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Summary: This tale-telling book is so outdated.
Review: This book's got to be a big joke. The advice doesn't stand trial in reality. It tells tales to women who are desperate for any men. A normal guy with IQ over 70 will see through these rules. Being self-serving or playing games in relationship will suffocate you eventually. All my friends prefer natural loving women who have comon sense and courtesy in dating. Those men who wlll fall for these unhealthy rules are not true love materials......unless you are fishing for a boring marriage. Please stop this "rules girls" insanity.....it is so outdated!
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Summary: You may hate it, but it works
Review: Women everywhere hate the advice given in this book. They fight it, they scoff it, they denounce it. And they are single. Sad, but true these work. If you want liberal, don't read it. If you want results, get busy.
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Summary: Here's to a New Life!
Review: For a year after the break up of my engagement I was horrible. I couldn't find a guy to date me more than a week. I wanted that committment back so I was breaking all these rules.I bought The Rules I and II and my life has never been better. I gave my friend the first one while I was reading the second one. The very next day she was done with that one and was begging me for the next! Our dating lives are unbelievable. I started to stray from "The Rules" because I'm just not used to acting so old-fashioned. What do you know....the man dumped me because I was moving too fast! So girls...FOLLOW THE RULES! This is what my friend e-mailed me after reading "The Rules": "He has an attitude about my "rendezvous" this weekend. Of course he doesn't know that the man sharing the bed with me was none other than my 7 year old son!! Hey, he didn't ask and I wasn't volunteering. I love the "rules" because if he really wants to be with me he will show it and if not, I won't be wasting my time." "I can NOT begin to tell you the difference I have noticed in the way men treat me already! I don't walk around "scouting" for men like I used to. I get where I'm going and I have things to do and people to see and you would not believe the guys who say hi. I feel better too. It really makes a difference!" Now if that doesn't make you want to buy the book....
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Summary: Worth every penny, but does it work?
Review: I gave this book 4 Stars not because I agree with everything the authors say, but just because this book is so entertaining and fun to read! The Rules have changed my perspective on dating and made me re-evaluate my behavior in past relationships. Although it's 21st century, men are still expected to call women, ask us out and pay for our dates. Call me old fashioned, but chivalry is not dead, people. The most important lesson to be learned from this book is if a man does not call you, he's not that interested. Don't play psychologist ladies, just move on. You don't have to actually follow the Rules step by step to have success with dating and relationships because doing the Rules is HARD. And frankly you can scare some good guys away by practicing them religously. Some Rules I agree with are not pursuing a man, asking for his number and constantly calling him. Some Rules I don't agree with are keeping phone calls to 10 minutes, ending calls first and not returning calls. If you abruptly ends phone calls with a man he will eventually stop calling. No man is going to relentlessly pursue a woman who appears disinterested no matter how beautiful she is, unless of course he is a loser. I recommend this book if you want to be amused and rethink your dating pattern. And remember ladies, when he asks you out it's The Rules; anything else is just conversation.
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Summary: Men Want What They Can¿t Have
Review: Some people have criticized The Rules for being too old-fashioned, but let's face it ladies ... men are hunters. They want what they can't have. Once you come to understand that dating IS a game, The Rules will help you win. After all, your ultimate goal is to reel in your lover. And what better way than playing hard to get? Many people have misunderstood the gems of wisdom in this book. The point isn't to play games, just for the sake of playing games. The point is to be alluring and mysterious. After all, if you come on too strong, or demand too much, or are too available, your guy just might move on and find someone else to hunt. By keeping a little distance between you and your man, he'll be in hot pursuit. As a singles coach, I've seen it time and time again. The lady who is an illusive butterfly is the one that men will move mountains to catch, while the girl who is "always around" becomes part of the scenery. Bottom Line-The Rules is a good starting point for anyone who wants a guy to fall head over heels for her.
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Summary: I could talk for 49 milleniums about how DUMB this book is!
Review: Hey, I'm not dissing "The Rules" entirely. About 1% of the book I agree with: the part where they advise not to jump in the sack with your date on the first day or few first months. That's it. The rest is just dumb, like I said in the title of this review. Don't approach a guy? Don't talk to him first? Don't ask him to dance? Never go Dutch on a date? Never be heftier than other girls? Don't call him? Bull!!! Today women have rights and they should be able to take the elephant by the tusks and ask a man (or boy, depending on your age) to dance or call him or approach him or ask him out on a nice fun date. As for the "hefty" thing, that really ticks me to Saturn! Hefty is just as beautiful as thin and thin is just as beautiful as hefty. I am sick and tired of of Hollywood saying "thin" is THE only beauty! I'm also sick of people saying "hefty" is more REAL than thin. They're both REAL and both belong to different types of women and men. Everyone is equally beautiful, no matter what people say. NEVER BELIEVE ANYTHING HOOLYWOOD SAYS! If a guy doesn't like you because of your weight, he's an ... and doesn't deserve you. Good guys, the real guys that you will spend the rest of your life with, will look beyond you body--no matter what it looks like--and will gaze for the real person in your very soul. I threw the book across the bedroom in absolute rage when I read "Remember, overweight is not the rules." What I would've written is "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." If you see a person and think "jeez, they're ugly," you are wrong. If you get to know the person--really get to KNOW them--and see that they are a gorgeous person on the inside, you will start to see their body that way, as well. "The Rules" is extinguishing a very important part of a relationship: joint particapation. If you always make him pay for lunch and dinner and movie tickets and zoo admission and always end a call first because you have "other things to do" and make him search for pen and paper when he asks for your phone number, you're not building a relationship or creating more tension, you are telling him you could care less about him. A relationship is about giving a little and taking a little and if you are always running away and not answering his messages, you are not in a relationship, you are in something entirely different: a wild goose chase. As for the whole "Rules" concept, this what I have to say... Acting a "certain way" to manipulate a man into marrying you is completely sick. Men are not animals that need to be trained and whipped once a week, they are human beings with souls and minds of their own. Most men are pretty decent and will respect your ways if he likes you for WHO YOU ARE, not some mumbo-jumbo "WAY" to "GET" a man. Of course, they're are those women-hating ... in overalls. Don't bother with them, the sickos. The small and gist of this review: "The Rules" is completely dumb and will throw 10000000000000% more ... on your love life than sunshine. My one motto I go by when it comes to guys: Be yourself, not someone else, don't follow some mumbo-jumbo "RULES" set out for you by women who have no idea what dating is all about, and if he doesn't like you for who you are and who you always meant to be...he's an ....
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Summary: Blah.
Review: Not only is this book full of drivel, but it sets the women's rights movement back about 100 years. Men like you because you are smart, funny, pretty, or whatever, and aren't afraid to show who you are. Advising women to hide themselves and play ridiculous games with men is pathetic. What happens when they find out that the way you've been treating them is purposeful, and aimed solely towards marriage?
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Summary: Entertaining Drivel
Review: As a male, I was amused to pick up a copy of this book prior to a flight and it kept me entertained for the duration of the two hours. Let me start off by saying that there are no distinct rules - everyone is different, with a style, attitude and behavioural pattern that is conditioned through prior experience and situation resolution. Apply these rules too literally and you become little better than a short-term challenge and frankly tedious, unless of course you are chasing an inexperienced 17 year old guy. Whilst it is true that anyone who gushes with praise at every step rapidly becomes tiresome, let me assure you that I will not call anyone four times. I will not try to determine whether the person receiving the calls is playing a game or not - who cares? It certainly is not worth the energy trying to work it out. 10 minute phone calls, marvellous - might not have to listen to the last shopping expedition and what happened to the cat on Monday morning. No dating after Wednesday (or was that Thursday) suggestions. Great - now the weekend is free to look for someone able to think for herself. No danger of bumping into our 'rules' girl - she is too busy leading an active life and discussing her strategic brilliance with her female friends. Unless you are stunningly attractive, you will not get too far playing the role of the pampered primadonna, and if this is the case, why exactly are you reading this psychologically rejected verbiage? Listen to 'I need a girl' by P. Diddy - you might learn more. Bottom line - the destination here is very unclear: do you want to end up happy or go through a formulaic approach which is going to alienate many. Remember, your average guy has already been through a lot of confusion already, and is not too keen on starting again. Whilst not all males are the same, surely one of us has bothered to write a book on this subject (there appears to be a captive audience) - might be worth reading it, or conversely, you could just accept that failed relationships are just part of growing up, allowing you to determine what and who you want, as well as helping you determine who you really are. This book appears to advocate the opposite. Your call, your life...
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Summary: A MUST for all men!!
Review: Ever feel like you're being played by the 'dating' system...well this book will explain some of the obtuse behavior you might have seen women display...eg. When he asks you out, silently count to five before saying yes...when walking down the street, drop his hand first...always end phone calls first...I casually asked 10 women if they had heard of this book. 9/10 knew of it and half said they owned or at least had read part of at one time or another...when you cant figure out what's going on in the dating game...this might explain at least some of it. I gave it 5 stars because it's so much fun to read if you're a guy...my best to Ms. Fein and Ms. Schneider for putting some of these ridiculous gambits into one handy and entertaining source! Ken Giuffre MD
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Summary: Changed my whole life
Review: No doubt this book is a landmark in clearly defining self-esteem and winning at the game of love. Those who don't believe are just fooling themselves! .... Viva La Rules!
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