He’s Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys
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Greg Behrendt. He’s Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys
He’s Just Not That Into You. The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys. Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo
Dedication
Note to the reader
Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction by Liz
Introduction by Greg
You Are All Dating the Same Guy
1 He’s Just Not That Into You If He’s Not Asking You Out. Because if he likes you, trust me, he will ask you out
The “Maybe He Doesn’t Want to Ruin the Friendship” Excuse
The “Maybe He’s Intimidated by Me” Excuse
The “Maybe He Wants to Take It Slow” Excuse
The “But He Gave Me His Number” Excuse
The “Maybe He Forgot to Remember Me” Excuse
The “Maybe I Don’t Want to Play Games” Excuse
IT’S SO SIMPLE
HERE’S WHY THIS ONE IS HARD, by Liz
THIS IS WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE, by Greg
GREG, I GET IT! By Leslie, age 29
IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE GREG
What You Should Have Learned in This Chapter
Our Super-Good Really Helpful Workbook
2 He’s Just Not That Into You If He’s Not Calling You. Men know how to use the phone
The “But He’s Been Traveling a Lot” Excuse
The “But He’s Got a Lot on His Mind” Excuse
The “He Just Says Things He Doesn’t Mean” Excuse
The “Maybe We’re Just Different” Excuse
The “But He’s Very Important” Excuse
IT’S SO SIMPLE
HERE’S WHY THIS ONE IS HARD, by Liz
THIS IS WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE, by Liz
GREG, I GET IT! By Traci, age 25
IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE GREG
What You Should Have Learned in This Chapter
Our Super-Good Really Helpful Workbook
3 He’s Just Not That Into You If He’s Not Dating You “Hanging out” is not dating
The “He Just Got Out of a Relationship” Excuse
The “But We Really Are Dating” Excuse
The “It’s Better Than Nothing” Excuse
The “But He’s out of Town a Lot” Excuse
IT’S SO SIMPLE
HERE’S WHY THIS ONE IS HARD, by Liz
THIS IS WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE, by Greg
GREG, I GET IT! By Corinna, age 35
IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE GREG
What You Should Have Learned in This Chapter
Our Super-Good Really Helpful Workbook
4 He’s Just Not That Into You If He’s Not Having Sex With You. When men like you, they want to touch you, always
The “He’s Afraid to Get Hurt Again” Excuse
The “He’s So Into Me That Now He’s Not” Excuse
The “But It Still Feels So Good” Excuse
The “Multiple Excuses” Excuse
IT’S SO SIMPLE
HERE’S WHY THIS ONE IS HARD, by Liz
THIS IS WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE, by Greg
GREG, I GET IT! By Dorrie, age 32
IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE GREG
What You Should Have Learned in This Chapter
Our Super-Good Really Helpful Workbook
5 He’s Just Not That Into You If He’s Having Sex With Someone Else. There’s never going to be a good excuse for cheating
The “He’s Got No Excuse and He Knows It” Excuse
The “But I’ve Gotten Fat” Excuse
The “He Has a Stronger Sex Drive Than I” Excuse
The “But at Least He Knew Her” Excuse
IT’S SO SIMPLE
THIS IS WHAT’S HARD ABOUT THIS ONE, by Liz
THIS IS WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE, by Liz
GREG, I GET IT! By Adele, age 26
IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE GREG
What You Should Have Learned in This Chapter
Our Super-Good Really Helpful Workbook
6 He’s Just Not That Into You If He Only Wants to See You When He’s Drunk. If he likes you, he’ll want to see you when his judgment isn’t impaired
The “But I Like Him This Way” Excuse
The “At Least It’s Not the Hard Stuff” Excuse
IT’S SO SIMPLE
HERE’S WHY THIS ONE IS HARD, by Liz
THIS IS WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE, by Liz
GREG, I GET IT! By Nessa, age 38
IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE GREG
What You Should Have Learned in This Chapter
Our Super-Good Really Helpful Workbook
7 He’s Just Not That Into You If He Doesn’s Want to Marry You. Love cures commitment-phobia
The “Things Are Really Tight Right Now” Excuse
The “He’s So Terribly Put Upon” Excuse
The “Is This Really an Excuse?” Dilemma
The Age-Old “He’s Just Not Ready” Excuse
The “He Just Needs a Better Role Model” Excuse
IT’S SO SIMPLE
HERE’S WHY THIS ONE IS HARD, by Liz
THIS IS WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE, by Liz
GREG, I GET IT! By Sandy, age 33
IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE GREG
What You Should Have Learned in This Chapter
Our Super-Good Really Helpful Workbook
8 He’s Just Not That Into You If He’s Breaking Up With You “I don’t want to go out with you” means just that
The “But He Misses Me” Excuse
The “But It Really Takes the Pressure off of Us” Excuse
The “But Everyone Is Doing It” Excuse
The “But Then He Wants to Get Back Together” Excuse
The “But I’m So Damn Nice” Excuse
The “I Do Not Accept His Breakup” Excuse
IT’S SO SIMPLE
HERE’S WHAT’S HARD ABOUT THIS ONE, by Liz
THIS IS WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE, by Liz
GREG, I GET IT! By Callie, age 26
IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE GREG
What You Should Have Learned in This Chapter
Our Super-Good Really Helpful Workbook
9 He’s Just Not That Into You If He’s Disappeared On You. Sometimes you have to get closure all by yourself
The “Maybe He’s Dead” Excuse
The “But Can’t I at Least Yell at Him?” Excuse
The “But I Just Want an Answer” Excuse
IT’S SO SIMPLE
HERE’S WHY THIS ONE IS HARD, by Liz
THIS IS WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE, by Greg
GREG, I GET IT! By Liz, age 41
IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE GREG
What You Should Have Learned in This Chapter
Our Super-Good Really Helpful Workbook
10 He’s Just Not That Into You If He’s Married (And Other Insane Variations of Being Unavailable) If you’re not able to love freely, it’s not really love
The “But His Wife Is Such a Bitch” Excuse
The “But He’s Really a Good Person” Excuse
The “I Should Just Wait It Out” Excuse
IT’S SO SIMPLE
HERE’S WHY THIS ONE IS HARD, by Liz
THIS IS WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE, by Liz
GREG, I GET IT! By Janine, age 43
IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE GREG
What You Should Have Learned in This Chapter
Our Super-Good Really Helpful Workbook
11 He’s Just Not That Into You If He’s a Selfish Jerk, a Bully, or a Really Big Freak. If you really love someone, you want to do things to make that person happy
The “He’s Really Trying to Be Better” Excuse
The “It’s Just the Way He Was Brought Up” Excuse
The “It’s Not Always Going to Be Like This” Excuse
The “It’s Behind Closed Doors That Counts” Excuse
The “But He’s Just Trying to Help” Excuse
The “But Now I’m Playing in the Big Leagues” Excuse
The “He’s Just Finding Himself” Excuse
The “Maybe It’s Just His Little Quirk” Excuse
The Rare and Exotic “He’s Afraid of the Intimacy of Sleep” Excuse
IT’S SO SIMPLE
HERE’S WHY THIS ONE IS HARD, by Liz
GREG RESPONDS:
THIS IS WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE, by Greg
GREG, I GET IT! By Georgia, age 33
IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE GREG
What You Should Have Learned in This Chapter
Our Super-Good Really Helpful Workbook
12 Don’t Listen to These Stories
13 Now What Do You Do?
Reset Your Standards
STANDARD SUGGESTIONS
Glossary
14 Q&A With Greg
15 Closing Remarks From Greg. Don’t waste the pretty
16 Closing Remarks From Liz. Greg can be really annoying
17 Life After He’s Just Not That Into You. From Liz
Exaltation
Loneliness
Temptation
Temptation #1
Temptation #2
Balance
18 Frequently Asked Questions
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Praise for He’s Just Not That Into You
Copyright
About the Publisher
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This book is dedicated to all the lovely ladies out there whose stories inspired us to write this book. May we never need to write another one.
(However, we’re not going to say the thought didn’t cross our minds.)
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About the Publisher
P.S.: Shame on you for using an eastern seaboard disaster as an excuse to call a guy up.
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