I noticed you tried very hard not to use anyone's name from the site...cute job here...5's, and I'm sorry, but I really must decline, dear - the age difference is just too great ~ ~ ~

There's nothing like reunions, except maybe the next reunion...

Beautifully constructed, Arwen. And another (typically) sweet idea.

Love the story, love the ending, and most of all love seeing my name in print - although did I have to be on the "lose" side? :-) YAAAP.

my favorite of the day...brilliant songwriting AND storytelling

Dramatic story of wanted then immediatily after unwanted love, the drama of my life...

Hilarious !! Love a parody with a story line and a great ending. Thanks for today's shot of laughter !

Did you make Orlando go? Send him back where he's been, Vin? That's a song that I like, Mike. Now she's all for me.

I think you should do it - Stuart

excellent parody - excellent idea and execution - just excellent - 555

This would have made an awesome Seinfeld episode, with you as Elaine, throwing your dilemma at Jerry and Gang. How they screwed it up would have been a laugh riot. Great stuff Arwen.

Paul...Thanks very much...and how perceptive of you! At first, I was honestly going to try to make all of the names those of fellas from the site...but that pretty much bombed after 13 seconds of trying to find a word to rhyme with "Dumb Ass Kid."

K1...there are a very select few people from my "past" that I enjoy running into. Mostly because most of the people from my past have yet to move on from their past. It's a little sad, really. Why else do you think I've turned to all of you for acceptance and love? Because I'm too good for my own peers...; )

Phil...thanks a bunch. This sort of just fell together. I'd been working with the idea "50 Ways to Duck and Cover" about my gut reaction when I run into old boyfriends...and it sort morphed into another direction. I like this better...=)

Rex...=) You SHOULD feel honored, mister! ; ) Actually, I choose to think of the names as my dearest confidants...who I'm telling about my lying ways...rather than the men that I've dumped. We'd need a couple more verses for that...; )

alvin...well if that isn't an honor, then I don't know what is. Thank you very much. I consider myself, first and foremost...a story teller. I just get lucky when every once in a while I can tell those stories in rhyme...and to music that other people have written. =)

Matthias...oh stop it. Like any of us brokenhearted ladies want to hear about your 'playa' ways...; ) Thanks!

Paree Dee...are you new? I'm old...but I'm FABulous...so it should be a pleasure for both of us when I say WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME!! =) And thanks. And you're welcome...hehehe.

Mister Pacholek...hehehehe. She's all for you indeed...=) Thanks!

Stuart...LOL! Thanks a million...like I've eluded to...this wasn't my intent going into the OS...but I'm happy with the outcome. More true to life, probably...; )

Dee...hee! If ONLY I had taken those Seinfeld producers up on their offer to make me a writer. Or...rather, if only those Seinfeld producers would have made me an offer to be a writer...; ) Alas...network television's loss...and at least I can make you laugh. =) Thanks!

(Where is Fred, where is Fred), oh, he must be the subject of the song! Love the narrative stuff!

Hey Arwen... what's up?? Not much here. Anyways...I just came across this after missing it yesterday. It's always nice to see great parodies from you; I like this one very much! =)

Jeff...=) You have to know that "Jed" was originally "Fred," but then I got a case of the willies just thinking about him, and had to change it...=) Thanks!

Serafina...thanks very much...I'm glad you liked it!

Brilliant! 5s

Thanks, LucidLupin!

50 Ways to crack my @ss up is more like it! Fab as usual, Baby!

Ash...oh how I love it when I get a surprise comment from you!! Thanks a million!

(SOTM) DKTOS, but I found a cover of it on altavista.com where K1 looks for songs he doesn't already have. And you really hit the nail on the hammer. But I think either you added an extra chorus or the cover band forgot a chorus, so I didn't count that against you (covers tend to do that sometimes, look at Van Halen's "Pretty Woman"). Nobody can write a song about love gone wrong other than MacArthur Park quite like you, Arwen. You should be proud to be a LOTR namesake. 555

I figured you would put this one up for SOTM, glad you did because it's excellent and it's excellent to see you on this kind of writing roll, you've topped my list two months in a row now and though I'm not yet that far into this months evaluting you've so far taken a clear lead for a third, not one hundred percent sure but from the top of my head till the bottom of my butt I don't think even Spaff have had that kind of consistency when it comes to influence my humble opinion. :-)

(SOTM) I like how you had a different line each time, upping Simon...I don't even think he approached 25 ways!

(SOTM) Another well-written little gem, Arwen. High fives.

(SOTM) Most excellent, and topped off with a terrific final couplet.

(SOTM) A great parody with an excellent middle twist. Nice job Arwen!

(SOTM) You've built a solid reputation on AmIRight for dating parodies. Nicely written.

SOTM-Meh

(SOTM) Personally, I don't like parodists with a one track mind. Arwen, you're lucky your subject is interesting and your parodies are brilliant. Tong, on the other hand...

(SOTM) "Fell under a bus, Russ" LOL!. I liked the twist in the parody too.

(SOTM) I especially like how it stays so close to the theme of the OS that it effectively makes the OS parody itself in your mind as you read it! Very cleverly crafted, Arwen.

(SOTM) just read it again, 'wen!...just to myself, elf...I said just do it, Stuart...big LOLs from me

(SOTM) All the best parodies are released during my vacation! Anyway, 555s

(SOTM) Having trouble with your relationships, eh Arwen? Don't worry...one will come along sometime... or maybe a few 5s...

(ABC3) Still crazy after one more year.

(ABC) I especially like how it stays so close to the theme of the OS that it effectively makes the OS parody itself in your mind as you read it! Very cleverly crafted, Arwen.

(ABC3#) already commented twice, and this is one of my faves of yours Arwen - the flow of this is just something else - hmm # is becoming a toughie

ABC-# Great work Arwen. Probably my favourite 50 Ways parody. Maybe my second... Oh well, 5-5-5

Great spoof -- but you must understand I would not go out with a revolving-door lover (even if I weren't married with a beautiful 2-week-old baby)!

So, Michael, you not only missed the entire point of the parody, yet felt obligated to comment anyway, and then you assume that Arwen wants to date you? How arrogant can you get?!?

#/% - Still love this one, and it's even better on reread. "Try dating dot com, Tom" was a great line, and "bed, Jed/redhead" a perfect double rhyme. To "Huh...": Michael is in the ABC round, so he had to comment...

(ABC3#) I can see this was posted during my parody wilderness period last year, Arwen...hence the slightly late (13 months) comment. Of course, you are the reigning queen of the relationship parody, so it's no surprise that this is absolutely fabulous. Wow; this is gonna be a tough vote...555+

(ABC) See above!

Ingenius title/concept and storytelling. And thanks for the homage -- I'll even forgive your leaving off the"O." in order to make the rhyme and pacing work.