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subscribe to style file blog via RSSwhy love is like a pair of jeans
May 8, 2008 10:48 am
“One guy had a limp. One guy had an eye patch, which he swore was a temporary flaw. One guy liked Stephen Sondheim a little too much,” reminisced writer Alix Strauss, editor of “Have I Got a Guy for You” (Polka Dot Press), a new collection of essays about the men with whom mothers have fixed up their daughters. We caught up with Strauss last night at the book party at Alice + Olivia. She continued, “My mom is great at picking out a pair of black pants for me. She can call me up and say they’re winter weight or they’re summer weight, they’re thin, they’ll hug your body, but only I can buy jeans for myself. Sometimes, I think your love life is like a pair of jeans. You know, you have to try them on to see how they fit and they all fit very differently. She could never walk into a store and say, ‘Here are jeans that’ll work for you.’ There are like 80 million different kinds of jeans!” When Strauss began sharing her wretchedly funny (though touching) war stories with other literary friends, she realized she was not alone, and the book idea was born. There’s still a glimmer of hope, though: To round out the collection, Strauss included one story of a young woman who met her husband through her mom.
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