E-BOY FRIEND .. WHAT’S NEXT? E-HUSBAND?

With the so called evolution of the man-kind during the last two centuries, we have witnessed several traditional concepts and processes being substituted with more efficient, less human interacted systems. Then came “Automation”!! We embraced automation lovingly, coz we were waiting to find the easiest and the quickest substitutes for everything under the sun, as it could save us more time to do nothing. We learnt with awe, most of those convenient packages came on our way, and tend to find more and more trouble-free ways of living. What the hell, we were seeking happiness, nothing but happiness through convenience, and the feeling of being developed, made us supreme and we laughed at the others who still value and lament over those old fashioned, departing traditions.

We happily said bye to the good ol’ Postman and got excited when our ‘e-mails’ reached the desired recipient, less than 30 seconds. We stopped going to the bank coz we preferred the teller machines. We started hating the market place even-though some of those were tagged ‘Super’ and started ordering goods in the comfort of our room. We stopped going to the cinema, we started “downloading’ movies and we could watch those without moving our butts to the cinema. We stopped buying newspapers and we started reading “online news”.. ohhh yeah.. we could learn anything starting from the misery, the Haitian nationals went thru a minute ago to how Tiger Woods behaved during the last few weeks!! Obviously, we learnt more gossip as news and we were happy about it. After all we were well informed.

Then we discovered the dating sites and chat rooms. We found them to be better than going out with guys or gals for a coffee or meal or movie. We never wanted to limit it for an introduction, we got so indulged in the thought that love comes to our own room!!, aha, so convenient!! Yes, we automated intimacy. No more we needed ‘skin to skin, body to body”. We created creatures who could vividly imagine, endlessly dream and liberally satisfied!!! Yeah no more intimated touch, no more togetherness, no more sense of belonging, its only about momentary pleasure and convenience. Yes, we are evolved; we prefer less human interaction, which gives us more freedom and detachment!!

But nothing can be compared to the newest addition to the list. The “e-boy friend”!!! Man that’s the most amazing discovery of the century!! The “e-boy friend” came with ‘e-first love’!!!. Amazingly, we have been able to automate the romance, passion and love!! The old fashioned feeling of knowing the love of a guy or a gal for the fist time and counting days, hours and minutes to see him or her, was replaced by webcams and facebook. We don’t have to see the smile of their faces, when we say some silly thing in their presence and we don’t care to see the way they beam when they open the gift we wrapped or see the card we hand write, just for them. Yeah, we send them e-cards and we wish them online, we update facebook to tell them what we do right now and send them e-flowers and e-gifts. We don’t want to see them at all, coz we are just satisfied with the feeling that they exist somewhere in the world, just for us!!

Are we exceedingly clever or stupid? Are we becoming more patient and more endurable or are we becoming creepier and abnormal? Are we becoming self satisfied liberal individuals or are we scared of real human interaction? Aren’t we promoting hopeless dreams and becoming more and more self-indulgent? Yes, automation is handy but, should we choose automation over human touch?

I’m just wondering what the next will be in line, in the name of automation. Will it be the bizarre discovery of an “e-husband”? Well, you never know!!!!