I almost have to laugh. I guess there's no such thing as "happily ever after," after all. She told me Friday that she was too busy with school and her daughter to have any time for herself, let alone for a relationship with me. And here I thought I was banking up points in the emotional investment account, and she's like, "let's be friends." Great.

After 10 years of long distance friendship, 1 year of dating, 6 months of being broken up, 10 weeks of okay-let's-get-married/no-wait-I-don't-want-to-marry-you-or-have-your-kid/okay-let's-get-married/no-wait/ etc., 1 abortion, 1 hey-I'm-pregnant-and-it's-not-yours, 5 weekends of hey-can-you-babysit-my-kid-cause-I-have-to-work-on-school, $2,000 on long distance phonecalls, $1,500 on dates, I don't know what I should expect.

I've been used and abused and then I asked for more.

Actually after the abortion, I refused to talk to her any more...then she came crawling back. I should have known better. But I didn't.

I almost have to laugh. I guess there's no such thing as "happily ever after," after all. She told me Friday that she was too busy with school and her daughter to have any time for herself, let alone for a relationship with me. And here I thought I was banking up points in the emotional investment account, and she's like, "let's be friends." Great.

After 10 years of long distance friendship, 1 year of dating, 6 months of being broken up, 10 weeks of okay-let's-get-married/no-wait-I-don't-want-to-marry-you-or-have-your-kid/okay-let's-get-married/no-wait/etc., 1 abortion, 1 hey-I'm-pregnant-and-it's-not-yours, 5 weekends of hey-can-you-babysit-my-kid-cause-I-have-to-work-on-school, $2,000 on long distance phonecalls, $1,500 on dates, I don't know what I should expect.

I've been used and abused and then I asked for more.

Actually after the abortion, I refused to talk to her any more...then she came crawling back. I should have known better. But I didn't.