Hmm. I bet.
Think twice about shucking on the first date after a rebound. 
Man, alice, you have a date next Thursday? Sheez…I’ve already been tossed overboard for a guy closer to you…who is available…I mean, dang…why do you have to have such high standards??? 
So sorry. But we’ll always have Paris…
You may not regret it today…but soon, and for the rest of your life…
DOH! :smack:
Hey, you are the one that started quoting Casablanca…
Sam: Hmm? I’m sorry…you said something?
Vincent: I said, “She would not be coming back here.”
Sam: She wold not be coming back here, would she?
Vincent: No.
Stranger
FWIW, I’m not in love with him. I just kind of like him. A whole lot. But I’m trying to think of negative characteristics to help cut that out.
He certainly has a few.
Well guess who called me yesterday and decided he wanted to talk for two and a half hours?
grrrrr.
I already know the answer to this, but I don’t get to play, do I?
Time. That’s pretty much it. Keep busy, soldier on, and eventually the pain just fades on its own. If it doesn’t, get some help.
No - you don’t get to play. It wouldn’t be fair to the other contestants.
Yes, you’re probably correct - but it’s nice having an “inside track.”
Two comments, assuming this thread is still even partly on the rails.
I’m assuming he didn’t really call and say, “let’s talk for two and a half hours.”
Getting over a broken heart acquired in the break up with someone you “just kind of like” might require a clean break.
“Sorry, California. I just can’t talk right now.”
“Oh, that’s my other line… gotta go, bye.” click
So very easy in theory…
Claire?
Not to pick on you, but I gotta ask. What would a boyfriend buy you for your birthday or Christmas if he has to live up to $270 jeans and silk undies?
“live up to”??? What are you getting at?
He’d probably buy her a DVD of a movie or tv show she likes - or a CD - or theater tickets - or jewelry - or a book she’s been wanting - or a scarf she admired in a window - the same things anyone would buy for anyone else for a birthday or Christmas.
What’s up with the “$270 jeans and silk undies” snarkiness? 
Heavy drinking helped. Seriously. I always felt better at the bottom of the bottle.
As an added benefit, I now have a very high tolerance for alcohol. When I first met the woman who is now my wife, that tolerance impressed many of her friends and helped ease any “new boyfriend” issues they may have had with me.
Not that I’m saying it will work for you, but it did for me.
The phrase “high maintainence” was used by the OP. The OP said how much she paid for the jeans. So they’re valid points for comment. Being brutally honest here from a guy’s point of view a woman who buys $270 jeans seems high maintainance, and unless I’m filthy rich (and I’m not) I really wouldn’t want to get involved with someone that would spend money like that. I could picture 10 years from now being in $20,000 of credit card debt.