Over in fanficrants, bittersweetwish fusses about how Twu Wuv (with a human W) and said expression of love does not generally come after the first damn date, and most relationships take time to blossom into the hot wubbings.

nanuq459 agrees and in a discussion sums up a past relationship thusly:

Seriously, we were friends for a long time but then she cornered me, asked if I had feelings for her, and then it was pretty much:
Me: Let's see if this works ou--
Her: *TACKLEGLOMP*

....and then the other half of the failed relationship, mercuryblue144, shows up with a curt and simple "Fuck you too." And there is drama.

Bonus wankish on metaquotes, where mercuryblue144 is upset that the quote was still metaquoted--even though the other half said it.

It's not very big, just really...weird. I mean, no one would have ever known anything if she'd been quiet.

--Neth

Pulitzer Prize winning author Robert Olen Butler's wife (a fellow author) left him for billionaire Ted Turner. Butler decided to send an email to his graduate students about the whole thing mentioning pertinent facts such as she was molested by her grandfather, that she is just one of Ted Turner's girlfriends, and that she had an intestinal blockage. His whole tone in the email is that everything is so amicable and that he thinks she's a wonderful person-it really is the height of passive-aggressiveness.

It might not surprise you to learn one of his friends or students sent the email to gawker. Now Butler has sent a pissed off email to gawker, spoke to Page Six, and did an interview with NPR about it. So far, it's really only a fight between gawker and Butler, but I wish Ted Turner would say something about it.

ETA: Another email to gawker explaining himself. I think the guy just needs to stop now.