The Day I Shot Cupid : Hello, My Name Is Jennifer Love Hewitt and I'm a Love-aholic

Explains how a woman can stay true to herself while looking for the man of her dreams, combining personal anecdotes with sound, witty advice on such topics as body image, text flirting, and dating long distance. Abstract: Explains how a woman can stay true to herself while looking for the man of her dreams, combining personal anecdotes with sound, witty advice on such topics as body image, text flirting, and dating long distance Content: LET'S TALK MEN, WOMEN, AND WHERE WE ARE. Cereal dater -- Balls, a dress, or a dress that hides our balls -- Macho, metro, or hero -- Dumbfounded genitals, or, Who took my mojo? -- Flossed and tossed -- THE THINGS WE FACED WHILE DATING AND IN RELATIONSHIPS (the hookups, the big ups, and the big downs). The stages are set -- Texting or sexing -- IM in. IM out. I'm still on his IM -- Three strikes, you're out -- Something smells -- Deja wardrobe -- When your relationship comes to a skid ... Mark -- Natural dilemma -- BuTTinski, or, Does my butt look big? -- His and her thrones -- www.zipit.com -- Let's play "we" -- BREAKING UP IS EASY TO DO SURVIVING IT IS THE HARD PART (can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em, can't shoot 'em! Well, maybe in some states ...) Put your big-girl pants on and get over it -- It was vagazzaling -- Table for one -- In whom can we trust -- You love me, you really love me ... or maybe not -- Get moving! -- 20 things to do after a breakup -- Actual facts about the heart -- Let's snuggle! The hormone that makes us -- Stop! In the name of love -- FOR FEMALE EYES ONLY. My 5-day diet ... that only lasted 3 -- You're so vain ... you probably think this varicose is about you -- Bitch, please -- Fat, and not with a PH -- OMG I'm 30! -- Be polite, it's cellulite -- W.O.R.T.H. (Women Over Relationships That Hurt) -- The perfect date, batteries included -- FUN LITTLE EXTRAS. 10 things to do before a date -- 10 things NOT to do before a date -- 5 things he should say before a date -- 5 things you should NOT say on a date -- 10 hard-core truths about men -- What a m an should know -- What a woman should know -- What does love mean? -- 25 things they haven't written about me in the press -- So it comes to an end. For any woman who has ever bought a self-help book and wondered why she bothered. (P.S. Now that I know he's just not that into me, where do I go from there? Yeah, thanks for that advice.) Jennifer Love Hewitt is a self-proclaimed "love-aholic" and hopeless romantic (her middle name is Love, after all!). She has been lucky and unlucky in love, and lived to tell — and she's done it all in the spotlight. Much has been written about her love life—some true, most made up to sell magazines. Now Hewitt shares the real story of what she's learned navigating the dangerous dating waters. In The Day I Shot Cupid , Hewitt offers her hard-won wisdom and tells us how to embrace love with both feet on the ground. First, we have to shoot Cupid. We have to believe that happily-ever-after is hard work — it's not all flowers and symphonies and floating hearts. Wise and wry and refreshingly honest, Hewitt talks about how to pick the right guy and how to know when to let the wrong ones go free, and she offers some surprising truths about the opposite sex. From twenty things to do after a breakup, to ten things to do before a date, to the perils of text flirting (Note: You are waiting. By the phone. For his response.) , Hewitt uses stories and dating secrets to illustrate the idiotic, romantic, crazy, depressing, hilarious, awkward, glorious moments we all experience in relationships. Funny, quirky, and empowering, The Day I Shot Cupid deserves a place on every woman's nightstand, bookshelf, or coffee table, or tucked inside her oversized designer handbag.