This song is one of those ones that was both fun and magical to write.  It at all started during a Half-Hour Late jam session one Sunday afternoon.  We were in-between songs, and as per most jam sessions, this particular in-between song moment ended up lasting about twice as long as the song we just played and the song we were about to play. And, like most of the in-between moments, we were sharing stories and talking about whatever happened to roll off the top of our heads. 
Well, on this particular afternoon, our poor drummer Jeff made the mistake of telling us about a date he had been on the night before that did not go over that well.  He endured quite a few friendly jibes from the rest of us with that story and we all had a few laughs over it.  Evenutally, after cutting him off and finishing most of his lines for him, we finally encouraged him to tell us how the date ended.
Jeff laughed and said,"She told me I was a nice guy but ..." and then he laughed some more and told us he just stopped listening to her after that because he had heard all of these let down lines countless times before. 
Todd jumped in and said something along the lines of "why do girls always have to start a break up by telling us we are a nice guy but ...?"  Sean agreed with him and the three of them started laughing.  I hadn't been paying much attention to the conversation as I was busy goofing around with my guitars, which is par for the course with me, and I suddenly broke into the lick that forms the basis of the song. Todd said, " hey that sounds pretty good. Do that again."  So I did. Sean started playing a chunking rhythm and Jeff followed it up with the drum beat that is in the song.  We played around with a basic structure and within about 10 minutes had all the music done. Honest, it really did come that fast! 
At this point, we didn't know what to do about lyrics. The chorus "you're a nice guy but.." was in place, but we didn't know what else to do. Todd simply told us all to leave it with him, so we did, which was definitely a wise move. I am not sure if it is because Todd has been dumped an incessant number of times, or has done the dumping just as many (maybe a bit of both), or if it is simply because he could easily see through all the stereotypes associated with breaking up, but he came up with a brilliant lyric that is very funny, yet still poignantly true. It is great stuff!
Yep, to say we are all very proud of this song is an understatement.  We all see it as nothing but good pure fun, which is how it came to be written in the first place--by a bunch of great friends sharing music and having fun. Hope you like it!