Having girlfriends is hard. And I don’t mean girlfriends like the kind you date. Although maybe for some of you, your girl friend is also your girlfriend. Regardless, I’m talking besties, buddies, your girls, your mamacitas, your ‘fabulous five,’ whatever you want to call it.

It’s hard because we want to shop all the time and, inevitably, we’re going to try something on that doesn’t fit us right, or makes our butt look too flat, our torso look too long or our legs too big.

So what happens when you don’t look good in the shirt you’ve been dying to try on or the jeans I know you’ve been killing myself trying to squeeze into? Haven’t you ever wondered what I mean when I cringe and tell you ‘uh, that top makes you look fat?’

Even if you might not wonder, I know plenty of girls that do, so we went and figured out how to talk to girls! (Or we should say that Buzznet figured it out. Good for them, right?)

A few days ago, we posted a story contrasting the merits of dating undergrads and grad students. And while academics are perfectly fine for dating, I’ve found a hunk who knows all the moves, but doesn’t have a degree. As a matter of fact, he hasn’t even passed fourth grade yet.

It’s true: 9-year-old Alec Greven from Colorado has recently published a book that’s the talk of the town, called How To Talk To Girls. He originally wrote it as a handwritten pamphlet for his schoolyard peers whom he noticed were having some trouble talking to the ladies.

Now the book, which also helps men of all ages identify different kinds of women (pretty girls, he says, “are easy to spot because they have big earrings, fancy dresses, and all the jewelry”), is available in stores nationwide. And before you dismiss his suggestions as merely elementary, I think he’s really onto something. Consider these insights he shares with his fellow man:

* Comb your hair and don’t wear sweats.

* If you say hi and a girl says hi back, you’re probably off to a good start.

* Control your hyperness and cut down on sugar if necessary.

* A crush is like a love disease that can drive you mad.

* Make sure you have good friends who don’t try to take the girl you like.

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