I'd have to say no, people don't change, but they can learn to behave differently.

I was embarrased, horrified and absolutely ready to jump him!

He managed to convey indifference, contempt, and boredom in the one word.

I could just envision Sam imagining that I wanted him to go out to the lake with me, only to be confronted by Jannalynn and whatever she thought of as a romantic dinner -- live rabbits they could chase together, maybe.

The sweetest part of being a couple is sharing your life with someone else. But my life, evidently, had not been good enough to share.

Finally, a human man saw me as intensely valuable. Just my luck he was happily married and thought I was a freak.

Don’t you just hate nights like that, when you think over every mistake you’ve made, every hurt you’ve received, every bit of meanness you’ve dealt out? There’s no profit in it, no point to it, and you need sleep.