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Date Smart!: How to Stop Revolving and Start Evolving in Your Relationships
Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places? Here's How to End the Search!
Are you stuck in a revolving door of bad dates? Or maybe you’ve given up on finding a meaningful relationship altogether. According to dating experts David Coleman and Richard Doyle, it doesn’t have to be that way. You can have that happy, healthy relationship you’ve been looking for.
With eye-opening exercises, quizzes, and other self-assessment tools, the authors show you how to pinpoint specific aspects of your personality that have caused you to pick poorly, remain in bad relationships, or sabotage good ones. Once you understand the reasons why you choose a certain type of person, you can focus on how to choose and attract the right person for you.
Inside, you’ll learn how to
Bad Picks
·The Girdle—strives to control you
·The Dog Catcher—flees at the first sign of commitment
·The Ferrari—requires high maintenance
Bad Kissers
·The Hoover—sucks out fillings, tongue—anything
·Niagara Falls—produces enough liquid for a regatta
·The Puppy—licks you all over your face
Bad Break-ups
·The Western Union—ends relationship by letter, note, or e-mail
·The Freezer—turns from warm and caring to cold and callous
·The Fade Away—lets the relationship fade by avoiding conflict
“Insightful and enjoyable. You’ll never approach your relationships the same way again."— Lynn Miller (aka Meg Lacey), President of Parke Media and novelist for Harlequin Books
Are you stuck in a revolving door of bad dates? Or maybe you’ve given up on finding a meaningful relationship altogether. According to dating experts David Coleman and Richard Doyle, it doesn’t have to be that way. You can have that happy, healthy relationship you’ve been looking for.
With eye-opening exercises, quizzes, and other self-assessment tools, the authors show you how to pinpoint specific aspects of your personality that have caused you to pick poorly, remain in bad relationships, or sabotage good ones. Once you understand the reasons why you choose a certain type of person, you can focus on how to choose and attract the right person for you.
Inside, you’ll learn how to
Bad Picks
·The Girdle—strives to control you
·The Dog Catcher—flees at the first sign of commitment
·The Ferrari—requires high maintenance
Bad Kissers
·The Hoover—sucks out fillings, tongue—anything
·Niagara Falls—produces enough liquid for a regatta
·The Puppy—licks you all over your face
Bad Break-ups
·The Western Union—ends relationship by letter, note, or e-mail
·The Freezer—turns from warm and caring to cold and callous
·The Fade Away—lets the relationship fade by avoiding conflict
“Insightful and enjoyable. You’ll never approach your relationships the same way again."— Lynn Miller (aka Meg Lacey), President of Parke Media and novelist for Harlequin Books
288 pages, Paperback
First published December 29, 1999
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January 27, 2025
A practical dating book
This book goes in depth into what makes a terrible relationship and why people have "broken pickers." Then it explains how to change yourself into someone who quits picking the wrong dates and how to be the person who attracts a higher level of date so you can find the right person for you. I strongly suggest getting this book and actually doing the work to be a better person to attract better choices. This book doesn't hold back, and has a clear path to follow to move forward, but you have to do the work! I absolutely love this book!
This book goes in depth into what makes a terrible relationship and why people have "broken pickers." Then it explains how to change yourself into someone who quits picking the wrong dates and how to be the person who attracts a higher level of date so you can find the right person for you. I strongly suggest getting this book and actually doing the work to be a better person to attract better choices. This book doesn't hold back, and has a clear path to follow to move forward, but you have to do the work! I absolutely love this book!
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