So a friend of mine has been reading He's Just Not That Into You, and has been telling me about little anecdotes for a while now. I sometimes wonder whether this will be an effective messenger. In my experience, most people have a really hard time seeing what's happening right in front of their face, because they can't have the view of an impartial third party. I think of a couple conversations that I've had with friends in what I would call dysfunctional relationships. The problems are usually so obvious and so blatant, that anyone can see them from a mile away. I dunno.