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"PinterestFacebookI picked up a new book the other day, entitled Your So-Called Life: A Guide to Boys, Body Issues, and Other Big-Girl Drama You Thought You Would Have Figured Out By Now, by Andrea Lavinthal and Jessica Rozler. The book first grabbed me because it quotes Wedding Crashers and 30 Rock, but also because it describes me to a &amp;quot;T&amp;quot;: it&amp;#39;s for any woman &amp;quot;who asks herself, Am I too over-the-hill to be watching The Hills?&amp;#39;&amp;quot; and whose motto might be &amp;quot;If you liked it, then you shoulda put a ring on it.&amp;quot; It offers advice and humor about careers, relationships, hangovers, sex, health, finances, parents, and your ever-evolving social circle. It&amp;#39;s pretty funny. So I sat down with co-author Andrea Lavinthal to ask her some Qs.\nPinterestFacebookAndrea Lavinthal, author!\nErin: What is Redo-berty (love the name, btw!)?\nAndrea: It&amp;#39;s the term my coauthor and I came up with to describe the awkward transition phase into adulthood, which happens at some point in your late twenties to early thirties (with the big 3-0 serving as a milestone birthday). Unlike puberty the first time around, this re-coming of age is all about blossoming into a genuine twenty-four-karat big girl and dealing with all of the emotional and psychological changes that accompany it. And, for the record, the P word (that would be puberty) still grosses us out as much as it did back during those days of talks with the school nurse about your monthly cycle, hair down there, and other things that are &amp;quot;only natural.&amp;quot;\nErin: Why are friendships harder in the Redo-berty years?\nAndrea: Once the redo-berty years hit, everything changes. As members of your posse grow up, get knocked up, and move up the career ladder, friendships inevitably evolve. You&amp;#39;ll make new friends and drift away from some of the old ones. You&amp;#39;ll also grapple with busy schedules, geographic barriers, and occasional feelings of loneliness, despite the fact that you have 724 Facebook friends.\nErin: What are some warning signs you or your friends might be turning into SOYs, or Sudden-Onset Yuppies?\nAndrea: The Sudden-Onset-Yuppie (SOY) is your friend who used to drink white zinfandel out of a box and decorate with shabby-unchic dorm d?\uFFFDcor then seemingly overnight morphed into a woman who actually cares about the vintage of her Pinot, the thread count of her sheets, and a bunch of other proper &amp;quot;adult&amp;quot; things that her twenty-four-year-old self would&amp;#39;ve scoffed at. Some warning signs include referring to your husband as you &amp;quot;DH&amp;quot; (or your significant other as your &amp;quot;SO&amp;quot;) on Facebook and using &amp;quot;summer&amp;quot; as a verb.\nErin: Today, what can we learn from that beloved TV show, Full House?\nAndrea: In the book we include several &amp;quot;Flashbacks&amp;quot; that reference books, movies, and TV shows from when we were growing up because we (half-jokingly) say that you can learn a lot from these buried pop culture treasures. For example, Full House&amp;#39;s Danner Tanner doled out some really good advice, so don&amp;#39;t be afraid to turn to your parents if you need some guidance in your life. Also, as you get older, you may find yourself complaining that all the eligible men are fat, gross, and bald. Um, have you seen Uncle Jesse lately?! Like fine wine, we say. Like fiiiine wine.\nErin: Why did you decide to write this book?\nAndrea: Because our close friends, (let&amp;#39;s call them &amp;quot;Sandrea&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Nessica&amp;quot;) were experiencing unexpected feelings of anxiety, uncertainty, and confusion around their thirtieth birthdays. Seriously, after listening in on endless conversations with our peers about everything from career and family issues to romance and friendship, Jessica and I realized that almost every girl (ahem, woman) has strong feelings about life post-quarterlife crisis and especially strong feelings about turning thirty, ranging from dread, panic, and terror, to self-reflection, nostalgia, and yes, even some satisfaction.\nThanks, Andrea!\nAre you having a post-quarterlife crisis? Are you going through redo-berty? Anyone out there about to turn 30?"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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