Well, that's better than "I love cake."
OK, if this had been me, my journal entry would have looked something like this.....
“Can you freaking believe it? I tell Barry I love him, and he responds with ‘thank you’. Thank you? Like I just brought him a freaking cup of coffee or something? I feel so humiliated, baring my soul, and for what? A THANK YOU? I do not need this self-absorbed jackass! What am I? A glutton for punishment?”
Nope, she gets all philosophical about how deep and in a shell he is. I don’t buy it.