actually, i remember catching a lot of shit for this when i ran it by a friend of mine.

"you don't bring your ex flowers, j. ever."
"well i never bought her flowers when we were dating, it was just a pun i couldn't resist..."
"never. ever. never, ever bring your ex flowers."
"it was harmless. it was cute, dammit. she shouldn't have thought anything of it. i wasn't leading her on..."
"never. ever. never, never, ever, ever...."
"whatever. i mean, what's the use of being friends if you can't be fucking friends?"

see, she asked me to pick up some flour on the way there.

how was i going to avoid that?