THE RULES: Time-Tested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr Right by Ellen Fein and Sherrie Schneider
First of all, if you are reading this book you are a passive woman (or curious man) who probably doesn't know how to stand up for themselves in the dating scene. You're desperate. You find this book, small enough to fit in a purse, and it looks like the help you've been asking for. You've never been so wrong before in your life. This book, allegedly a self help book, contains 35 "Rules" that are supposed to help a lonely woman catch a man. It is full of anti-feminist sentiment and provides guidelines on how to be what is basically the most annoying person possible. Never returning phone calls and forcing the man to pay for everything on a date is pretty lame. "The Rules" are obsolete. Almost none of the advice applies to the modern day world of Tinder, Grindr, and other services (like OKCupid, which I must warn you uses stolen data-- like mine). While some of the advice (don't meet a stranger at your place or take him home) is actually useful, most of it is basic common sense. The clincher? Ellen Fein, one of the co-authors, got a divorce. Yes, a DIVORCE. The VERY THING these rules claim you'll never have. If that doesn't tell you all you need to know about this book, then I don't know what will. ISBN: 0-446-60274-4