How to Meet Cute Boys

by Kizis, Deanna

• ISBN13: 9780446690140
• ISBN10: 0446690147
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-01
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Summary

Bridget Jones's Diary meets the L.A. singles scene in this wonderfully funny debut novel about a young wo-man's dating escapades. Benjamina Franklin is a star journalist who chronicles her dating disasters for Filly, a women's magazine. When Benjamina meets Max, she thinks she's finally met the man of her dreams. And just in time-her little sister's wedding is only a few months away. The only problem is that Max turns out to be younger. A lot younger. Soon he's exhibiting classic signs of Benjamina's worst nightmare: male commitment phobia. Will Max leave her to be single and broken-hearted? Or will Benjamina realize that her life is full without a pseudoboyfriend? Women everywhere will laugh and cry along with Benjamina as she navigates the highs and lows of the modern dating world.

Author Biography

Deanna Kizis is West Coast editor at Elle magazine. Her work has appeared in Harper's Bazaar, Entertainment Weekly, People, Cosmopolitan, Nylon, Details, Premiere, and Variety, among other publications. Ms. Kizis lives in Los Angeles

Table of Contents

Filly Quiz: Is He or Isn't He? (Maybe he's your boyfriend. Maybe not)	p. 8
Filly Tips: Avoid Spermy (Get perfect eyebrows in six steps)	p. 17
Five Dates from Hell: Men Who Are Two-Timing, Cheap, and Utterly Revolting--What's Not to Love? (A special report from L.A.'s dating battlefield)	p. 30
Filly Quiz: Are You, or Are You Not, a Stalker? (That is the question)	p. 46
Filly Tips: Stealth Phone! (These techniques can save you from yourself)	p. 55
Filly Lexicon: Safety Guy--(The perfect man)	p. 73
Is It a Love Connection? (Plot the course of your newest romance)	p. 86
For Fun, Freedom, and in the Name of Research, Turn Them Off! (We get guys to hate us, so you don't have to)	p. 107
The Other Four-Letter Word (What you should never say out loud)	p. 116
Filly Post (Mom answers all your pesky questions)	p. 130
Filly Feed (A secret recipe that will wow your friends)	p. 139
Horrorscope (Warnings from the stars)	p. 159
The Full Life (Filly's Benjamina Franklin takes on the scary role of self-help guru)	p. 169
Filly Lexicon: Girlie Crack--(You're already addicted)	p. 174
Filly Quiz: Go Ahead, Jump (If your friends give good advice, then why is everything going wrong?)	p. 180
The Filly Wheel of (In)Decision (All your mini dramas solved)	p. 192
First-Date Facts (What you'll wear, where you'll go, whether or not you'll get any)	p. 209
He's Too Young for You and He'll Ruin Your Life (But not if you read this story!)	p. 212
The Art of War (Plan a party like a Hollywood publicist)	p. 229
Could this Really Be the End?	p. 248
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