Gatsby in Love

I hear what some of you are saying about Gatsby using Nick to get closer to Daisy, but for some reason I find Gatsby to be endearing and a romantic. I think he turns to Nick not to force Nick into the middle of another affair - although Nick is now involved in some scandalous stuff - but rather because Gatsby doesn't have anyone else he can turn to. All of his party-goers do not even know he exists. Nick is trustworthy and seems to care about the condition and well-being of others. He wants to see Gatsby happy, even if he might not agree with the circumstances under which Gatsby pursues Daisy. Simply reading of Gatsby's nervousness, attention-to-detail, and restless nature make me instantly like him. I think we can all relate to this anticipatory anxiety in some way, shape, or form, analogous to the feelings we get when we like someone else and don't quite know exactly how to act around that person. To think that he's been separated from his love for five years and is finally about to see her again for the first time...even if you think he's kind of stalkerish, only the coldest heart would say he isn't sweet. His embarrassment after initially meeting with Daisy reminds of a little kid's. He is shy and nervous, so much so that Nick has to talk him back into the room, almost like a parent must console a child at times. It's funny though, as soon as the weather turns and he is back on good terms with Daisy, he resumes his old, mysterious self. He lets slip that he earned the money to buy his house, and when Nick questions the source of his money (remember before that Gatsby said he inherited his money), Gatsby runs through a litany of thin excuses: oil, drug stores, the war. He is evidently stumbling to fix the error. It's so hard to read this guy! Daisy, too, changes her act when she reconciles with Gatsby. Instead of putting up her usual cynical act, she breaks down crying, showing seemingly real emotion that she has tried to hide before. Her tears at the sight of Gatsby's beautiful shirts are kind of ridiculous, but I think it means she can finally be happy with him. With Gatsby’s wealth, both her desires - Gatsby and money - now are fulfilled. The happiness is beautiful, the materialism pathetic, but I guess love should be love no matter the circumstances. Gatsby seems to realize that; I'm not so sure Daisy does. And maybe the fact that Gatsby had to earn so much money and have so many material goods in order to please Daisy means that she is not the right girl after all. Anyone in agreement? I can say one thing though, already their short affair seems to be the most genuine relationship we have seen in the book, more genuine than Tom and Daisy, Myrtle and Tom, or Myrtle and George. I'm not sure where it's to lead though. Nick is now in way over his head. Tom certainly isn't going to approve of this fling - or whatever we choose to call it - and he certainly won't be happy that Nick has taken part. Things are happening...