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'''''Boy Meets Girl: Say Hello to Courtship''''' is a 2000 book by [[Joshua Harris (author)|Joshua Harris]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Boy Meets Girl: Say Hello to Courtship|author=Joshua Harris|author-link=Joshua Harris (author)|location=[[Sisters, Oregon]]|publisher=[[Random House|Multnomah]]|year=2000|isbn=1576737098|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/boymeetsgirlsayh00harr}}</ref> It is the sequel to ''[[I Kissed Dating Goodbye]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal|journal=[[The New York Times]]|author=Laurie Goodstein|title=New Christian Take on the Old Dating Ritual|date=September 9, 2001|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/09/us/new-christian-take-on-the-old-dating-ritual.html|accessdate=March 23, 2013}}</ref> In ''Boy Meets Girl'', Harris describes his personal experiences [[Courtship|courting]] the woman he eventually [[Marriage|married]].<ref>{{Cite book|page=123|title=Faith Reads: A Selective Guide to Christian Nonfiction|author=David Rainey|publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]]|year=2008|isbn=978-1591588474}}</ref> The book argues that [[psychological pain]] and [[Psychological trauma|trauma]] can result from entering an [[intimate relationship]] before one is ready, either emotionally or financially, to commit to being the other person's [[life partner]].<ref>{{Cite journal|journal=[[Manila Standard Today|Manila Standard]]|author=Karenina Yaptinchay|title=Boy meets girl, but what if they're 30 and above|date=January 31, 2002|page=24}}</ref> Harris has written several other books, including ''I Kissed Dating Goodbye'', ''Sex Is Not the Problem (Lust Is)'', and ''Stop Dating the Church''.<ref>{{Cite journal|journal=[[Tampa Bay Times|St. Petersburg Times]]|author=Waveney Ann Moore|title=Tips on detecting what is true and what is false|date=June 9, 2007|page=6}}</ref>

''Boy Meets Girl'' did not receive as much critical attention as ''I Kissed Dating Goodbye''.<ref>{{Cite journal|journal=[[Christianity Today]]|title=The Man Who Ignited the Debate: An interview with I Kissed Dating Goodbye author Joshua Harris|date=June 11, 2001|url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2001/june11/5.42.html|accessdate=March 23, 2013}}</ref> Leah Andrews of the ''Lewiston Morning Tribune'' compared ''Boy Meets Girl'' to [[Eric Ludy|Eric]] and [[Leslie Ludy]]'s ''[[When God Writes Your Love Story]]'', suggesting that both texts are popular Christian books providing alternatives to dating.<ref>{{Cite journal|journal=Lewiston Morning Tribune|title=Relearning the dating game|author=Leah Andrews|date=March 31, 2002|page=1C}}</ref> Andrew Dalton of the [[Legion of Christ]] wrote that he was partway through reading Anthony Bannon's ''Peter on the Shore'' when he became distracted with ''Boy Meets Girl''.<ref>{{Cite web|publisher=Catholic.net|author=Andrew Dalton|title=Discernment and Footwear: 5 Reasons to Test Your Call|url=http://www.catholic.net/index.php?option=dedestaca&id=2918&grupo=Lifestyle&canal=Vocation|accessdate=March 23, 2013}}</ref> In 2000, [[Rebecca St. James]] anticipated using her song "[[Wait for Me (Rebecca St. James song)|Wait for Me]]" to promote ''Boy Meets Girl''.<ref>{{Cite journal|journal= Bhi Tum Garib Ho Crosswalk.com|title=Rebecca St. James - The Interview with Christian Music's Sweetheart|date=November 1, 2000|url=http://www.crosswalk.com/culture/music/rebecca-st-james-the-interview-with-christian-musics-sweetheart-541320.html|accessdate=March 23, 2013}}</ref>

Margaret and Dwight Peterson, an American married couple and Christian Studies professors at [[Eastern University (United States)|Eastern University]], wrote an essay called "God Does Not Want to Write Your Love Story" in which they criticized ''Boy Meets Girl'', among other books. In this essay, the Petersons expressed "how different these stories of romance are from any traditionally Christian understanding of marriage."<ref>{{Cite book|title=God Does Not...: Entertain, Play Matchmaker, Hurry, Demand Blood, Cure Every Illness|page=84|editor=D. Brent Laytham|publisher=[[Baker Publishing Group#Brazos Press|Brazos Press]]|year=2009|isbn=978-1441203892}}</ref>

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