Recipe for checking dangerous giddiness about boys and other unreliable infatuations

1. Different Class, by Pulp. Jarvis will convince you to be as cynical and bitter about love and relationships as he is in no time.

Something beautiful left town and she doesn't even know its name. Now every night she plays a sad game. Called pretending nothing's going wrong. ("Live Bed Show")

2. Advice from the Insound newsletter:

Buy some records. Take them out for a nice, romantic dinner. The thing
about records is that they will always be loyal and think you are pretty
and be emotionally available.