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61 " Life's biggest rewards come from the biggest challenges "
― Greg Behrendt , It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken: The Smart Girl's Break-Up Buddy
62 " So many of us find ourselves saying, “but he was so great!” Yes, and the people who got on the Titanic thought they were going on vacation. Things changed and it’s important to remember that they did. "
63 " There's a guy out there who will want to tell everyone that he is your boyfriend. Quit goofing around and go find him. "
― Greg Behrendt
64 " Meeting someone you like and dating him is supposed to make you feel better, not worse. "
― Greg Behrendt , He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys
65 " Better than nothing is not good enough for you! "
66 " Before you look for validation in others, try and find it in yourself "
67 " Hey, Hot Stuff, Can’t wait till you get over that guy you were with. He sounds like a real jerk. Hope it’s soon. You’re way too tasty to be alone for too long. Come find me. I’m out here waiting. Your Future "
68 " In retrospect, I'm embarrassed by how little effort on his part it took for me to come back or stay. I was so desperate for him to love me, to want me, to fight for me that I was literally grateful for any mere scrap of effort. I'd made so many excuses for his inability to treat me well that even the smallest gesture was amplified in my head. After years of this, I finally got my head out of my ass and realized that aside from feeling insecure and fragile about the state of my relationship all the time, we also wanted entirely different things out of life! "
69 " It’s very tempting when you really want to be with someone to settle for much, much less - even a vague pathetic facsimile of less - than you would have ever imagined. Remember always what you set out to get and please don’t settle for less. "
70 " I’m about to make a wild, extreme, and severe relationship rule: the word “busy” is a load of crap and is most often used by assholes. "
71 " A good indication that it's not is if you're only staying with What's His Name because you're scared. "
72 " Is he making you happy? I don’t mean some of the time, on rare occasions, not that often, “but the good still outweighs the bad.” Does he make it clear in his actions every day that your happiness is important to him? "
73 " If he's choosing not to make a simple effort that would put you at ease and bring harmony to a recurring fight, then he doesn't respect your feelings and needs. "
74 " You can’t fix people or make them change; the only thing you can do is pack your shit and leave if it isn’t working for you. "
― Greg Behrendt , It's Just a F***ing Date: Some Sort of Book About Dating
75 " There was no closure to be had, just jail time in my head. What's he doing? What's he thinking? Does he still love me? Does he love her more? Is he thinking that he made a mistake? It doesn't matter, because the cold hard truth was that he didn't love me enough to want to be with me. It took me a while, but I ultimately realized that I had to physically separate myself from all the things that were keeping me stuck inside my obsessive mind. "
76 " And there is something great about knowing that my only job is to be as happy as I can be about my life, and feel as good as I can about myself, and to lead as full and eventful a life as I can, so that it doesn’t ever feel like I’m just waiting around for some guy to ask me out. And most importantly, it’s good for us all to remember that we don’t need to scheme and plot and beg to get someone to ask us out. We’re fantastic. "
77 " He's just not that into you. "
78 " Life is hard enough as it is without choosing someone difficult to share it with. "
79 " Greg made us see, after an enormous amount of effort, that if a (sane) guy really likes you, there ain’t nothing that’s going to get in his way. And if he’s not sane, why would you want him? "
80 " If he was so great, you'd still be together. "