Dating For Dummies by Dr. Joy Browne is now available as a download, which is convenient if you’re uncomfortable about the checkout guy at Target knowing your business.
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If you can get over the idea of checking out of the bookstore with a book “for dummies” under your arm, you might just get a lot of valuable dating advice from this classic dating book. (I know you ladies are tough, after all, most of you have walked out of a bookstore with Stop Getting Dumped! under your arm, so Dating for Dummies is a piece of cake. )
As with other books in the “Dummies” series, this dating book is chock full of checklists and easy-to follow instructions, with a lot of useful information on dating etiquette, first dates, kissing protocol, and even tougher topics like date rape. Dating for Dummies is authored by D. Joy Browne, a well-known radio personality with a lot of common sense.
What’s to Like: Lots of helpful pointers on dating topics ranging from where to meet someone to kissing etiquette, to good first date ideas to date hygiene (shower!)
What’s Not To Like: Dr. Browne suggests you don’t date for a year after your divorce, which to many people might seem like a verrrrrry long time, and a number of readers have pointed out small contradictions.
The Verdict: Dating for Dummies is a pretty smart dating manual. And good news for those who blush easily — instead of flashing your personal life all over the bookstore, you can now download it online.
Lisa
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I have been seeing a guy for about six months now. Shortly after we first met, he asked me to go to Miami with him to go to a modeling competition that he was in. Once we got to Miami, I found out that he didn’t have any money, so I ended up paying for everything. This guy is really a nice guy, but lately there has been a lot of inconsistency in our relationship. Whenever we go out, I always have to pay because he claims that he does not have any money.
For about the past month he has been going out of town every single weekend and when he goes, for whatever reason I don’t hear from him. When I finally talk to him he tells me that his cell phone was not working or he left it home along with his pager. One weekend, I actually caught him coming out of his house with a girl. When he saw me pull up, he ran in the house and had his cousin tell me he wasn’t in there. I am still talking to him, but I really don’t know what to do about him anymore because know I think he feels like he can do anything that he wants to me and its suppose to be okay.
It seems like I show all the feelings and he doesn’t. How can I change the relationship around and have him chasing after me?
Chasing Him
Dear Chasing,
Wow, this guy sure does do a lot of traveling for somebody who is always broke.
You’d better sit down for this one, because I’m going to give it to you straight up: Your guy is sleeping with other girls. And he’s playing you.
The reason he feels like he can do anything and it is okay is because you are allowing him to treat you that way by putting up with it. The reason you never hear from him when he’s out of town is because he’s with another girl. Really. Nobody’s cell phone just goes dead on the weekends. You say that you are the one showing all the feelings, but that isn’t really true, is it? He’s showing you his feelings on a daily basis: he doesn’t care about you and doesn’t respect you.
You are a woman, not a doormat. Dump him; you deserve much, much better. This guy doesn’t just chase girls, he chases fire trucks.
XO,
Lisa
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