boy advice in magazines

On my way to New York this weekend I picked up a copy of Cosmopolitan. I always think it's funny to see the advice that magazines give to people to deal with boys. I've read magazines since I was 7 years old and sadly, used to take this advice seriously. Luckily, I didn't act on it.

This month's issue of Cosmo had an article about how to decode guy's vague text messages. They said that if a guy sends you a text says, "You around?" that you should respond saying, "Depends...whose asking?"

That's unbelievably creepy. Who would ever write that? Clearly he's asking.

I don't understand why magazines and movies make girls think that they need to be cryptic for guys to like them. Honestly, it probably just makes them think you're weird. I'm not anywhere near an expert with guys, but I'd probably say not to go to magazines for advice.

Cosmo's November Issue