To be honest, I didn't know a whole lot about this book prior to purchasing it. What I did know was that there was a movie out that was inspired by this book and that I couldn't watch it for free on Hulu+ or Netflix. Because of that and I wanted to start exploring books beyond my usual health and wellness reads anyway, I decided to give it a go. (Oh, that and because due to my track record, I felt as if I had a thing or two to learn about love and dating.)
A lot of the advice in here is advice that some of my close friends had already given to me in the past, but both the authors Greg and Liz (I feel like I know them personally after reading this book, so because of that I feel like I can talk about them on a first name basis...) give you the cold hard truth while making an effort to acknowledge that you truly are a great woman who is "worthy of love". Essentially, their writing style is personable enough to have their input hit close to home but also informative enough to make you actually want to listen to what they're saying and put it into practice.
To be frank, though, the truths they exposed were really hard to read but also oh so difficult to ignore. To help you keep on reading the book, Greg and Liz made sure to close each chapter with not only a few reminders and tips for your love life but also reminders of how worth it you are. If it weren't for those slightly cheesy reminders, I honestly may have put down the book a long time ago. With each chapter came a realization (or FIVE+) of mistakes that I made in the past, so I truly did need those emotional boosts at the end of each chapter. Those boosts made it a little easier to keep on reading, despite the MANY times I wanted to put the book down and pretend like none of the things discussed in there ever happened to me... or that I ever caused those things happen. (Ugh, Angela.)
All in all, "He's Just Not That Into You" brought to life that yes, I have made a tremendous amount of mistakes in terms of love and dating, but now I have the emotional resources to be strong to wait for (and try to find!) the one that is... well, worth surpassing the jerks for, no matter how lonely (and sexually frustrated) you may get. This book helped bring to light that I am not crazy for wanting to be with someone who will care about me beyond the bedroom, but in order to find that person, I need to get out of bed with the person I'm currently with. Being lonely may suck, but it's better to be lonely than to be with someone who only partially "cares" about you. "He's Just Not That Into You" really put my actions, my life into perspective. And for that, I am eternally grateful! And it's also kind of fun to know that I now have the skills to be confident enough to turn down the jerks so that I can maybe someday find the one that will embrace the fact that I am "worthy of love".
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Not New At All
This book isn’t new at all. The pages are all yellowed on the edges. I bought it a few months back but now that I’m reading it it’s hard to miss. That and it reeks of cigarette smoke. I wish I was making it up but it even has a sticker on it that says “thrift books”. New book? I don’t think so. It’s a shame too because the book is actually pretty funny.
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