interesting, Nepe jyu. "Passion induced by loss" could be what Amazing bro is feeling at this time. From what amazing wrote, i have a strong feeling that he did not 'love' the girl truly, in the first place.... remember, what he wrote: “Man, there is nothing to lose” Such feeling, when starts to dwell in one's mind, is a genuine indication of failure in one's part to cherish the person, let alone be able to love him/her--unconditionally! i believe, what amazing went through was NOT love but its hallucination. moreover, he himself admitted that he basically wanted to end the relationship from his side. So, amidst this scenario, my question to you- Nepejyu, is, if the foundation of a relationship is weak in itself, as in this case, does the 'passion' that you're talking about remain as a major ingredient of love? Coz whether he actually loved her is highly doubtful in the first place.. if you would want to know, my take on this is: amazing was not able to respect/cherish what he had. there could be various reasons behind it, but from what he wrote, it looks to me like he befriended with her just for the sake of companionship for the time being, and, when he's done with it, he shied away from the responsibilities that come up with a relationship. i call it syndromes of impulsive response of hormones :P. Aaj Pooja, Kal 'Dooja' kinda....:D The good thing about such break-up is, the post-break-up transient phase has short life and it dies out quickly without much damage....I am sure amazing is much better in shape today than he was yesterday...:D Amazing, i thank you for letting me speak my mind. I hope you will spare me for grilling you a bit too much into this. Please don't take my 'nosy' analysis otherwise. I wrote everything in the right spirit just with the hope of helping several others who might have gone or going through similar situation. :-). LooTe