It is the oldest story in book. Girl likes boy. Boy likes girl. They fall in love and live happily ever after. As many girls know, especially those on a college campus, that fairy-tale ending just does not happen. Despite the many heartaches and broken promises we endure, we still try to capture that happily ever after. And why? Why do we allow ourselves to be embarrassed and controlled by a boy that might not even know we exist? Why do we double-text even when we know we will not get a response? It's absolutely crazy! "He's Just Not That Into You" is one of the greatest movies ever made and every girl needs to grab some Skinny Pop and sit right down if they want to finally hear it straight.

1. This is the biggest lie.

How many of your mothers told you this when you came home crying because a boy was not nice to you? This just sets us up for failure. Why? Because we think, "Oh, this guy actually likes me. It's perfectly fine to continue to stalk him." We do not leave him alone like he truly wants. We hound him and try to make him like us even though he never will. So, no Mom. He is a douche because he is a douche, not because he likes me.

2. This harsh dose of reality.

When Alex told Gigi this, I laughed of course. But then it began to sink in. How many guys have you given excuses for? How many times have you said, "But he's actually really sweet, you just don't know him like I do," to your friends? Sometimes the need to feel wanted outweighs the cruel fact that he really is not into you. What I have come to understand is that if a guy cares about you, you will not get treated poorly. Stay away from guys that make you feel any less than perfect.

3. We have all wanted to do this more times than we would like to admit.

I connect with this on a personal level, especially with texting. You see that your iMessage was delivered, but there is no response. The longer you wait, the more rational it becomes to text him again. And maybe one more. The next thing you know, you are nine texts in and you do not have any good excuses for your actions. An important lesson: if a guy wants to talk to you, then he will.

4. Do not waste your time on boys that do not waste their time on you.

I know that it is so hard to let go of someone, even when you know that they do not like you. Somehow, we all think that we can change a guy and that time will make him magically fall in love with us. Nope. Not at all. They will continue doing what they are doing and allow us to satiate their engorged egos.

5. This absolutely true statement.

We all deserve this. Why do we keep wasting our time on losers who do not care? Why do we cry over guys that could not care less? Why do we have to be the ones that get hurt when everything comes to an end? We cannot allow this to keep happening. If we want to find someone that is going to care, then we need to stop settling.

6. There are actual rules in dating.

There are rules and there are exceptions. We are mostly rules. As Gigi points out, "All my friends used to tell me about how things might work out with these dipsticks because they knew someone, who knew someone, who dated a dipstick just like mine. That girl ended up getting married and living happily ever after. But that's the exception and we're not the exception. We're the rule." Basically, if a guy does something horrible to you, then most likely, he will not turn into some hero or boyfriend material. That's the rule.

7. There most likely is not something wrong with you.

We have got to get out of the mindset that we are always the problem. Relationships are a two-way street. We cannot keep berating ourselves for not being pretty enough or skinny enough, smart or dumb enough. We are not perfect, but neither is he.

8. In all honesty, sometimes you have to put yourself out there a little bit.

Like I said, relationships are a two-way street. You have to know where the halfway point is and allow him to come the rest of the way. We want to respect ourselves and find someone who gives us the respect and love we deserve. So it would be insane not to put yourself out there a little bit. Just not excessively. But trust, the line is thin.

9. We have all done it. We have all had our friends do it for us.

I have had friends ask me to follow guys on Instagram that they hooked up with the night before. They need to make sure he was really as cute as they believed he was at the time. So, sometimes cyber-stalking is not the greatest because you can be sorely disappointed. But we have all done it. There are so many social platforms that people use to showcase their lives -- it makes it hard to not look.

10. This coping mechanism.

I think most girls eat their feelings. I have taken that walk of shame right to Bucknell's 7th Street Cafe, grabbed a Snickers milkshake with extra caramel, called my friends to meet me and slurped that thing down. Food makes us happy, no doubt in my mind. I think heartache does not help the "Freshman-15."

11. Goals.

But at the end of the day, we still want that magical ending. We want the boy. We want him to be head over heels for us. We want to feel like we are the most important thing in the world. And I learned that while not everything goes the way we planned, every decision and heartbreak and stupid boy, will lead us to the one we are supposed to be with: our exception.