[FuzzieAlum]

Trust me Coramoor, I would never be pissed at a guy for not getting me flowers and teddy bears! I hate stuffed animals for one thing. For another ... I don't like it when people say "women/men" do this or that. ONE girl might want flowers and candy, another might want frugality, and it's unfair to expect all women to act the same! We're not clones, just as men aren't!

After all, her boyfriend was basically asking her to subsidize his gifts to her! Who likes that?

What did I learn from my ex? I've only had one ex that I really, really don't like. And from him I learned (and he was 36, so I don't want to hear from anyone that he was too young!):

a) A man who doesn't respect my opinions isn't worth my time. ("You like butterscotch pudding? Trust me, you'll feel different when you're my age!" Yeah, because all people your age agree on everything ...)
b) A man who mocks me for being young (but can't take even one comment to the reverse) isn't worth my time.
c) A man who tells me my feelings aren't valid isn't worth my time.
d) A man who goads me when I'm upset isn't worth my time.
e) A man who breaks up with me over the phone (after disappearing for a few weeks), then tells me I have to right to be upset because "you'll find someone else" (no doubt I will, but I'm upset because I don't want to be rejected, not because I think my life is over!) isn't worth crying over once he's gone.

... no matter how cute he is, how intelligent he is, or how much chemistry we have!