A journalist I know was polling men for a feature story she was working on. It was one of those man-on-the-street type of articles in which everyone's asked the same question and the responses are printed.

The question was this: "What's the worst advice you've ever received about dating."
I told her, "Oh crap--that's easy!" The worst advice I have ever received was, "Don't give up on love."

It's inevitable. Whether there's some new girl you adore who's not reciprocating or a long-term girlfriend who's tired of your horseshit, there's always some idiot in your life telling you not to give up on love, as though you're John Cusack with a boombox outside love's window.

"Don't give up" is the second worst piece of dating advice ever. There's another name for guys who don't give up on their romantic interests. They're called "stalkers" and stalking is wrong, unless of course, you're John Cusack with a boom box, in which case it's romantic.