The Dirt On Dating: A Dateable Book (Dateable Books)

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Summary: another worthwhile read
Review: Here we have another solo effort by DiMarco-but it is ten times better than Mean Girls, I can assure you. This book doesn't look like much, and the price might have you going "what???" but this book, I can assure you, is worth your time, so put it on your "I want" list. The Dirt on Dating DOES NOT talk about whether dating is okay or not. DiMarco leaves that to you. So this manual is for those of us who are looking into relationships with the opposite sex, and/or are already dating a ton, but have not found Mr./Mrs. Right. DiMarco starts off with how the dating/courtship movements are actually fairly new movements. Back in ye olden days, the parents would discuss who married whom, and they exchanged money/livestock/other items for a wife for their sons. Dating, she claims, came after the reasons for marriage changed (she talks about how a man needed a woman to clean house and raise children, and a woman needed someone to protect her). Later on, DiMarco divides the book into sections for each gender, talking about dating specifics: what to do on a date, what not to do on a date, how to compliment someone and stay within the Dateable Rules (also read the book "Dateable: Are You? Are They? By the same authors). Basically, this book serves as a manual on how to date safely without getting squashed by someone, and offers insight into dating later on in life. A perfect gift for the single in your life. The books main target audience is 13-18 years of age, but college and career people can still get a lot out of these books, especially if you are not looking for a spouse right now. I also know married couples that read this series religiously and wish that these books had been around back when they were single. A must have staple for fans of the Dateable series. The book features a fairly grounded Biblical viewpoint, with DiMarco pointing out that while the Bible does not mention dating, it does mention conduct among Christian young people, and this is where she draws her insights in this book from.