Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Not into you anymore or the 'It's not you, it's me' syndrome. Wanna break up with that person you thought was the "special someone" in your life? Now you can do it online. Forget the phone, forget face to face, forget even email, now you can get even more impersonal. Shannen Doherty has a break-up show on Oxygen called Breaking Up (natch). Bernd Dressler, a German entrepreneur will dump your SO (significant other) by phone and you don't even have to be on the other end. It's the "Let's Stay Friends" phone call (I say don't hold your breath on the friends part). Dressler will also do the "Stay Away" break up for $25 and will break up with your former love in person for only $63. Or you web surfers can go to DumpMonkey.com and pay $24.95 to break up with the person you are no longer "in love" with. The dumpee receives a 16in. stuffed monkey that has a certificate of break up with the date and time the relationship ended. Lest the poor broken hearted fool think it is a joke, they will also receive a phone call to verify that, yes, the break up is real and they won't be getting any hearts for Valentine's Day. The sad truth is that some people would rather dig into their pockets to do this rather than be the bigger person and break up with the person in person on by phone. No doubt the monkey will provide some comfort at night for the breakee.

peace,

paul

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