>>654 Agreed re causes of his gloom/stress. I don't see it as inconsistent with true lurve. It's that the PR rollout isn't going as well as expected, or that he has started to realise life for him is now "We lav yooooo Taylor!".

And maybe it is that he is upset about the articles he has read (I bet he has read some!). I can't begin to imagine how you must feel if you are in a real relationship and are told repeatedly that it is a fake, or you're doing it as a performance video. Or that you look like balding Uncle Hiddles going down the water slide, or are having a mid life crisis, or are a total loser for wearing that shirt. Even if people are thinking these things and even if they are true, in ordinary life they don't usually come out and say them (or - not in England, anyway). You get to make your mistakes and people laugh behind your back. Then your friends are nice to you when you return to your senses. He's been surrounded by the bullies and teased mercilessly for wearing his silly shirt. No wonder he looks miserable.

PS I know I have been complicit. I have criticised the shirt and drawn attention to his baldness. I do actually hope he doesn't read this board (seems unlikely, but a month ago so did the pap stroll with his mother!). Would I say the stuff I have said in print, or to his face if I met him? No.