To boys of all ages:

For future reference, when you screw up and make a girl sad, the fastest and easiest way to make things better is to
a) drive as fast as you can to her house, give her a big hug and apologize in person

b) if that's not possible, buy her roses and send it to her and apologize
c) don't bother and just give up

Do NOT think:
Most girls have way too high expectations for guys because of all the perfect men they see in chick flick/ Chinese soap operas.

I don't care what your problem is, just drop all of your shit and drive your freakin' butt down to DC to see me. Why? Because it'll make things so much better. I'll forgive you once I've seen you. And it shows that you actually care. And that I matter to you. Words are just words. You can't have it for dinner, and you can't go out and buy things with it. It doesn't quite put you to bed at night.

And recognize a good thing when you have it. Learn to treasure it in your mind and your heart. If it really means as much as you say or think it does, then be willing to live up to your words. So, I'll set an example. I care about this current relationship. I want things to just get better and for us to be happy again. Regardless of what it holds for us in the future and how badly it'll hurt when it ends.

I'll show up. Set example. Show him that I really care about this. Because I want to make it work, for now. And then leave it at that. He can do whatever he wants with that afterwards.

Can you tell that I'm a bit annoyed?