We Should Hang Out Sometime: Embarrassingly, a true story

Josh Sundquist

Dec 2014 · Hachette Audio · Narrated by Josh Sundquist

About this audiobook

From Paralympic ski racer and YouTube star, Josh Sundquist, comes an always-funny (and sometimes-awkward) memoir about teenage misadventures.

When I was twenty-five years old, it came to my attention that I had never had a girlfriend. At the time, I was actually under the impression that I was in a relationship, so this bit of news came as something of a shock.

Why was Josh still single? To find out, he tracked down each of the girls he had tried to date since middle school and asked them straight up: What went wrong?

The results of Josh's semiscientific investigation are in your hands. From a disastrous Putt-Putt date involving a backward prosthetic foot, to his introduction to CFD (Close Fast Dancing), and a misguided "grand gesture" at a Miss America pageant, this story is about looking for love--or at least a girlfriend--in all the wrong places.

Poignant, relatable, and totally hilarious, this memoir is for anyone who has ever wondered, "Is there something wrong with me?"

(Spoiler Alert: the answer is no.)

Ratings and reviews

3.5 stars — I definitely laughed out loud, and even groaned on more than one occasion. Josh does a pretty good job of narrating the book himself, which makes sense since he’s a motivational speaker…it would likely give him a leg up. Pun unintended, but still funny. I definitely enjoyed his earlier stories, and it totally brought back some of those insecurities of middle and high school. I could definitely see the mistakes he was making, but they made sense for that stage of life. I think it got a bit harder to witness his awkwardness come college. I had a harder time in the “Lily” section, especially with the Stella thing. He did eventually get the point, and honestly it all felt very true…but…I don’t know, something felt not as nice about it. Which I guess was the point in some ways. He was still awaiting his epiphany. While the Christianity was by no means in your face, it’s obviously a factor in his life. I think it’s still accessible to anyone though. I appreciated all that I learned about his disability, and how it affected his day to day. But I really appreciated seeing him learn how it had affected him in unintended ways. Basically, I genuinely became worried he wasn’t going to understand his own behaviors, but he did. I’m just not sure he saw all of what I wanted him to see. Which probably doesn’t make sense, and really is more about me than him.

About the author

Josh Sundquist is a Paralympic ski racer, cancer survivor, popular YouTube vlogger, motivational speaker, and Halloween enthusiast. Every Tuesday, Josh releases a new video to 200,000-plus subscribers on his YouTube channel. He is the author of We Should Hang Out Sometime and the bestselling Just Don't Fall. As a motivational speaker, Josh speaks to schools, conventions, and corporations across the world. He invites you to visit him online at joshsundquist.com or follow him at @JoshSundquist.