How Not to Date

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Dec 11, Logan Hughes rated it it was ok Shelves: A surprising number are from the author's own personal history, and overall with a few exceptions they lack the sheer weirdness I would expect from a book level bad date story. A little more of a magazine tone than I like alliteration, "fashion don'ts" etc but entertaining enough on the subway. As an aside, Kindle edition really mangles a book like this with a lot of sidebars, dropping lengthy ones into the middle of a story so you think it's over then you forget what was happening.

I wrote this—so please read it! May 21, Alexc Comer rated it did not like it. Pretty Bad, I really like her sindicated column "Date Girl" and have followed her blog for a few years but this book I am sad to say is really weak. Feb 01, Melissa rated it did not like it. I thought this book would be funny, but it was just gross and disturbing.

Oct 18, Alan rated it really liked it. Very funny but yes it is crude at times. But life is crude at time so get over it. Sep 23, Velvet rated it did not like it. I've read more interesting dating stories in The Village Voice. There isn't enough substance for this to have been made into an entire book.

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Her subjects sound like the most undateable, purposely-picked, unbelievably clownish embellishers whose stories come across as disingenuous for the sake of making otherwise boring experiences seem interesting. Jan 20, Tim rated it liked it. Okay, this was a pretty funny book. I must admit, although I have some interesting stories of my own, I can't top a few of the ones that were told in this book.

In the end, I guess you could say that the best thing about this book is that it made me feel a lot better about my own dating problems at least I never, nor have I ever had, someone poop on my bed May 07, Jesse rated it it was ok Shelves: For men and women, gay or straight, it is full of advice, warnings and misadventures of people who have been there, done that, wished they hadn't and lived to tell the tale. It's great if you need a laugh or to feel better about your dating life. Jun 16, Donna rated it liked it. Okay, it was on the giveaway table.

What can I say? But it really was quite funny, if a little crude. Dec 30, Kate rated it it was amazing. I tore through this book in about 24 hours. I can't wait until Judy writes another one. Oct 19, Keith Davis rated it liked it. Bad date stories with commentary and advice, mostly from the female perspective. The fact that these accounts are based on true stories makes them more sad than humorous.

Dec 30, Rich rated it it was amazing. Read a book by my friend writing about my dating shame and hers, and yours, and everyone else's too May 17, Boaz added it. Descriptions about how dating can go bad. Nov 06, Dorothy rated it it was amazing. I laughed so hard I squirted diet coke out of my nose while reading this book. I seem to have a common-sense block. You've been writing your Dategirl column for eight years. Has the nature of the questions you get changed over the years? What's the most common question?

From jump, the most common question has been "how can I meet someone? It's hard enough to meet someone you don't want to punch in the face; to also require that the person meet a bunch of arbitrary requirements is just insane. Your new book, How Not To Date, is in many ways an anti-dating guide, or perhaps it's about learning from negative examples.

Why did you choose to structure it this way? I've always found reading about and learning from negative examples to be far more effective and fun than plodding through some cheery instructional manual. Plus, who wants to hear about a bunch of great dates with inspiring outcomes?

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This book doesn't promise to find you a date, but it will give you tips on how to avoid fucking things up beyond repair. Were most of the contributors of horror dates your friends, or strangers? How did you go about finding them? I told everyone I knew that I was looking.

Some were friends, then there were friends of friends. Like Dan Renzi, who used to be on the Real World. I love his blog and asked him to participate. He agreed and I'm so glad--he's hilarious and should be a giant star. Reighley, shrink Rob Dobrenski, PhD, and a former stripper. What was the most surprising thing any of them said? The most surprising was that while Tera Patrick said she'd reject the wee of wiener, Joanna Angel was more concerned that the person she was dating be charming and able to carry on a conversation.

She said she that her sex life was so amazing at "the office," physical chemistry and a giant cock were less important off-screen. Out of all the awful stories in the book, which would you single out as the most awful, the kind you wouldn't even wish on your worst enemy?

How Not to Date by Judy McGuire

After all my research into bad dates and eight years as a dating columnist, nobody has managed to top the guy who crapped himself in my bed. Was there anything too horrifying to include in the book? Personally, I didn't find this at all horrifying, but one item in my list of things you should never tell your date made my editors weep like little babies and they asked me to take it out: My favorite part is about how your current boyfriend, Spyro, actually committed a dating faux pas having his friends tag along on the date , but you forgave him enough for a second date.

When should you let a mistake go, and when should you give someone another chance? Spyro was freaked out when he discovered that I was a dating columnist, so he decided to protect himself with a wall of friends. Once he figured out that our date was actually a date and not a research expedition, he relaxed. He was such a goof about the whole thing it wound up being kind of charming.

Plus, men are never intimidated by me, so that was refreshing!

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I think people don't rely on their gut nearly enough. If you have a good feeling about someone who suffers a momentary spazz-out, then give them another chance. But if your gut is saying no, listen. I certainly could've saved myself a lot of trouble that way. Who would you say is your target audience for How Not to Date?

Is Valentine's Day a terrible time to pick someone up, or the perfect time? I know it's probably wrong for a dating columnist to feel this way, but I really loathe Valentine's Day. Any holiday specifically designed to make single people feel like crap is one I really have no use for.

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And yeah, I realize it's not about that--it's ostensibly about celebrating love, whatnot--but too many women wind up crying into their cocktails because they don't have a boyfriend or husband to buy them an ugly stuffed animal clutching a satin heart. So I guess if you're a guy who's into picking up the depressed, drunk and vulnerable it's a great time! And now some questions for the aspiring writers out there; how did you land your Dategirl column, and what's been the secret to your longevity?

I've been a writer for a long time, but never wrote about relationships until a cartoonist friend and I decided to do an animated series called Dategirl. Richard Mather, the cartoonist, and I got a deal with MTV to do the series, which was about a sex and love advice columnist who lived in Williamsburg. I was all excited, quit my academic job researching heroin addicts and prepared to become the next Matt Groening.

After nine months of development, MTV passed on the show. He suggested I just become the main character in the TV show and try out as their new sex columnist.

So I did and got the job. As for the question of my longevity--I honestly have no idea, but am convinced that with most good things, luck played a large part.

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