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" 1. &amp;quot;Have fun with the hot ones, but pay attention to the nice ones. It&amp;#039;s the kind, good-hearted ones that you&amp;#039;ll really want to spend your time with later.&amp;quot; \u2014Kaitlin Morse, integrated promotion director,&amp;amp;nbsp;Cosmopolitan  2. &amp;quot;The best advice I was ever given and continue to pass on: Act like you have a boyfriend. The reason for &amp;#039;When it rains it pours&amp;#039; syndrome \u2014 guys always like the friend who&amp;#039;s in a relationship or want you when you&amp;#039;re already seeing someone \u2014 is because when you&amp;#039;re in a relationship, you&amp;#039;re so much cooler with guys you meet because there&amp;#039;s no pressure/you&amp;#039;re not desperate/you act like yourself. So always meet guys and go out acting like you&amp;#039;ve got someone to go home to anyway. Like moths to a flame. \u2014&amp;amp;nbsp;Lauren Panariello, assistant editor,&amp;amp;nbsp;Cosmopolitan  3. &amp;quot;Never, ever, ever be afraid to break up with a guy because you think you &amp;#039;can&amp;#039;t do better.&amp;#039; That&amp;#039;s bullshit. And you will always prove yourself wrong ... I&amp;#039;m going on five times incorrect. And don&amp;#039;t stay with a guy because he has cool shit or a great summer house. That boat is great, but getting turnt up with friends is waaaaaay better. That&amp;#039;s why Friendiversary is a thing. \u2014&amp;amp;nbsp;Charlotte Palermino, advertising strategist, online   4. &amp;quot;Find someone who you&amp;#039;re not only attracted to but who could be your best friend. Everyone says that but really, you treat each other more kindly and with more compassion. You&amp;#039;re on the same team. There&amp;#039;s a totally different level of tolerance and true respect. Your relationship is significantly more meaningful and most of all, so much more fun. If only I had known this years ago!!&amp;quot; \u2014&amp;amp;nbsp;Lauren Finizio, beauty manager   5. &amp;quot;Pay attention to whether a guy has sisters or not. Guys with sisters have a better chance at being better boyfriends than do guys without sisters. And the best sister a guy can have, if you&amp;#039;re dating him, is a sister who is one to two years older than he is. This may seem crazy, do with it what you will! I devised this in my late 20s after much analysis of my boyfriends over the years.&amp;quot; \u2014&amp;amp;nbsp;Susan Schulz,&amp;amp;nbsp;editorial brand director   6. &amp;quot;Focus on making yourself the most interesting person possible \u2014 mostly for you and also for your significant other.  Have a hobby, read great books, go to concerts, find something that you feel incredibly passionate about and give back to the community. Whether you&amp;#039;re in a long-term relationship or newly dating, the greatest gift you can is give someone is to be the best version of yourself.&amp;quot; \u2014&amp;amp;nbsp;Hannah McHale, advertising sales associate   7. &amp;quot;If a guy ever calls Long Island &amp;#039;Strong Island,&amp;#039; run away immediately. I mean it. Immediately.&amp;quot; \u2014&amp;amp;nbsp;Jennifer Geller, executive beauty director, Cosmopolitan   8. &amp;quot;I think good advice to women in their 20s is that you&amp;#039;re gonna get faded out. (Or &amp;#039;ghosted,&amp;#039; as some people say.) And you&amp;#039;re not gonna expect it, and you&amp;#039;re not going to understand it. The thing is, guys in their 20s are fickle and deathly afraid of confrontation (aka breakup talks). If you don&amp;#039;t hear from him, he&amp;#039;s over it and immature. Enraging, yes, but save yourself the hours of analytics and move on ASAP.&amp;quot; \u2014&amp;amp;nbsp;Chiara Atik, sex and relationships editor, Cosmopolitan   9. &amp;quot;Before I went to college, my mom told me, &amp;#039;Learn how to play pool. Men like women who know how to play pool.&amp;#039; Turns out this is true, mainly because you&amp;#039;ll feel like a badass at any frat party or dive bar you walk into.&amp;quot; \u2014&amp;amp;nbsp;Elisa Benson, social media editor, online   10. &amp;quot;If he&amp;#039;s being vague about getting together, don&amp;#039;t leave your calendar open just in case he wants to hang out. Make other plans. Otherwise, you&amp;#039;ll just drive yourself crazy \u2014 and maybe waste a perfectly good night \u2014 waiting to hear if you&amp;#039;re on or not. If he really wants to hang out, you&amp;#039;ll figure out another time. \u2014&amp;amp;nbsp;Lori Fradkin, executive features editor, online   11. &amp;quot;Don&amp;#039;t give a shit (seriously). Or pretend you don&amp;#039;t.&amp;quot; \u2014&amp;amp;nbsp;Lesley Savage, entertainment editor, online   12. &amp;quot;Don&amp;#039;t be one of those girls who only dates foreigners. I know they&amp;#039;re fun because they keep exotic cookies in their pantries and it&amp;#039;s obviously great to have sex with someone with an accent (I mean ...). Well, guess what? Foreigners move away. To the foreign country from whence they came. Or they&amp;#039;re only here vacation or for grad school. Or they&amp;#039;re just as shitty as other guys. If you only focus on foreigners \u2014 or any one type of guy \u2014 you&amp;#039;re setting yourself up for disappointment. Who knows? You might date a short nerd and find out he rocks your boat harder than the tall, dark, handsome man from Vienna. Definitely sleep with some foreigners to get it out of your system. But scatter your seed too. See what else is out there. At the end of the day, all men but the one you end up with pretty much suck anyway. The accented ones just make you forget about that for longer than the Americans. \u2014&amp;amp;nbsp;Amy Odell, editor, online   13. &amp;quot;Approach men with bravado. Waiting for a guy to ask you out is just asking for frustration. If you like a guy, hit on him or ask him out, and if he says no don&amp;#039;t let it weigh on you. Move on.&amp;quot; \u2014&amp;amp;nbsp;Emma Barker, sex and relationships editor, online  What&amp;#039;s your best advice to your 21-year-old self? Share it on Twitter with the hashtag #Cosmo21. Photo Credit: Getty Images "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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