How to pronounce “fall to pieces” in English

But I do believe that the time has come in 2012 that a woman can ask a man, "Would you like to go to a movie?"But she can't fall to pieces if he says, "No, I have to wash my hair tonight." Because that's what they heard all of the years.In the Victorian time, when a woman wanted a man to pay attention to her, she dropped a handkerchief.