...and she broke up with him by e-mail.

Lord, my baby's hurting. He's been dumped for the first time. She wants to be "just friends."

He's not experienced enough to know what that means.

Junior and I are close, close enough that he wants me to know every aspect of it. He kept his IM open long after he was done so I could read it, if I wanted to. I didn't. I didn't want to see her keep hurting my baby and his desperate pleas for "why?" She didn't even have the courage to do it in person. She won't accept phone calls and took care of the business through IMs and e-mails.

I finally told him enough's enough, she wants to be "friends," and his behavior concerns me because she obviously wants space or for him to leave her alone entirely. He went for the phone. I asked him whom he was calling. You see, his best friend met the girlfriend's best friend and now they're dating, so he could call any number of people and pump them for information.

Not him, man. He's going straight to the source. He told me he was calling Miss N. I told him torturing himself wasn't going to help. He said, "But friends talk on the phone."

He can't get "just friends" through his head. She's telling them they've "drifted apart" in 3½ months (!). I told him it sounded like she picked a sappy line from every TV show she's watched in the past week after he wanted me to read that first gut-stabbing e-mail.

He got angry at his best friend for saying, "Dude, you know how many times I've been dumped?"
The poor guy's trying his best to cheer him up, and Junior wanted to hang up on him.

What really sucks is this: She's adequately demonstrated that she's really good at playing the girl victim game. She's going to pull that victim act and probably burst into tears whenever she sees him because "it hurts me, too."

I've said it before: Females are evil until proven otherwise. I told my son that. I told him that she's going to enjoy the melodrama.

I just hope I don't get a call from the school tomorrow asking me to do something about it. You see, his best friend's girlfriend's, the "just friends" girl's best friend, mom works at the high school. I do hope if she calls, though, it's out of genuine concern.

Junior's always been persistent and won't take no for an answer. He tried for 2 hours to get his kite from a tree once. He's hounded me persistently on a number of subjects over the years, trying to wear me down and get his way. I can see this turning into stalkerish behavior.

This is my first "I've been told she wants to be 'just friends,'" experience of my stint as mother.

My heart doesn't feel so intact, either.

Now he's up, and wants my computer for IM purposes. Nope, nope, nope. Conveniently, I'm waiting for e-mail from the Good Job boss lady.

God, please let her not get the jollies from watching him mope today. God, please don't hate me if I blow a fuse because she seems to enjoy watching him beg.