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 Post subject: Don't take it personally, schmoopie
PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 7:36 pm 
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Obviously you didn't see the life-altering episode of sex in the city that spawned this book:

Editorial Reviews

He's Just Not That Into You

From Publishers Weekly
It’s a classic single-woman scenario: you really like this guy, but he’s giving mixed messages. You make excuses, decide he’s confused, afraid of commitment. Behrendt, a former executive story editor for Sex and the City—and a formerly single (now happily married) guy who knows all the excuses—provides a simple answer: he’s just not that into you. Stop kidding yourself, let go and look for someone else who will be. After all, as Behrendt sensibly puts it, "if a (sane) guy really likes you, there ain’t nothing that’s going to get in his way." If you’re not convinced yet, by all means read this smart, funny and surprisingly upbeat little book, full of q’s and a’s covering every excuse woman has ever made to avoid admitting to herself that a man just wasn’t that smitten with her.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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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 good for us all to remember that we don't need to scheme and plot, or beg anyone to ask us out. We're fantastic.

For ages women have come together over coffee, cocktails, or late-night phone chats to analyze the puzzling behavior of men.

He's afraid to get hurt again.
Maybe he doesn't want to ruin the friendship.
Maybe he's intimidated by me.
He just got out of a relationship.

Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo are here to say that -- despite good intentions -- you're wasting your time. Men are not complicated, although they'd like you to think they are. And there are no mixed messages.

The truth may be He's just not that into you.

Unfortunately guys are too terrified to ever directly tell a woman, "You're not the one." But their actions absolutely show how they feel.

He's Just Not That Into You -- based on a popular episode of Sex and the City -- educates otherwise smart women on how to tell when a guy just doesn't like them enough, so they can stop wasting time making excuses for a dead-end relationship.

Reexamining familiar scenarios and classic mindsets that keep us in unsatisfying relationships, Behrendt and Tuccillo's wise and wry understanding of the sexes spares women hours of waiting by the phone, obsessing over the details with sympathetic girlfriends, and hoping his mixed messages really mean "I'm in love with you and want to be with you."

He's Just Not That Into You is provocative, hilarious, and, above all, intoxicatingly liberating. It deserves a place on every woman's night table. It knows you're a beautiful, smart, funny woman who deserves better. The next time you feel the need to start "figuring him out," consider the glorious thought that maybe He's just not that into you. And then set yourself loose to go find the one who is.

Works equally well for men and women. It will change your life. :wink:


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PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:52 pm 
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Dude, shmoo.

you and me and some drinks pal. We need to talk. I am the walking failure when it comes to asking women out with successful outcomes.

Sometimes I get caught up in false hope for like 2.5 years. I am awful at interacting with the opposite sex. I feel your pain man. I feel it.


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 Post subject: Re: Don't take it personally, schmoopie
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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.


So, so true.

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 10:28 pm 
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Shmoo,

I'd quite pursuing her man. If she wanted to, she would've changed her "plans/apt. hunting" to go out with you. I think you're probably just infatuated and find the challenge of this somewhat interesting.

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I sigh in time with you there, shmoo. There there.


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I have trouble getting gina on the phone, or seeing her.

But we lead inverse lifestyles.

You'll meet loads of students in grad school, and you'll be on the same schedule as they are. You can have a study buddy. Or a study group, even. It could potentially lead to a study menage a trois.

Have faith Eric. Faith, and a relentless ability to say "fuck that bitch, i'm moving on".

You're geek chic. Unstoppable with the chicago indie rock girls. Look at Haq. He imported his chicago indie rock girl to NYC.

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It could potentially lead to a study menage a trois.


hmmm i think i'll take up regular study now

if anybody needs me, i'll be at the library


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i might give you some advice, but im a loser and losers dont have girlfriends.


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when you stop looking for an opportunity to ask a woman out, that's when it will happen....

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well, it kinda sounds like she's "trying to be nice about it," but it could honestly just be really bad timing for her at this point in her life. lady KPH and i went on one date (a double at that) and then literally did not see each other again for about 5 months. it was easy to get hung up on why things weren't working out, but...i just had to let things sort themselves out.

as it happened, she really did not have the time or emotional bandwidth to deal with dating when i first met her.

but yeah, grad students...kind of the antithesis of good dating material, esp. as semesters/programs get into gear, even though i suspect the intellectual quality of a grad student vs. somebody from the pill scene is more your type. but, that being said, i met lady KPH at the pill!

hmm.

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are you creepy? do you not blink when you talk to her? did she get distracted alot and look around the room when you hanged out? you need to be brutally honest, once you have the answer you can either move forward or move on. honesty's a bitch and a sanity saver at the same time.

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Give the chick your contact info. If she's really interested she'll get in touch with you at some point.

Until then, live yer life.


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shmooberry pie Wrote:
It never ends.


what's up, sparky?
is this thread really from last year or is my computer date/time messed up?


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The stories above are a year old (note post dates), so your advice is not really necessary. I was just bumping this thread because I'm feeling sorry for myself for a different reason now.

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poor shmoo.


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What's up now shmoo?

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I actually don't want to talk about it online. It's a different sort of situation from those above, and I probably shouldn't have mentioned it at all. But feel free to pity me. :)

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hmmm...let's see. what are the all purpose supportive things we say around here?

sending good vibes your way, buddy.
you're in my prayers.
what a drama queen.


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what a drama queen.


Yeah. Thanks.

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Does this help?

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Yeah, stop this before I embarrass myself further.

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shmooberry pie Wrote:
ayah Wrote:
what a drama queen.


Yeah. Thanks.


oops. was thinking of opa.
what a drama king.

c'mon, you know i love you.
no...i really mean it.


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oops. was thinking of opa.
what a drama king.

c'mon, you know i love you.
no...i really mean it.


No, you're right.

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shmooberry pie Wrote:
and I probably shouldn't have mentioned it at all. But feel free to pity me. :)



awwww. poor schmoo. ImageImage

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