Tattoo Rue: Jesse James and Kat Von D Are Kaput Yet Again

By Kat Giantis

Make up your darn minds, Jesse James and Kat Von D. For the second time in two months, the dysfunctional, tatted-up twosome has called off their engagement and stuck a fork in their romance.

"I am not in a relationship," Von D, 29, declared in a Facebook post on Friday, a little more than a month after reconciling with James, 43, following their July split. "And I apologize for all the 'back and forth' if it's caused any confusion."

A source confirms the bust-up to People, with an insider assuring Radar Online, "They are done, through and through, finished, split, game over. They are both confident that they won't be giving it another go. It's the end of the road for them."

So, what went wrong (this time)?

"I think it just fizzled out between them," shrugs the spy. "They were hot and heavy to start, but once the sexual attraction started waning there wasn't really anything left to sustain a relationship."

Plus, there was the ongoing geographical issue: Jesse moved to Texas with his kids after getting drop-kicked by Sandra Bullock over his wide-ranging two-timing, while Kat remains based in Los Angeles.

"Kat didn't really want to relocate to Austin from L.A.," explains the snitch, "and neither of them really had the commitment to make a long-distance relationship work."

James, who slipped a huge Neil Lane sparkler on Von D's ink-stained finger in January, about six months after they went public, cited "the distance between us" as a factor in their initial breakup.

Pointed out Kat in her Facebook post, "I am not in any way moving to Texas."

Still, as recently as Sept. 11, the fickle flames were engaged in their favorite activity: public schmoopiness. Click on to see what they said, along with more of their over-the-top gushing ...