{"id":9569,"date":"2010-05-14T14:41:53","date_gmt":"2010-05-14T14:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2010\/05\/love-manufactured\/"},"modified":"2010-05-14T14:41:53","modified_gmt":"2010-05-14T14:41:53","slug":"love-manufactured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2010\/05\/love-manufactured\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Manufactured"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>You met at the gym.  He was pumping iron, you were on your 53 rd crunch, counting furiously, panting. Your eyes met and he smiled, your heart skipped a beat. You fell in love with beefcake. Ok, you first fell in love with his muscles, the soul followed later.  By that time it was too late.  You\u2019ve been together for over 5 years now. His favourite position is umm\u2026 in front of the television. You always fight over the remote, why he can\u2019t pitch in household chores, why he\u2019s such a slob and how dare he forget your mum\u2019s birthday. You can\u2019t remember the last time he brought you flowers or even gave you a big warm hug. His idea of celebration is a raucous night out with boys, while you would rather have a quiet dinner with Bach playing in the background. Damn he can\u2019t even spell Bach right. You are as different as chalk and cheese. Too bad there\u2019s no such thing as an exchange policy. <\/p>\n<p>But wait, there\u2019s good news.  Researchers have just answered your prayers and come up with a magical oxytocin spray. This nasal spray popularly known as the cuddle spray is capable of turning the most macho hunks into mushy, gooey creatures. What exactly is oxytocin in the first place?  It is a mammalian hormone which evokes feeling of contentment and reduces anxiety \u2013 capable of transforming your low-on-EQ man into an empathetic soul, happy to be in touch with his feminine side. From pain in the ass to the highly coveted metrosexual man in 5 seconds flat.  No more fighting for the remote, he will now be only too happy to watch \u201cGrey\u2019s anatomy\u201d with you.  The other day you spent nearly 3 hours at the Mango store, trying on their new summer collection \u2013 how can you decide, without trying all of them? He smiled through the ordeal and even made faces when he didn\u2019t like the outfit. He looked so cute. And when you told that to him later over a cup of coffee, he hugged you so tight, you almost choked on your coffee. <\/p>\n<p>Saturday evening was blissful; even though he burnt the dinner (at least he tried).  You snuggled together on the couch and watched Love Story again for the 25th time. He sobbed and sniffled and wet your shirt\u2019s sleeve. The only dampener was that eeky lizard that crept up your leg. You screamed, he screamed louder and jumped so hard that he toppled the beautiful vase you had picked up on your last trip to Bath. It broke, it\u2019s ok, you managed to murmur. Then the lights went off, the fuse had blown.<i> Don\u2019t worry babykins, I\u2019ll fix it in a jiffy<\/i> he said, as he got off the couch. He tried and sweated and tried some more, but he just couldn\u2019t.  You had to make frantic calls to the electrician to get it fixed. Strange, earlier it took him just 5 minutes to fix it.  What\u2019s wrong with him!<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s your Dad\u2019s birthday and you want to pick up a giant sized card for him.  You both walk hand in hand into the store \u2013 you get a little busy deciding which card to pick and then you spot those divine danglers. Your reverie is broken by sounds of loud sobbing.  You turn around to find beefcake crying his heart out in front of a poster of a smiling cherubic baby. <i> Isn\u2019t she divine?<\/i> \u2013 he manages to babble.<\/p>\n<p>Damn\u2026. It\u2019s time to dump that spray.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You met at the gym.  He was pumping iron, you were on your 53 rd crunch, counting furiously, panting. Your eyes met and he smiled, your heart skipped a beat. 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