Shacking Up: 40 Reasons Why Not to (Wise Advice from Someone Who Has)

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Summary: for my daughter!
Review: GREAT book!!read it first.thought it was very appropriate for my daughter,since me and her mother went through this some years ago!

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Summary: A one time psychology session for only $26!
Review: I am so glad that I heard about this book! I have been to hundreds of pyschology sessions at a whoping $150 an hour! My problems were with the man I was shacking up with for 10 years! Anxiety is what I was feeling but couldn't put my finger on it. When I got a hold of the book it answered so many questions I had and more!! After reading it ( I finished it in 6 hours)the next night when my "friend" came home from work (late as always with an exuse) I told him he was moving out on the weekend. That it was over and I actually felt empowered instead of cowaring and weak! I just have to say to the author THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK. I feel so proud of myself and happier than I thought I could EVER be because of your experience. I am telling ALL my girlfriends (there are 8 of them living together) to get this book AND to keep it in plain view for their honey's to see. Wow, you talk about being liberated! I am and I'm loving it!

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Summary: WOW....IF YOUR THINKING OF SHACKING UP ....DON'T DO IT!
Review: I found this book really blunt. It is written in a really symplistic way (easy to read). There are some really insightful points, a different way of looking at it...if you will. Honestly, it did make me see "shacking up" in a whole different light. I liked it....but wouldn't give it a five (but then again I'm not doing it) (and wouldn't for sure now) So I guess the book does work after all!

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Summary: Shacking up 40 reasons why not to
Review: I just have to say one thing. This woman is really brave! It's about time this book was written by a woman who put herself on the line about her choosing to shack up and then to tell the world she was doing it! Nobody wants to look bad in front of others but she doesn't care how she looks, she just wants to help other's from choosing this really painful lifestyle! I couldn't have done it, that's for sure. She totally condems herself for doing it! How many of us would talk about our private lives to the world and risk the ridicule that would come from others? No one that I know of! I sure as heck wouldn't. I could see where some people would take offense to it because she's so straight forward about her opinion but she scolds herself while telling others how bad it is for their well being! How brilliant is that I must add! Anyway, I loved the book, there were so many points that I never even thought of! Read it if your shacking up, it's an eye opener. By the way I would never shack up after reading it!

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Summary: Hmm... wait a minute!
Review: Okay, while I agree that "shacking up" among those so called nuclear families (he has kids, she has kids) is in bad taste and "trashy", and of course it messes up the kids and the family structure, on the other hand the arguments against young couples living together are somewhat weak, as the oldashioned and oudated speech about the religious aspect of it has worn thin over the last few decades. And I'm not even the evil irresponsible Liberal who Laura seems to target here, I just think that living in sin has a new face nowdays and it isn't the face of evil.