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Summary: The Montgomery Burns of Dating....
Review: Well Smithers, if you want success in relationships or dating, take Neil Clark Warren with a grain of salt. A friend who tried e-harmony and this book gave it to me to read. Her experience alone was enough to call me to question this guys validity, and the assertions he makes on his e-harmony commercials are ludicrous and without merit.
Point 1 - He pushes getting your free personality profile which is normally a $40 value. How did he arrive at this value? How many people have ever had to actually pay for this personality profile? E-harmony wouldn't exist if this profile wasn't free. Once you take the profile, they start matching you with people regardless of whether you joined or not. This is their hook. If you didn't pay, you start seeing people matched with you to interest you into joining.(They e-mail these to you) If you do join, you are also matched with people off of their personality profile, who may not even be members. Hence, since they haven't joined, you can't communicate with them and vice versa, but you see it as activity and being matched with someone so you assume that it's working, or at least that e-harmony is matching you to people.
Point 2 - Neil Clark Warren discusses that you are matched on his "29 dimensions" of compatibility. And that these 29 dimensions are necessary for relationship success. Garbage! As a member, you will never learn what exactly these 29 dimensions are, or how the person they matched you with fits these. To me he's a con artist for suggesting that people who DON'T possess the 29 dimensions aren't in for a happy or successful relationship. I'd like to suggest that in order to qualify his remarks, we give every married couple who claims to have a happy, fulfilling relationship his personality test, and see how many of these people wouldn't match up on his 29 dimensions. Divorce lawyers could have a field day. Why would you like this divorce, is it irreconcilable differences? Mental anguish? Adultery? No, no, I was perfectly happy until I found out I don't match my partners 29 dimensions for relationship success. Divorce me, I've got to find one of these e-harmony partners! I'm left to wonder how the human race has survived without Neil Clark Warren and his 29 dimensions to relationship success.
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Review: you would like to gain a better understanding of yourself and your needs. The book provides a lot of information to what we should focus on and also a lot of useful tips for a lasting relationship.A great book for people to help identify what they are looking for when they are dating.
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