Bonsai

I bought a bonsai tree for my "bf". I say "bf" because I am Pakistani girl and so we don't do conventional dating. We are not allowed to have sex or to kiss or to hug or to hold hands or to to touch or to make eye-contact for a prolonged period of time. So our courtship goes a little like this...

So yes, I bought him a Bonsai tree. He likes Japanese things and was really touched by the gesture. That's an understatement...He LOVED it! In fact he was so excited by it that he suffered a sudden onslaught of broodiness and declared that the tree was like our first child, and that we would nurture it together. "Yes!" I cried, encouragingly, "It will be our baby! It will be a representation of my skills as a mother!"

I had the better part of the deal. Bonsai was meant to stay with bf, and I was merely to ring it and sing it lullabies every night. Bf lives in the South of the country; I live in the North. The distance would have meant I'd never, ever have had to change a nappy.

Unfortunately, on my latest trip down South, I forgot to take Bonsai with me. This means that the tree is still with me. I've had it for two weeks. And now it's dying.

How do I know it's dying? Well, two weeks ago it looked like this:

And now it looks like this:

The leaves are yellow and are shedding like dog fur in summer.

I don't know what I did to make it so sick! The only thing I've done is keep it by the window so it gets enough light, and immerse it in a bath once a week, as I was told to do!

In my panic I googled "Bonsai yellow leaves help!" and found the following:

Over-watering may kill the Bonsai.