOU 'LL NEVER KNOW A LOVE UNTIL U SARRENDER TO.
IS'NT THAT RIRHT MARNI'S?

shuceeb

Somalia

HI MARNI'S MY NAME IS SHUCEB AND TEL U, YOU 'LL NEVER KNOW A LOVE UNTIL U SARRENDER TO.
IS'NT THAT RIRHT MARNI'S?

omeros

Turkey

if she continue to make anything what john want like cooking for him just because of his interest of middle eastern foods oneday she maybe became a slave and lost her own private life if one had fallen in love with someone he or she shouldnt lose your private life and always have time for himself or herself and friends and maybe other people

jouji

Tunisia

hi to evry one,I’ve suffred a lot in my life coz of love .I loved a guy once, we wer separated,and after 6 long years I figur out that he loves me as well/. we hav got many chancez to be together but it wasnt meant to happen.we revelide our big secret,we were the most happiest couple on earth,but coz of the distance between us, we couldnt get along very well,outcome we couldnt talk toeachj othrer neither to see each other,soI’ve learned by the time to forget bout him and stopthinking of him,the same about him it was really hard. and now I am going through an other experience wich is very complicated . May GOD help me . wish me luck plz,ciao

Hengbo shi

China

maybe love is what you get in the first sight,no matter where she comes from or what color she is .it ’s just the feeling we get when we meet .i’d like have a try !

Hengbo shi

China

maybe love is what you get in the first sight,no matter where she comes from or what color she is .it ’s just the feeling we get when we meet .i’d like have a try !