Title: He’s Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys
Author: Greg Behrendt &
Liz Tuccillo
Number of Pages: 165
Publisher: Simon Spotlight
Entertainment
Date Read: 6.17.15
Rating: <3 <3 <3 <3
“You deserve a f***ing phone call.” – Greg
He says:
Oh sure, they say they’re busy. They say that they didn’t have
even a moment in their insanely busy day to pick up the phone. It was just that crazy.
All lies. With the advent of cell phones and speed dialing, it is almost
impossible not to call you. Sometimes
I call people from my pants pocket when I don’t even mean to. If I were into
you, you would be the bright spot in my horribly busy day. Which would be a day
that I would never be too busy to call you.
She says:
There is something great about
knowing that my only job is to be as happy as I can be about my life and feel
as good as I can about myself, and to lead as full and eventful a life as I
can, so that it doesn’t ever feel like I’m just waiting around for some guy to
ask me out. And most importantly, it’s god for us all to remember that we don’t
need to scheme and plot, or beg anyone to ask us out. We’re fantastic.
“A man who wants to make a relationship work will move mountains to keep the woman he loves.” – Greg
I recently re-watched the movie and forgot I had the book. A
book my BFF let me borrow eons ago. So I sat down and read it (as well as all
the little notes, underlines, highlights and dog-ears she included).
“Life is hard enough as it is without choosing someone difficult to share it with.” - Greg
I have to say, through half the book, I kept hitting my
forehead, groaning how stupid and
desperate for anything some women are (*cough* Nikki *cough*); I felt sorry for some of them. I’m not saying I haven’t had
some of the same situations occur, but I’m what my friends call “finicky”; I
don’t stick around in a relationship that isn’t working. Don’t have time for
me? Fine, c’ya. Can’t stand my family/dog? Ciao. Hate how independent I am? Adios.
But
as I got to the end, I found myself in one of the letters. It was like looking
at a younger, less jaded version of myself - the one who believed in the big
talker. It was not pretty. *shudder*
“Always be classy. Never be crazy.” – Greg
I
did like the way the book was written. It was a mixture of letter responses; an
explanation of why the concept is difficult for women (Here’s Why This One Is Hard), and a handy-dandy “workbook”
activity. ;) The teacher in my loved that – gotta make sure the lesson really
sank in (apply what you learned!!).
“Let’s start with this statistic: You are delicious.” – Greg
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