Snow Day Book Review

Only in Arlington is your kid's school cancelled for the entire day because there is one inch of dry light powder on the ground. Arlington public schools had a mere two-hour delay, to allow buses to slog through the treacherous mounds of icy stuff -- not! -- but Fairfax County, which Nickie's school follows, needed the whole day off. But it's all good -- I love a snow day!

Nickie, 17, and her pals have been passing around the book "He's Just Not That Into You" by Jeff Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo, writers on Sex and the City, who got the idea from an episode they wrote for the show. I read it last weekend in one sitting, and parents of young girls: this is a must have for our smart, confidant, fabulous girls, who can be led astray to waste their precious time and energy, not to mention tender hearts, on men who are not worthy.

The book is great, short and funny -- Greg Behrendt provides a black and white view of what men really think, and dismisses all the many excuses women make for them. "He's shy, he's really busy, he's been hurt, he just got out of a bad relationship, he doesn't want to ruin our friendship." It's all baloney! If a man is into you, likes you, wants to date you, doesn't want some other guy to get you first, he will call you, he will woo you, he will be thoughtful and care what you want and how you feel. He will want to make you like him too.

I've bought and sent a copy to Cassie, 19, and a college freshman too. I hope I can spare them, or at least forearm them, so they don't forget who they are and put up with any crap from guys, so they can size them up quickly and move on to a better model, so they don't waste their time and thoughts and hearts on guys who just aren't that into them.