Human Nonplus

I found this somewhat empowering and reinforcing my opinion on the top ten reasons to move to Europe. So, maybe it's my environment that's squashing my self-esteem, causing me to doubt my self-worth and become one of these women who feels their self worth is determined by their love relationships. A pitiful vision of my self.

This is an excerpt of an interview with one of the co-authors of the book - He's Just Not That Into You.

LT: Countries all over the world had bought the rights to He's Just Not That into You and France still hadn't. And it was so irritating to me. It became like the guy who doesn't like you so you like him more. I became obsessed with why France didn't want my book. And then I became interested in what it is that goes on in France that they don't think the book applies to them. I realized they don't have a single culture there. They don't have Bridget Jones' Diary books or films. They have films about love and marriage and infidelity but not about the single girl. I started wondering why that was. So, in a nutshell, France didn't want to buy my book. It really annoyed me. I wanted to find out why and that started this curiosity about how women are being single in different parts of the world.

LL: So, why do you think France doesn't have a culture around being single?

LT: When I went there, there was just a complete, innate sense of self-esteem and entitlement among the women. Their mothers already told them they're great as they are, that they should never chase a man and that they always need to have pride. They said 'Why would I need a book to tell me a guy's not into me if he hasn't called me?' They thought it was the funniest thing. 'So, you made a lot of money writing a book that tells women that when a guy doesn't call her he's not into her?'

Courtesy of Single Edition Feature Article