sylvester - is it?

a few of my friends think vals is only for couples and love birds. i think its for friends as well... as long as you're not over the top suggestive.

erm, not that i'd send any of my female friends a valentine's card :-&.

thanks 404 and Matthew for your ideas.

a book ?? he's not much of a reader and which book would be appropriate?

a dirty magazine and tissues - that's a bit too harsh. i do not want to be disrespectful. looking for a clean and peaceful break-up.

woah, chill out.

am getting hit with a tonne of bricks for nothing.

1) guy knows am not keen.
2) he knows that i'm not interested anymo and is head over hills in love.
3) he won't let go.
4) i don't mind him as a friend.
5) valentines is a day when you show love to those you love.
6) what is wrong with me showing my love in the way i deem appropriate, i.e., getting him a gift anyway.
7) not a gift that leads him on.
8) if he decides to lead himself on, surely i shouldn't be blamed for that.
9) just because am kind, and mature in that i can still maintain a friendship with an ex, doesn't
10) give anyone a right to judge me and my 'relationship'.

the question was what type of gift - not what anyone thinks of my circumstances.

said with very much love, albeit in anger, under the circumstances .

Jojo.

what gift do you get someone who has the hots for you and who you once liked, but not anymo.. just about to break up with formally... mentally, emotionally you're already done.

but at the same time you don wanna be embarrased by their effort and your having made no effort.

what do you think of stationary?? nice and cheap...no time to lose as well.

oops... knows .

thanks everyone .

am submitting in on Valentines. making sure it doesn't ruin my day. not that i'll be doing much, but who know?????

any news?

congratulations fluffy!

hey all,

just to say am getting a little confident about the chapter am writing now. can't wait to show it to my supervisor next week.

hope you'll be there to wipe my tears if my sup thinks its totally crap.

thanks guys, where would i be without you. .

dazednconfused - thanks for reassuring me that am not the only one and am that i made the right decision.

Jen - thanks for reassuring me that am not the only one who's finding people impossible to live with.

rick - thanks for your vote of confidence, in what at the moment seems to be a walk in the dark. you must be right tho .

am off to the gym to let off some steam. . i find that this helps.

is this normal - today i just turned down an offer to publish my paper in a book, coz they wanted it editted in the next two weeks when am gonna be polishing my literature review for what feels like the hundreth time.

i feel stressed at the thought of all these people and their deadlines, i just want to be allowed to do things at my own pace.

i will publish in may or june independently in a journal. when am not so stressed.

is anyone else struggling with their thesis or am I the only one? i sometimes feel like the whole world is on top of my head. supervisors chasing me, family's expectations, friends etc., I have recently become a loner, coz i can't take it any mo. all these questions, all this nagging, all these deadlines, all these expectations...... :-(.

oops.... cite it.

not using it as data. a lecture in which examples are given. my sup only approves of some sites - usually major ones.

i guess, it's best not to site it. feel like am plagiarising tho. .

best of luck!