Is there a middle path in love'.

(From The Nation (Thailand))

Byline: The Nation.

I woke up in a sweat after a nightmare about a supermodel girlfriend heartlessly leaving me for another guy because I wasn't fun and intelligent enough.

When I woke up I thanked the heavens, because facing those three months of trying to emotionally patch myself up was the last thing any man could ever wish to do.

While the nightmare may have been caused by watching too many romantic dramas the evening before, it hit me how man's pursuit of the perfect girlfriend has resulted in so much unhappiness.

Buddhism teaches us to let go and follow the middle path, but as relationships go, …