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He's not that into you.

So Oprah.

There's nothing on at 4 o'clock. I only have 21 channels of TV goodness and uh... there's nothing on. Half those channels are wacky cable access so I probably have 11 channels that may have something watchable and they don't. Cause Oprah's better than Montel.

And cartoons? Back in the day four o clock cartoons were the best. Smurfs, The Real Ghostbusters and Voltron filled your afternoon pre-dinner hours quite well. And now? It's Jackie Chan Adventures and Yugi-goh. Whoopie.

So Oprah's on while I get dressed for work. And last week he had a guy who wrote this book called He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys.

The scene from Sex and the City goes something like this. Paraphrased, I assure you. The red-headed chickie ... er... Miranda (thank you Google) goes out on a date with this guy who walks her up to her door kisses her good night, and when she invites him he says "I can't I have an early meeting."

So in typical SEX fashion they try to figure out what his deal is.

Maybe he's afraid of being hurt.
Maybe he doesn't want to ruin the friendship.
Maybe he's intimidated by me.
He just got out of a relationship

So they ask Berger (played wonderfully by Ron Livingston, the Office Space Guy) what his male perspective was. He tries to be nice but eventually says, "He's just not that into you."

"What?"

"If a guy wants a girl ... we're upstairs. Meeting or no meeting. We're comin up."

And that's the premise of the book. Guys will do whatever they can to keep the women they want. So Oprah has some pre-selected people come up and ask questions about their man and his response almost everytime was "He's not that into you."

"When I met the woman who would become my wife, she lived in Paris. She would call at like 3 am our time. But I took the call. We talked for hours. THat's what guys will do if they're into you."

If you're waiting three weeks for a phone call ... he's not that into you. Course I've been trying to tell my girlfriends these things for years... but why should they listen to me. Well know it's backed up.

So there.

Matt

A now a long awaited moment of Zen.

Posted by matty at September 27, 2004 03:51 PM