And, lest we forget, the woman who brought a baby to a bar in "Sweet Home Alabama."

I saw Aaron Carter in concert twice and bought three of his albums, so, yeah. Let's revel in our shame together.

The soundtrack to "The Baby-sitters' Club Movie"…on cassette. Pretty sure I still owe my mom $11 for that.

Fabric morphine sounds lovely.

Coulda sworn I replied to this before lunch, but have you considered a support group? I feel like that would be a lower-stakes situation, and you could sit back and observe until you feel comfortable speaking up.

I understand. What about a support group? That way you could sit back and listen/observe for a few meetings until you feel comfortable enough to speak. It's a lower-stakes situation, I would think.

Thanks, Zeppo. He told me his relationship history is a 3-year relationship around the end of college/the subsequent years, and then a bunch of few-month relationships. Probably should have questioned him more about that at the time. There's definitely some commitment issues kicking around in his head, because I don't…

My night cheese has been mostly unhelpful, but it is a good listener.

In re: to Edit #2, don't feel pathetic. I have similar tendencies, especially after going on boring/awful/no chance of another meeting dates from Tinder/OKC. It's only natural to think back about guys you felt a connection with. So, no helpful advice, but lots of empathy.

Have you tried talking to a therapist? I know that sounds like such a cliche response, but it sounds as though some professional guidance, or maybe even a little cognitive behavioral therapy, could be beneficial.

That's a really good idea, although I did manage to escape downing an entire bottle of wine on Saturday night without contacting him. Small miracles and all.

Thank you for the internet hugs and the kind words. It was a fairly short relationship in the grand scheme of things, but things just felt so different with him. We clicked right away on all levels and everything just felt right. He's the first guy I can/could see myself with long-term, maybe even marrying. The…

That's about the worst advice a medical professional could give re: antidepressants. Jesus.

Thanks. Logically, I know that it will, but right now it's really hard to envision life beyond this all-consuming sadness.

God, how did I miss the obvious term of "tearjerking"?

I've been on and off OKC for the past four years or so, to varying levels of success. Definitely do not take it too seriously, and keep in mind that people on online dating sites, especially ones they don't have to pay for, can be flaky as hell. Good luck, and I hope the primary lady of interest turns out well!

My boyfriend broke up with me about a week ago and it's absolutely ruined me. I'm dealing with all sorts of shit from the fallout, but one thing that's really been hard for me is the loss of our sexual connection; our sex life was so amazing and we were really sexually compatible.

Electronic communication makes it so easy to get dramatic (says the girl who wrote a couple novella-length texts over the past week), but I'm glad things stayed civil.

Yuuup. I spent March-September of this year engaging in fruitless first dates/short-term stuff that went nowhere, until I met a guy in September who I thought was long-term relationship material….until he broke up with me last week. Obviously I'm still very emotionally fucked up, but once I get beyond this horrible…

I hope it is too, for your sake.