The Thrill of the Chased (You’re Too Hot to Work For It)

College is undoubtedly the era of ambiguous relationships, blurred boundaries, commitment phobia, and cheating cheating cheating.

I met this guy out one night during my freshman year and we really hit it off. Red cups in hand, making some great intoxicated conversation when he suddenly declared, “You’re definitely a breakfast girl.”

Unsure what this meant, I curiously questioned the meaning of his statement the next day over lunch with my best guy friend. He laughed as he explained that a breakfast girl is a girl you’d hook up with and actually want to grab breakfast with the next morning.

To be dubbed a breakfast girl was apparently, some sort of slutty man’s compliment.

I got to thinking, how would I know to whom I was a breakfast girl, and to whom I’d simply be that nameless ‘score’ last Friday? Clearly, this is a troubling question for college girls everywhere. How many times have you heard your girls (or even yourself) make excuses in order to justify or rationalize bad relationships.

These booty calling, friends with bennies situations are (in the wise words of Carrie Bradshaw) what make so many of us who are trying to keep things light, suddenly feel completely in the dark.

Phrases along the lines of, “He’s really busy,” or “He’s just shy,” or even, “I know he likes me, he’s just scared,” are commonly heard in the ladies’ room at a bar or during a commercial break at the weekly group viewing of Grey’s. In these confusing scenarios, there are six words a lot of girls need to hear and accept: “He’s Just Not That Into You.”

Authors Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo explain exactly how you know this, and why. Moreso, they give a swift kick in the tush to all the ladies who are wasting their time with some wishy washy guy who’s really just not that into them.

The best part? It’s partly written by an actual living breathing MAN. Because if men don’t know what men want, then I give up. The book covers everything from why he’s not asking you out to why he’s not calling you back, why he’s not kissing you, to why he’s only calling you at 3 AM…and no, it’s not sweet that ‘at least he’s thinking of you.’

If you haven’t read this book front cover to back, I demand you X this page (and it is rare that I would ever recommend that) and run to your nearest Barnes and Noble immediately.

Because the time you’re wasting trying to get over that last jerk, is time that need be spent getting under the one that really truly loves you for you. And what girl doesn’t want that?