false 4947343 2 <DIV><P>What Was I Thinking? is a collection of first-person essays describing the moment in a relationship when, no matter how much you think it should work, or want it to work, or <I>need</I> it to work, you get that <I>it’s not going to work</I>.  Maybe you overheard the wrong thing due to the physics-defying acoustics in the ladies’ room you ducked into during a dinner date (as in Amy Wruble’s “Junk in the Trunk”).  Maybe you realized that it’s just impossible to be with a guy who orders a “creche” of wine instead of a carafe of wine, because “Hey, Baby. I'm a writer. I play with words.” (as in Lynn Snowden Picket’s “Norm Crosby Syndrome”). Or maybe it was as obvious as having your boyfriend say that he thinks of other women during sex with you (as in Rhonda Talbot’s “Revenge Baby”).  </P><P>Whatever the details of that head-slapping moment, these epiphanies make great stories—whether frantically texted, recounted over lattes, or savored in What Was I Thinking?  Included in this collection are more than fifty classic bad boyfriend stories, from writers including: </P><P>Carrie Fisher<BR>Claudia Handler<BR>Bonnie Bruckheimer<BR>Maira Kalman<BR>Cindy Chupack<BR>Rachel Resnick<BR>Mimi Pond<BR>Francesca Lia Block<BR>Nicole Hollander</P></DIV> 5013071 3 2 2009 What Was I Thinking?: 58 Bad Boyfriend Stories total:58|5:7|4:15|3:17|2:15|1:4| 58 180 134 21 2 0 false false Thu May 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 16:26:59 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 19:29:38 -0700 2009
58 women share anecdotes about truly awful men. We've all done it. This book is somewhat reminiscent of those long nights back in college where you and your girls sat around someone's dorm room, drank way...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 16:27:29 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 16:27:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 12:01:42 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 09:57:03 -0700 2009 What Was I Thinking? 58 Bad Boyfriend Stories was laugh-out-loud funny and yet deeply sad. I kept being struck by the fact that there's all these women in the world who ignore "red flags" and "warning signs" about loser men. Still, it was a hoot to read of just how blind love can...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jul 11 18:45:25 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 18:51:30 -0700 2009
I felt sorry for all the woman who had dated and been treated badly by jerks, but even more, I felt badly that so many women out there dumped guys for such mino...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 15:12:34 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 15:16:33 -0700 2009
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