But Like Maybe Don't

In the vein of Mari Andrew and Hyperbole and a Half, Arianna Margulis (@butlikemaybe) shares her millennial misadventures, comic heartbreak, and spunky pick-yourself-back-up spirit in this illustrated journey through everything you need to get wrong in love in order to get to what's right. Arianna Margulis's pen was set aflame when an ex-boyfriend took her for a "walk" in Central Park. She was sneak-attack dumped because she "interfered with his meditation schedule." After a few sobs, she found her way to a sharpie, doodled the hilarity and the heartbreak, and @butlikemaybe was born--an Instagram cult sensation exploding in popularity. Arianna chronicles her misadventures via a Lizzie McGuire-like crop-topped doppelganger, equal parts optimistic and anxious, who holds tight to the belief that bae is out there. Capturing the hopeful, silly, slightly tipsy, friend-filled, and too-often heartbroken world of 20something women, But Like Maybe Don't is a witty and winning primer on what NOT to do when dating. Inspired by all the ways Arianna's gone wrong in her search for love, from asking a first date what kind of wedding cake he wants to deplaning an aircraft because her crush called, this charming and off-kilter anti-guide gently guides you to what matters: realizing that you're already pretty awesome. With plenty of advice for recognizing and moving on when he's just not that into you, Arianna ultimately shows how to switch your focus from chasing a guy to realizing, actually, you're the prize--so that when tequila urges you to text your ex, you can respond, but like maybe don't.