Table of Contents
Introduction: The Dreaded C-Word 1
Part 1 Killing My Innocence
1 A View from the Top 7
2 Family Affair 11
3 Puppy Love 17
4 My First 21
5 Something Intimate 27
6 The Thespian 31
7 Cheater 35
Part 2 Kissing Every Frog
8 Detective Doute 41
Password Questionnaire 51
9 Three's a Crowd 53
10 Nonconsensual 59
11 Only Skin Deep 63
The Five Kinds of Crazy 67
12 Double-Booked 71
13 The Cult Classic 77
Part 3 Kamikaze Kristen
14 My First Mactor 87
15 Glorified Roommates 91
16 Sin City Slipup 95
To Catch a Cheater 98
17 I Lied 101
18 The Hail Mary 107
19 Robbing the Cradle 111
20 Ubergate 115
21 My Darkest Hour 119
22 Blind Date 123
Dating Profiles 101 128
23 The Honeymoon Phase 131
24 The Breakup 137
25 She's Making You Crazy 143
Part 4 Kickin' It Single
26 Sexting 149
27 Hit It and Quit It 153
28 Friends with Benefits 157
29 I Kissed a Girl 161
30 The Casual Dating Minefield 167
31 The Holy Grail 171
Part 5 Kumbaya, Bitches
32 My Ex, His Girl, My Friends 179
33 Co-Parenting 183
34 The Boomerang 187
35 Taking Care of Me 193
36 The One, or Not 201
Acknowledgments 207