"It's not my place to decided if you love him or not, but if you do,
always remember: 'This is life, not a shojo manga.' If you want the
relationship to work, then that is what you must do, work.  The guy who's
always hanging around giving your family little cakes and telling you how
much love he has to give will usually end up being an emotional void
trapping you inside." 

Uh...I hate to mention it, but that is only part of the answer.  Usually 
it is the girl who works very hard at maintaining the relationship with a 
man.  We are the ones who provide the gifts usually.

Hitomi

Ichinohei Hitomi
Hitomi_Ichinohei@MBnet.mb.ca