From TikTok star Eli Rallo, an irreverent, laugh-out-loud funny, and searingly honest take on modern dating and romance with tips, tricks, and survival-guide style rules. I Didnt Know I Needed Thisis the dose of confidence every girl needs to live their life on their own terms. Eli Rallo is a social media superstar, a Carrie Bradshaw for the TikTok age, a true romantic at heart, and the best friend every young woman wishes she had. As someone who prides herself in feeling fully and deeply, Eli is on the ride with you, kissing the frogs, sending (and deleting) the risky DMs, climbing down frat house gutters, making the friends youll have for life, all while finding love and falling in love with yourself and learning that everything will be alright.. In this earnest and vulnerable look at what its really like to date as a young woman in the modern world of dating apps, rotating rosters, and social media snafus, Eli gives her rules for each stage of the gametried and true tricks of the trade.I Didn't Know I Needed Thisfollows the natural lifecycle of dating, starting with being single, flirting, and navigating the apps to going on dates, having sex, falling in love, and managing relationships, to finally dealing with heartbreak, finding closure, prioritizing your friends, and honoring your life. Discover the rules that have worked for her, and garnered her more than a half million TikTok followers:prep for a first date like an athlete before a big gametry a person out in different settings before committing to themplan the second date while youre out on the firstfind your perfect eff me sweaterflirt with your partner, no matter how long youve been togethergive yourself a set mourning period to wallow after a breakup, and then stick to italways (always!) communicate your needs, wants, desires, and boundariesfind little ways to love your life and treat yourselfWith touching stories of her own adventures and mishaps, Eli helps you navigate dating in a way thats frank, honest, funny, and relatable, giving the advice that you didnt even know you needed.
