Totally Me Book

	Introduction	ix
Part 1	Thank god for the girls	1
Chapter 1	Adventures in Chickland	3
	The Language of Friendship	4
	The Golden Age of Friendship	10
	Thank You for Being a Friend	14
Chapter 2	She's My Best Friend, and I Hate Her	15
	A Simple Rule	18
	Curtain Calls	23
Chapter 3	My Girlfriend Has a New Boyfriend, and I Don't	26
	Woe Is You	27
	Rising Above It	30
	Your Escape Route	30
	Single and Loving It	35
Part 2	They're goofy, They're gross, and Damn It, They're great! Let's Talk About Boys	37
Chapter 4	Through His Eyes	39
	One-Track Minds	40
	Behind Enemy Lines	44
	So Why Would You Want One?	50
	Electrical Overload	51
Chapter 5	The Chase Begins	53
	Doing the Legwork	57
	On the Move	60
Chapter 6	Did I Just Say That Out Loud?	62
	Meanwhile, Back on Earth	64
	The Five Ps	65
	Don't Go Changin'	68
	Who'll Crack First?	70
	The Other Boy	74
	Sorry, Charlie	74
	Taking It on the Chin	76
Chapter 7	The Big Date	77
	75 Hours, 30 Minutes, 20 Seconds, and Counting	78
Chapter 8	Hot Lips	83
	First Contact	84
	The Politics of Smooching	85
	The French Connection	85
	The Bad and the Ugly	86
Chapter 9	So, You've Got a Boyfriend (This Week, Anyway)	88
	Number One Guy?	88
	He's Starting to Bug Me Already	91
	Spoiling Your Guy	92
	A Really Big Night	94
Chapter 10	The Wild Thing	95
	If You Had the Chance to Do It All Again	96
	Lies, Lies, Lies	97
	Hear Ye, Hear Ye	98
	Pressing the Stop Button	100
	Running for Home	101
	What's a Girl to Do?	103
	The Last Word	104
Chapter 11	The Dump Truck: Is That You Behind the Wheel?	106
	You've Lost that Lovin' Feeling	108
	Another Point of View	109
	The Coward's Way Out	109
	A Class Act	110
Chapter 12	Under the Dump Truck's Wheels	114
	Missing Your Cutoff	116
	The Phaseout	119
	Obsession	121
Chapter 13	Move Along, Girls--There's Nothing to See Here	125
	Back to Life, Back to Reality	126
	Disappearing Act	127
	Friends Forever?	128
	New Beginnings	129
Part 3	Parents: It's All Their Fault Anyway	131
Chapter 14	You Can't Live with 'Em	133
	Bad Press	135
	A Visit to the Zoo	136
	We Are Family	138
	Is It Hopeless?	138
Chapter 15	Who's the Boss? (That Would Be You!)	140
	Think like a Boss	141
	Talk like a Boss	141
	Forbear like a Boss	142
	Work like a Boss	143
	Walk like a Boss	144
Chapter 16	Getting What You Want	146
	Who's Got the Power?	147
	It's All in the Training	148
	Tricks of the Trade	158
	Life in the Family Laboratory	161
Chapter 17	Quality Time	163
	Back to the Classroom	164
	Weaning Your Parents	166
	To Like or Not to Like	171
	When All Else Fails	173
Chapter 18	Love and the Single Parent	175
	Smashed to Bits	176
	And Life Goes On	178
	Save Your Future	184
	A Change of Pace	185
Part 4	Baby, You're the Greatest	189
Chapter 19	Yakkity Yak--Learn to Talk Back	191
	The Speed of Sound	191
	Keep at It	196
	Tell It to Your Journal	197
Chapter 20	Hormones: Your Evil Copilot	202
	Lab Tests Show	203
	Ups and Downs	205
	Symptoms of Hormonal Overload	207
	The Last Word	211
Chapter 21	It's Your Body, You'd Better Get Used to It	212
	Light Support for Girls	212
	Mirror, Mirror	213
	The Chameleon	216
	Because You're Worth It	217
Chapter 22	Help! Who Am I?	220
	Pressure, Pressure, Pressure	221
	Sex and Drugs and Alcohol	223
	Role Models	224
	Follow Your Heart (or Should We Say, Your Gut?)	225
	Index	227