A man enters the hospital for a circumcision. When he comes to after the procedure, he’s perturbed to see several doctors standing around his bed. “Son, there’s been a bit of a mix-up,” admits the surgeon. “I’m afraid there was an accident, and we were forced to perform a sex-change operation. You now have a vagina instead of a penis.” “What!” gasps the patient. “You mean I’ll never experience another erection?” “Oh, you might,” the surgeon reassures him. “Just not yours.”

Q: submitted by jack
Hey JD I have been an avid reader of ST and I feel you are to the point so here it goes. I have been in a 9 year relationship she is 23 and I am 26. She tells me the other she doesn't want to break up but she wants to be single? she claims she has not experienced being single and partying as we have been together since early high school years. She says she wants to take some time away from our relationship to do this, and think about what she wants. JD I am so crushed that want to just tell her goodbye forever. I don't know if I can trust her or our relationship if we did get back together. She is confused and I kind of understand that, but I am lonely and emotionally numb from what she has done. I need some feed back on what I should do. should I wait for her to make her decision? or, do I tell her goodbye forever and maybe she will realize how good she had it? I guess either way I am going to lose the best thing that has happened to me. I do love her, I love her a lot. I am a wreck please help.

A:
i'm sure you are hurting right now but you have to remember a couple of things. namely, time heals and everything happens for a reason. you have to stay positive and try and look at the positive side of this situation. you started dating this girl when you were 17 and when she was 14. you have to understand that those are very young ages and how she could feel like she has missed out a little. you don't have to take it as such a negative request. she needs to be able to grow a little on her own (and the same with you as well). if you give her a little time to be on her own and take a little time for yourself i think you will find it will definately be for the better. you will both learn lots about yourself and i guarantee you will end up appreciating each other even more as well. this is why i always say it is so important to look at the positive side of things. the negative take could be that a 9 year old relationship is over and that you'll never see each other again and the positive take is that you will both grow tremendously and end up being back together with a relationship that is twice as strong and totally complete. i hate to get a bit esoteric on you but you have to realize that you are the creator of the world you experience. no two people see, smell, taste, hear and experience the same reality. you, and only you, have the ability to not only perceive things how ever you want (i.e. seeing the glass half full instead of half empty) but can "will" just about anything to happen. what i mean by that is if you make sure your conscious is in check with your subconscious you will start to find out that things will magically start to happen the way you want them to. simply..really believe in yourself and really know what you want out of life and just watch the cards fall into place. ;-)

-JD