Burnin' love

Sometimes, love hurts. Other times, it just burns.

Yesterday, a Jefferson County grand jury indicted 49 year-old Mike Allen Dusharme with arson.

Dusharme recently went on a date with local woman and, at the end of the evening, he did what any lonely, single man searching for his soul mate would do. He walked the woman to her door and proposed to her.

The woman said No, despite the fact that she loves that catchy Taylor Swift song about the young-and-in-love couple who throw caution to the wind and get married so they "Never have to be alone."

The man - who it seems prefers a different Taylor Swift song - didn't like this response and started to view both the woman and her apartment as "Just another picture to burn." So he set her place on fire.

A couple of things here...first, one for the ladies. Don't invite men you just met up to your apartment. No matter how charming or pitiful they are, SAY GOODNIGHT IN THE CAR. If you lead him to your front door, you might as well start practicing putting the lotion in the basket right now.

Now, for the gentlemen...Dudes, no setting chicks' homes on fire. This is NOT COOL. Will it bring momentary satisfaction? Possibly, but if the goal is to get married, one could argue that burning her earthly possessions doesn't bolster your case for being "The One."

Dating is hard enough without the police, fire department, district attorney's office and grand juries involved. Let's not get to the point where we have a "Check here if you every get angry enough to commit arson" box on Match.com.

We're sure Taylor Swift would agree.