Date Read: 6.17.15
Title: He’s
Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys
Author: Greg Behrendt & Liz Tuccillo
Rating: <3 <3 <3 <3
Synopsis: 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.
My thoughts: 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). I have to say, through half the book, I kept hitting my
forehead, groaning how naive or desperate to believe 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. Period. 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. The one who was "naive" and "desperate to believe anything". It was not
pretty. *shudder* It was hard to face the person I used to be before I became the "finicky" person people know my as today.
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 me loved that – gotta make sure the lesson really sank in (apply
what you learned!!).
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