Love on IRC: "J"
Late 1990's.
Hung out on IRC and talked to a lot of people from around the world, there were some particularly fun persons and one of the was J.
Late night chats about life and everything, later on through voice calls, regular landline phone calls. J lived in the other end of the country but had relocated there for studied and later jobs.
I flew up to her about twice a month and the round trip was cheap, J met me at the airport with her car full of dogs, 3 of them.
J was slender, thin, skinny. Always with a smile and blue eyes.
At some point she packed up her dogs and drove all the way to my place, we were talking about moving in together and she was interview for a job nearby as a manager or director for a Zoo. She had a wide university education as a biologist, game warden and forestry professional. Over-qualified for the position.
J didn't get the job, as she was over-qualified but they attempted to retain her as a consultant for a few hour per month, not enough to make a salary.
That and that we started to drift apart was the beginning of the end of our relationship. We had planned for the future, no kids as she didn't like the idea of putting children to this world, as it was "going down in flames" according to her.
I went on a business trip to another country and got her a hand made silver necklace with a turquoise stones, she got it on her birthday. A few days later she ended our relationship as she thought it would not lead anywhere.
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Several years later we're still friends and check in now and then, often a few years in between, she's been through a few relationships but the last couple of years she has stayed single, no kids, just dogs. Doing her thing, moved closer to civilization.
I liked her self-distance, her wit and dark jokes. She once dropped "having sex with a skinny girl is like falling of a bike" .. meaning that there were pointy bones everything and that you risked hurting yourself.