If I get that “I’m not ready for a relationship” speech one more time, does Beetle Juice appear? or will the next guy be turned into a goon like Little Bunny Foo Foo? Seriously I need to know. Is there a prize at the bottom of this box of Cracker Jacks we call life or is it just a lot of crumbs?

This 17 dates thing was to help cure me of my trust issues or toughen me up and give me the heart of a rhino. I needed a rhino heart after I got the speech from a guy and then found out that he got engaged a few months later (I still have yet to find out whether this one has lied or not). Do I get my rhino heart at the end of 17 dates or will I crawl in to my cave like Punxsutawney Phil and maybe come out once a year?

My post about the Facebook status update was caused by yet another person who said that they were “not ready…” and yet apparently they were, just not with me. Ah, yes, pictures of them together on the Facebook. The chunks began to rise once again and I learned that I have not developed my rhino heart just yet. The only thing I could do was delete him from my friends list and hope that one day the Facebook people would send the people that I deleted a note. “Jen has just deleted you from her friends list. You are no longer friends. Have a nice day.” It would also be nice if they could just put that little note in the news feed. They let you know when people friend someone. Why not the other way around? “Jen has ended her friendship with X.”

So I spent the morning with my friend’s 3-year-old son who loves me. He thinks I am awesome. He likes me better than his mom’s other friends because I come over and we play, and read, and sometimes I bring him something cool (like cookie dough or games). He is also honest. Today he was being a little fussy. He admitted that he was grumpy (aka it’s him, not me). I was a little grumpy too. We worked through it and had a good time.

So there you have it kids. Tell the truth. Don’t water it down. Don’t offer that chaser of “It’s not you, it’s me” or “you deserve better”. It doesn’t make the bitter pill any easier to swallow.