"Her"..I mean "Him"

It was a cool, rainy Sunday and I decided to catch a flick in the HUT (Hatfield's Underground Theater.)  I chose Joaquin Phoenix's latest movie, "Her!"  In the beginning, it seemed pretty far fetched and awkwardly weird but as the film progressed I became intrigued and a bit unnerved.  This lonely man, Theodore, was healing from a broken marriage.  His familiarity with technology seemed born from his job and his intelligence.  He was a professional letter writer.  He would write everything from thank you and congratulatory letters to lovely prose and poems. His clients would provide their handwriting, photos and a bit of background and Theodore would write them through the lives and those they loved. (Personally, I think it might be a pretty awesome job and I began to get hooked!)
Long story short, Theodore purchases an operating system, which he then gives a female voice. Samantha, as she named herself, is always available, always inquisitive, always interested, supportive and never demanding!  Perfection in a piece of software......... Their relationship continues as Samantha is as close to or far away from Theodore as he chooses.  When together, she (as his phone's camera) sees what he sees as she travels with him in his front pocket supported not only by what she sees and hears but a nerd-like, over sized safety pin that keeps her from slipping down into the darkness of his shirt.  They date, they double date, they vacation and they even make virtual love....no fuss, no muss, no mess;-)  If Theodore needs "alone" time, he just doesn't turn her on......
By the end of the movie and over Jess's multitudes of "this is freakin' weird," I began to think that a virtual mate might be just what the doctor ordered (even if he was a psychiatrist!)  Companionship on an as needed basis, intelligent conversations on any subject, no extra laundry, Nonexistent expenses involved in the relationship and the probability and availability of a newer model every couple of years made the idea a bit enticing (imaginatively, of course)!
Then it happens!  It almost always does in the movies! Samantha begins to be aloof. Theodore questions her virtual absence and learns that she's been the operating system for 8,316 others and has even fallen in love with 641. She insists that this doesn't change her love for poor Theodore but makes it stronger. It appears that even technology has the gift of gab and can baffle with bullshit! The old "it isn't you, it's me" explains that she is "going away to continue the exploration of her existence!"
I've decided to just fast forward past the proverbial, perfect operating system and just create my own imaginary, "Him."  Oh wait....I think I did that 40 years ago!