WISHFUL THINKING

Can Jon & Kate Find Their Way Back To Love?

OMG, DO I SMELL A LOVE RECONNECTION BETWEEN THE GOSSELINS?

First, Jonny boy declares he's sorry he catted around with every twentysomething he rubbed up against.

"That was a huge mistake, because if she would've done that to me, I would have been extremely pissed off," Jon said during a made-for-TV confession. "And now that I think about it, it was a very wrong thing to do. I definitely regret it."

Then Kate rues about her shrewy ways when living with Jon.

"I was wrong to treat him that way,'' she said Monday on TLC."Was it good, healthy and wonderful? No. Am I proud of those moments that were captured? No."

Aren't you picking up that whif of reconciliation?

Because don't we all know that saying sorry is the first step toward repairing a relationship? It's such a fundamental thing that even eHow has a six-step plan.

Number one? "Arrange a meeting, preferable private, to deliver your apology. It is better for both parties if you do not have an audience."

Oops, that's a problem. Someone needs to get the word to Jon and Kate! Take it offstage, you two.

Is that not lucrative enough? Then consider how financially barren your lives will be post reality TV and kiss up pronto. The production crews can be there within days!

Because you can only charge $20 a pop so long to air your putrid laundry, Jon. And once your show is off the air, Kate, no one's going to pay a whit's attention to your asymmetrical 'do.