The Ex-Boyfriend Syndrome

Julie Anderson is sick of running into ex-boyfriends. Dating by the motto: “Any guy who has the good taste to ask me out deserves a chance,” and still living in the town where she was born, she seems to encounter a former flame at every turn. But the philosophy that was supposed to help her find Mr. Right seemed to have gotten her only a bunch of Mr. Wrongs. There’s Paul, her high school sweetheart who invites her to his gay wedding. Troy, a shallow, self- absorbed architect who takes Julie out only to sleep with her roommate. Mike, the volunteer fireman/Boy Scout whose heart she breaks. And Thomas, the one who broke her heart. Suffering from the realization that life after college is nothing like she’d planned, she watches her roommates lose men and her sisters find love and begins to despair of ever finding the right man for herself. Then one of her exes introduces her to Sam, and Julie learns that love comes not from philosophy or strategy, but from kindness and a little luck.