The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Dating and Sex

Rating:
Summary: Laugh out loud funny and scream out loud scary
Review: Anyone dating should read this.

Rating:
Summary: Funny, sometimes useful, but not required
Review: As a book of humor, it's great. It has interesting scenarios and some good tips I wouldn't have thought of. I use it to decorate my coffee table in my dorm room for friends to flip through while they're hanging out. Not a serious read, though.

One scenario is something like What To Do If You Wake Up In Bed With Someone Whose Name You Forgot. One suggestion is to look through medicine cabinet and find perscription meds with her name. Kind of funny scenario, but the tip is actually helpful.

The recommendation for having too much gas on a date is to go in the bathroom, get on all fours, stick your bottom... in the air, and it'll help you get it out. Kind of hard to do even in your own room, much less a dirty public restroom.

If you want humor (with some good real tips), this is a good book, but if you want real advice, spend your money on a real dating tips book.

Rating:
Summary: Your Romance Coach Says: You Need a Laugh,, So Buy This!
Review: I'd seen the basic "Worst-Case Scenario" and got quite a kick out
of it: Reality-based solutions to highly unlikely -- but within
the realm of possibility -- situations.

When I happened on "The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook:
Dating and Sex", I had to buy it. The laughs alone should be
worth the price.

And the laughs were indeed worth the price ($14.95). The chapter
on how to avoid or get rid of excessive gas is a hoot. (And
P.S., I learned a thing or two between giggles)

(I don't know if the signs of tsunamis were included in that
first issue, but if they were, the authors might have been
responsible for some survivors of that recent devastation around
the Indian Ocean. I heard today that a twelve year old girl who
had learned about tsunamis in school figured out what was
happening and was responsible for warning and saving 100
tourists. So that makes these "Worst-Case Scenario" books feel a
little more serious than the "Humor Section" might suggest.)

These books have a wining premise: They appeal to everyone's
paranoia, those fears that occupy the dark recesses of your over-
worried brain, and then give good solid advice to the questions
no one dares to ask.

Here's what this book starts with:

How to Determine Whether Your Date is an Axe Murderer
How to Determine Whether Your Date is Married
How to Determine the Gender of Your Date
How to Determine if Your Date is a Con Artist

Don't you want to be able to answer these questions? I'll bet
the authors have even thought of a few you haven't imagined yet.
And best of all, they've figured out the solutions so you don't
have to!

If you want some good laughs along with some real, concrete
solutions to your most bizarre dating worries, this is the book
for you.

(...)



Rating:
Summary: good, but not as good as the others
Review: Seems the authors are trying to drag out the popularity of this series. It's an entertaining read, but not as good as the earlier books.

Rating:
Summary: Useful and humorous!
Review: Some books come along that I regret having not read much
earlier in my life . . . such is the case with THE WORST-CASE
SCENARIO SURVIVAL HANDBOOK: DATING AND SEX by Joshua Piven, David Borgenicht and Jennifer Worick . . . it contains much useful information (often presented in humorous fashion) that would have helped me over the last 35-some years.

But that said, I still learned and laughed from short but insightful
chapters as:
How to Survive Snoring;
How to Determine If Your Date is an Axe Murderer;
How to Have Sex in a Small Space;
How to Deal with a Cheating Lover;
How to Remove Difficult Clothing;
How to Fend Off an Obsessive Ex;

and, of course:
How to Survive If You Wake Up Next to Someone Whose
Name You Don't Remember . . . the key, if you're at their place:

Do not panic. Evidence of your partner's name exists somewhere
nearby. Your task will be to find it before she awakens or before she starts any sort of meaningful conversation.

You can go the bathroom. The bathroom is a normal first place to visit first thing in the morning, and it is also a place where you might discover her name.

Look through the medicine cabinet for prescription medicines with her name on the label.

Sort through magazines, looking for subscription labels with her name and address.

Go through a wastebasket to find discarded junk mail addressed to her.

Return to the bedroom. If she is awake, ask her to make coffee for you. Use the time alone to search the bedroom for evidence. Look for: wallet, checkbook, ID or name bracelet, photo album, scrapbook, business cards (a stack of cards, not just one), or luggage labels. If she is still sleeping, look for these other items throughout the house.

I was impressed by the fact that while some of this material
might sound frivolous to those never having encountered such
situations, the authors nevertheless did a thorough job of searching their work . . . they consulted a wide variety of experts, including directors of violence-prevention programs, doctors and sex educators.

In addition, the illustrations by Brenda Brown greatly added to my enjoyment of this book.

Rating:
Summary: Really great and really funny - and that's how it's intended
Review: Some of the reviewers of this book have seemed not to understand that the point of this book series is not to give advice that will be seriously useful, nor is it to give advice on situations that are completely improbable either. The point is to be FUNNY, and it is! There are a lot of very funny bits - and really, who doesn't need to know how to have sex in an airplane lavatory?

This is a great read and I'm already planning on making it a gift to someone in the near future. Happy disaster dating. ;)

Rating:
Summary: Dating Survival
Review: There are some great suggestions in this book that can help you in "worst case scenarios" with dating, along with how to learn if your date is for real. Some of the topics covered are: determining if your date is married, how to fend of an ex, how to fend off a pick-up artist, dealing with a date who moves too fast, quick escape from a bad date, dealing with a bad kisser, and even how to save your date from chocking. If you are dating this book will give you some useful tips. Recommended for anyone who is single.

Rating:
Summary: Can't beleive all the 5 stars ratings
Review: This book can be a light read to occupy an hour on the plane. I kind of expected some miraculuous book after reading reviews like: "Wow it changed my life" or "I wish I knew this stuff 10 years ago".
In my opinion, most of the stuff explained is pretty obvious. A lot of the stuff is absurd. There are some good tips but they're few.
For example, some topics or advice:
"How do determine the gender of your date?" Doh!!
"How to escape from a bad date" comes down to do a major dress and makeup overhaul in the washroom or break the washroom window and run away. And has picture of a man doing that. Come on! What kind of woman can scare the hell out of a guy that he wants to break a window in a washroom and run?
"How to survive credit card decline" advises you and your date to wash dishes in the restaurant to pay for your meal or teaches how to run away quick
"How to make love in an elevator" comes down to two things:
1. Stop the elevator 2. Make love really fast.... Very insightful

How to fake orgasm and how to stop the wedding are fascinating reads. What to do if you wake up in a bed with a person whose name you don't remember gives a positive and refreshing attitude and a bunch of suggestions where to look for a name tag :)

There is some potentially useful stuff how to fight your body odour, bad breath, etc. But if you know you have this problem it's easy to find the right solution against your particular problem on the net.

Overall, there is not much worth keeping in memory besides your common sense. Unless you're a virgin who does not know how to remove woman's bra or an idiot who does not know that if you cheat you should take every possible precaution.

Rating:
Summary: Things Can Always Get Worse
Review: This book teeters between gut-splitting entertainment and must-have knowledge. Some of the chapters are too far-fetched to be realistic, but they are hysterical to read nonetheless. Once I picked up the book, I couldn't put it down. I was amazed to learn some things-like how to deal with body odor on a date, how to avoid gas, and how to deal with bad breath. Other chapters were more fun than reruns of Seinfeld. For example, How to Fake an Orgasm, How to Determine if Your Date is an Axe Murderer, and How to Stop a Wedding are all reminiscent of recent cult comedies that are now available from your local video store.

The fun continues in the index, as the authors teach you how to write a "Dear John" letter, (all you have to do is insert your name and the name of the person you're dumping!) and the worst pick-up lines that you should NEVER use. But tucked into the index is something very useful-a chart of good and bad body language signals.

As a relationship expert, body language is extremely important if you want to deal from a position of strength. If you learn to read body language correctly, you can avoid wasting your time on someone who just isn't interested, or you can change your tactics so your date will be more responsive to you. Reading body language will also weed out the sickos, weirdos, liars,..., and married folks that we all want to avoid.

Bottom Line-this is a great book to read when you want to recover from a bad date. After all, things can always get worse, and laughter is the best medicine.

Rating:
Summary: Everything you need to know about dating and sex...
Review: Want to know how to stop a wedding? Maybe even your best friends...just fake a cesiure in the isle. Well, at least that is what this book suggests. Not only is this book completely and untterly entertaining, it gives logical, step by step instructions on what to do when your on a date and somthing goes wrong. Can't get your date's trick bra un-done? Read this book. Your date is choking while at dinner...learn how to give the heimlich maneuver. Or worst yet, your date's boot is stuck and won't come off. Find out how to properly remove the book with out hurting him. :) I definitely give this book two thumbs up.