take another little piece of my heart now baby

in reply to a post from my beloved annstars i boldly say:
in an attempt to educate me on the opposite sex, i remember the first time my big bro told me that: "guys just tell you want you want to hear"... and when my big sis told me that: "guys are only 'gentlemen' for the first couple months if you're lucky... then once they got ya, you can say good-bye to the nice guy."

well, you gotta love the advice from the elder-more-experienced siblings. i couldn't decide whether they were really trying to help or if they were trying to make my dating world more miserable. after my brother said that stuff all i could hear coming out of guys mouths was just what you've said you're hearing... and i could hardly bear to take a compliment for fear of lack of sincerity.

and after my sister's advice, well, every time a guy would do something nice, i couldn't help thinking... 'now what date is this? how long have we been together? blah blah blah!" ya, so i feel your pain, my love, to the core of my heart. it's true by loving we give away a piece of our hearts... we can't help it that we were made to love, can we? hence, pieces, that's what we've become... pieces... shards... but take heart, my dear one... despite what it may feel, we've still got the better part of our hearts left to give to that deserving man wherever he may be. (and he's out there... he just hasn't found you yet... and when he does, i'll smack him upside the head and ask him, "what took you so long!?"). *wink*