How to Talk To Girls

Let's face it, we can all learn something here...

clipped from www.time.com Alec Greven, author of the new dating guide How to Talk to Girls, has a lot going for him. He's clean-cut, confident and a published author. He is also 9 years old. And although his relationship advice is nothing new — girls like gifts and attention from boys; they get mad when they discover a boy has been trying to date multiple people at once — its simplicity is remarkably accurate. Highlights: On relationships: "Sometimes, you get a girl to like you, then she ditches you. Life is hard, move on! Or sometimes it just doesn't work out. I had a crush on a girl in preschool. Then my family had to move, so I had to let her wash out of my mind." The Lowdown: Greven does not support the "just be yourself" method of dating — he recommends copying someone cool — but let's be honest: sometimes that method doesn't work (especially in elementary school, when "being yourself" often translates to "eating boogers"). He warns against passing love notes, as they tend to get intercepted