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Summary: An excellent overview for what really needs to be done.
Review: For those of you who rated this book below 4 stars, Wake Up. This book emphasizes self-love for every woman who doesn't reflect this and then suffers the consequences by turning a possible husband into an absolute jerk. I'm dying to start using it's principles as soon as possible, and guess what? In the past whenever I unconsciously used any of this books suggestions before even reading it, I got flowers delivered to my office, lingerie from Victoria Secrets, a weekend trip to Tahoe etc. When ever I did not do any of the things recommended in this book (i.e., he called Sunday and wanted a same-day-date which I agreed to) and guess what? He hasn't called in 3 days. This book is your wakeup call ladies. Everyone likes a challenge and this book helps you be just that. Enjoy!
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Summary: Time Tested Secrets for Capturing Mr. WRONG
Review: If ever there was a book that deserved a negative rating, this book would be it.This book encourages immaturity, destructive relationship habits, disrespect towards the female's (and male's) integrity, and lowers the sanctity of the relationship to a mindless pool of headgames. It made me sick to read it. Readers would be advised to choose Barbara D'Angelis' book on "The Real Rules" if you need some good, sobering, and healthy advice, designed to counter the rules printed in Fein and Schneider's poorly thought out book for women.
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Summary: I would rather be alone than follow The Rules!
Review: I couldn't stomach it. When I was young and foolish, I followed many of these suggestions (in existence for a long time before The Rules were written, believe me). I married the biggest jerk on the planet. Now that I am older and wiser, I've decided to be mentally healthy and love myself whether I am in a relationship or not. I give this book an F minus, frankly, and highly recommend any of Melody Beattie's books on codependency or Barbara De Angelis' The Real Rules for a more sane way to approach the whole relationship thing.
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Summary: The best love lesson ever!
Review: The whole book is lovely well-written. It's the reality. I admire their courage to tell the truth.
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Summary: This book changed my life forever!
Review: I was skeptical at first because I thought it was to good to be true. Finally I had a step by step plan to achieve the things I had needed and wanted, a long term successful relationship that will soon lead to marriage and most of all, high self-esteem. If only I had this book several years ago, I would have never went the the pain I let men put me through. I am thankful that God led to to the book store that dark rainy evening when I felt this book was my last resort. I read the whole book at one time. I could go on and on about how wonderful the rules is. It saddens me that there are people bashing this book. If you have a better plan, fine, but this book worked for me and I will be forever grateful.
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Summary: Brilliant!
Review: On the surface, the rules seem antiquated, shallow and sexist but they work - and with any man! It's just sad that men do not have the personality to allow themselves to be pursued by a woman, and allow her to be as honest and open as she would like to be. Men are shallow, sexist and their minds totally antiquated (for goodness sake - they still think that they need to "hunt" a woman!) The rules are the only way for a modern woman to achieve, although sometimes I wonder why she would want to, a happy and fulfilling relationship with a man. Good luck ladies!
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Summary: I loved it!!
Review: This book is not just about capturing the man of your dreams, but it is even more. It is about self-love and respecting yourself. It is about creating bounderies for the ones you love. It is preventing yourself from getting hurt everytime you open yourself for someone, even if it is just a new friendship. This book teaches you to stand up for yourself, to be brave, and to have self-discipline. I think there's much more to it than not accpeting a saturday night date after a wednesday. It is learning to stand on your own two feet before you can have someone else in your life. I enjoyed the book very much, but I thought at times it was going a bit too far. Thanks for the great advice, keep it up!
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Summary: Preying on Human Insecurity
Review: I think the authors could have written this book for men OR for women, with equal results for both. Anytime you play hard to get, and are still pursued, upon "cashing in" you'll get the same prize- a VERY insecure person. The person pursuing you is not interested necessarily in YOU, they are interested in trying to crack this "mystery" who is hurting their fragile egos. It's just a game which preys on insecurities. The authors even admit that rules girls aren't smarter (for sure!) or prettier than the average. So that person pursuing isn't ending up with much of a prize in the end either. They've only got a person on their hands that happens to have read a lame, wanna-be "wife" book. So, despite the fact that one may face some rejection in life, and we all do, it is comforting to know that some of those people doing the rejecting will get just what they deserve.
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Summary: Bad advice for gullible readers
Review: I know it may seem strange that a man would read a book that was written exclusively for women. For the record, I only read it in order to research an article I wrote for Mad Magazine which parodied best-selling and high-profile books. (The article, including my parody of "The Rules", appeared in the May 1997 issue.) "The Rules" instructs women to be aloof and to treat men they like they're a low priority. For instance, they should keep all phone conversations limited to less than ten minutes, avoid direct eye contact, and so on. Admittedly, there are some men who will keep on pursuing a woman who ignore (or just barely acknowledge) them. Such men are known as stalkers. For instance, a certain movie actress ignored love letters from John Hinkley, and, sure enough, he kept persisting in trying to win her over. Decent men don't usually keep after women who don't seem interested. Some of the nicest men may actually be shy about approaching women, and for women to take some initiative is very helpful. Being male, I know more about males than the two idiot authors do. One thing that really bugs me about "The Rules" are the strong-arm, cult-like methods Fein & Schneider use to suck their gullible readers in. For instance, they tell readers not to discuss "The Rules" with any friends who don't fully agree with them. They also say to stop seeing any therapist who doesn't embrace their nonsense. They even instruct readers to never read any book that conflicts with theirs. That's particularly bad advice, because almost any book on the same subject is sure to be better than "The Rules". (If they had more confidence in their own advice, they wouldn't feel so threatened by conflicting books.) The authors are cynical and about as ignorant as any self-proclaimed "experts" can be. On a TV interview, they vehently proclaimed that shy men don't really exist. I would say otherwise, but gullible readers of "The Rules" have been instru! cted to turn a deaf ear (and a closed mind) to _anyone_ who doesn't agree with them. Be assured that the vast majority of couples in satisfying, long-term relationships have never followed "The Rules."
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Summary: Great lecture for men!
Review: This book is a 100% must-read-book for every men. Men will thus recognize how fake women can be. After reading the The Rules, men will be able to end such no-future and not worth while relationships in a very early stage. My personal grade: A+!
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