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Summary: Sick book
Review: I firmly believe that Ellen Fein and Sherrie Schneider don't like men.Some things it said were valid, like live your own life, etc.
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Summary: These reviewers need to stop and think
Review: I think that most of the nay-saying reviewers "protest too much"! There's something very strange about how vile the reviews are for such a "fluffy" book. Nobody HAS to do the rules--it's an aid for people who really want to get married and don't know how to get there. If you have another way, fine. That's great if it works for you. But most of these reviews are VENOMOUS (I mean, if it's so meaningless, why talk about it?) This book is for people who WANT to get married!! Most of the reviewers seem to think that "trying to get a husband" is the underlying evil of the book (!) But that's just what SOME people want! If a person wants a loving husband, this book is wonderfully helpful. If you want to go about things your own way, then go do it! But quit knocking a book that has helped a lot of people find what they're looking for.
I've had success with it--I just learned to tweak a few things and attracted a husband who adores me for who I am--and knows all of my crazy quirks too!!
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Summary: Some reviewers are missing the point
Review: Having read all of the customer reviews for this book, it is my opinion that most of the critical reviewers are missing the aim of the Rules completely. Put simply, the Rules are just a tried and tested means of separating those who are REALLY interested in you, from those that are not. Why waste time on someone who isn't all that keen on you? The Rules just filter them out from the outset. It's as uncomplicated as that.
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Summary: Pity
Review: Here is a wacky book that assumes love relation is about practicing rules of manipulation. It encourages (women) to pretend what they are not to get men to marry them. Amid dozens of near stupid* (see notation below) and odd rules, two authors presented a lot of illogical reasoning to convince readers that all men need this sort of manipulation to be happy with their women. Over and over the authors emphasized it is not manipulating your men but actually helping them... your relatinship becomes miserable when breaking the Rules....if the Rules screw up your emotional life, do not consult with your therapists....On the contrary, two self-claimed-expert authors advertised their consultation fee on their web site for $200 initial fee plus $75 per 45-minute session afterwards or discounted package: $800 per 6 x 45-minute sessions and $1000 per 8 x 45-minute sessions...Wow, easy money from readers who swallowed the poison. This book is so strangely influential to the dating scene that I had to leave this review to have my opinion heard. In relationship, you get what you pay for. To each his/her own kind. There are certain men enjoy playing hunting games. There are certain men who can't identify or resist manipulation. There are certain men who only want what they can't get. These men who would most likely comply with the Rules are suggested to be the Mr. Right. The book makes effort to assure its readers that these are the right men for the "Rules Girls". What about the rest of regular types of men who are busy and matured enough not to play games and just want to find nice women to get married with? They probably won't survive or give a dame about complying with the Rules. From men's point of view: there is a boundary between women's playing hard-to-get games and being rude or plain stupid. It's likely that women who play The Rules cut themselves off from those Mr. Right who prefer not to marrying to irrational spouses. It is a pity that some pretty women whom I was originally attracted to or had crush on still played the Rules and turned me off eventually. What they did not realize was: "The more they played the Rules, the more they revealed their low self-esteem and under-developped intellect and the less attractive they became to me". The Rules just does not work for a guy like me who only wants to find a loving and compatible spouse to marry with.... In a way, I should be glad about this book because it kept me from falling for those attrative women who were pitiful enough to buy in those stupid rules and stubborn enough to believe it was good for them. I may not marry the most intelligent woman but I really want my children genetically smarter than these rules. _______________________________________________________________
Note: Do not answer to a baby's crying for hunger until the fourth time. What's the emotional similarity between a man's calling for a woman's affection and a baby's crying for hunger? Both are needy desires. All men were once babies. Human desire wears out gradually when passion is not properly returned. The stomach digests itself in long-lasting starvation and will no longer accept regular food without proper treatment. But, according to the Rules, this baby will love you more if you don't feed him often and no more than once every four cries. Is there any word other than stupid* to call this? It is a pity that this book draws many followers from the ignorant.
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Summary: THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH!
Review: Well all I can say is this is the best book along with part 2! I have tried being nice, thoughtful and wonderful and all it's gotten me was years of heartache. I have just began reading both these books and I am TOATLLY REPROGRAMMED! following the advice of these books has offered me alot of MALE FRIENDS !and I choose who I want to give my time too :) and my time is not only spent with just one, which makes me BETTER at this :) Don't be a SKEPTIC try this and you'll see for yourself!
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Summary: okay
Review: Well it doesn't start out so bad, I thought that some of the advice is actually common sense, but when you go further into the book then it starts to get ridiculous. Sometimes it seems as if the women imply that one should give the facade of having a life even if you don't. Well I actually have a life. And some of the advice makes sense i.e. "don't open up too fast, don't mention marriage on the first date, dress nice & look attractive." It sounds pretty good, but its common sense. A lot of it seems manipulative & just silly i.e. "don't see him more than once or twice a week, don't accept a sat. night date after wed., don't discuss the rules with your therapist." Not everyone finds love by going through the rules, if you've got common sense and a good head on your shoulders, then you'll do fine without the rules. The authors also imply that if you don't follow the rules then you won't end up married or in a committed relationship. Halfway through it feels as if the authors were trying to manipulate the reader by giving advice like "don't discuss the rules with your family, friends, and therapist." Ideas are meant to be challenged, and if they were so sure on their Rules then they wouldn't feel threatened if the reader told her loved ones. Besides family & friends are there to help not hurt and give advice. They act as if by using the rules you'll end up with a man. Nothing is 100% guaranteed, I don't care how good it sounds. You might end up being pursued by the wrong guy, hey its happened. Bad boys love a challenge too, and playing hard to get might actually end up hurting you. Guys might think that your just trying to be polite when you talk to them and move on. The authors need to get real. I know plenty of people that used their common sense & were smart in dating and are married without following the rules. BTW, I don't like to follow advice from authors that have no success in relationships. I read in a newspaper article that one of them got a divorce, not exactly the type of person that's qualified to give advice on relationships. Nothing personal, I'd just rather get advice from an author that has succeeded in that area. Save your money ladies, and check it out from your library first.
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Summary: Book of games for the modern woman to be a high school tease
Review: This book explains why one of my ex-girlfriends sunk my boat, my ex-wife #1 emptied 200 gallons of heating oil in my basement, rendering my house un-livable for 9 months Ex-wife #2 crashed my car through a 7-11, (who said that women are better drivers) and wife #3 made false claims of spousal abuse and served me with an order of protection on me. It also explains why wife #3 was shocked when I served her divorce papers the same week. It explains why my ex-wife #4 burned my living room with candles. These were all attempts, on the female's part to force me to prove my persistent and genuine LOVE for her. How narcissistic can you get without a prescription, it's beyond me! Now I love all of them; I love them away from me. Life is too short for dangerous games. It seems so strange that all over the world people stay married forever and here in the US married life is like the Jerry Springer show. I thank the authors for writing this book for explaining my wives childish behavior and giving me closure. If you want a happy life with a man, treat him the way you would treat your father, that is if your mother didn't chase your father away as well. I am now 45 and I have no desire to be with any female for any reason, and I found out that the women that played these games are desperate for any man. Maybe I should bulldoze their houses to force them to prove their persistent and genuine LOVE for ME!
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Summary: A Girl's Best Friend
Review: Diamonds are not a girl's best friend -- this book is. Like Cleopatra, some women are just born knowing what to do to attract men. But what about the rest of us? Have any of you ever found that it was the men you were not very interested in who were most interested in you? That's because, without knowing it, you were doing THE RULES. THE RULES are about respecting yourself, being a creature unlike any other, and being independent. Men aren't attracted to needy, clingy females, nor do they appreciate it when you bend over backwards for them. I know, you'd think they'd like it when you run through hoops for them, but until you're married, don't. THE RULES say the man has to earn the privilege of your company. You never do anything around or with a man that will lead him to disrespect you. Always expect him to respect you. If he doesn't, then it's next! RULES girls don't try to change men. They expect only the best and that's why they get it. If you think THE RULES are old fashioned, then go ahead, experience the heartbreak that comes with breaking them. I just wish this book had been published years ago, because I would have been spared much. This book is so good, I have had to buy more than one copy of this because I keep giving it out to my friends.
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Summary: The Rules will hook you up with players or deadbeats.
Review: At the first glance, I thought this was a book of dry humor on dating. Later, the shallowness in this book turned my stomach inside out when I read it over in the book store. Although I didn't buy this book, it helped me reach a decision. That is, I would never date any passive and unable-to-think-for-themselves "Rules Girls", regardless their physical attaction. In the past, before I even knew about this book, I had turned down two pretty women who first played hard to get games and then got backfired by their own games. Why? Different spiritual species do not mate due to incompatible spiritual DNA's. "The Rules" are derived from a set of narrow views about men. It became popular becasue it somehow strokes a target woman group's wounded ego. What type of woman readers would buy a book to dictate or fix their dating lives? Well, the answer is obvious so I'd rather keep it to myself for the reading courtesy. The publication of The Rules is one of those getting rich schemes by manipulating people's feelings and selling them false sense of security. Yes, the Rules will help some insecure or sleazy women to reconstruct their self esteem in dating. But, mostly, it screens out a great deal of quality admirers and leaves you with those desperate but safe men. By saying 'safe', I meant 'less marketable and desirable'. Unfortunately, not every man would react to the Rules positively in real life, especially those sensitive, intelligent and quality ones. Ask yourself this question, "Will a highly demanded and intelligent single man waste his time and put up with the garbage in the Rules in order to prove his persistant and genuine LOVE for you WHEN HE BARELY KNOWS YOU? In a fantasy little world, you may like to think so...........oh, yes, he REALLY LOVES me, he still wants me even after I treated him like a dog..........okay, knock, knock, time for the reality check, =R=O=A=D= =T=O= =T=H=E= =T=R=U=T=H => The more desirable and intelligent a man is, the better other available opportunities he's got to go after. If he's been sincere, he would have got hurt by now and turned away to prevent getting more hurt by your inconsiderate rules. You rules have just screened out a good catch. On the other hand, if he's a player, he would stick around while womanizing the other girls behind your back, because he knew your predictable dating schedule well. He could probably book up a couple of Rules Girls to kill time with. Or, the worst kind, your rules just scooped up the obssesive kind of men who can't think for themselves objectively and who are really desperate, i.e. Stalkers + The Rules = Restraining Orders. I wonder, after all those feminism movements, why would some women sacrifice their intuitions by playing a set of stiff rules? Don't both sexes enjoy the spontaneity in romance? Don't you respect your own liking and choice in men? Where are woman's rights and individuality promoted in this book that is supposed to better women's personal lives? It is better to think for yourself with common sense than following the Rules. Be decisive, spontaneous and careful with each other in dating. If the relationship does not work out at best, learn from it and move on for a better man. Nothing turns a sincere man off faster than knowing she was playing games to manipulate his feelings - - - this is true, unless he is a spineless pushover or pretentious player. In that case, he will not be a REAL MAN who would stand what is the right thing to do in adverse situation and protect you justly. Oh, before I forgot, the Rules intentionally brainwashes you to neglect the No. 1 truth, "MEN ARE FLESH AND HAVE FEELINGS TOO". Don't let the authors fool you. Don't waste money and time on this book. Use that $5.99 I saved for you to buy yourself a chocolate delight and ice cream. My treat!
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Summary: For women born without common sense
Review: If I saw a house on fire, I would be very tempted to throw this book into its flames..... This entire book can be summed up by this: men don't like desperate women and they won't ask you out & marry you if you have no confidence or if you don't help elevate their status. This is common sense, however, exploited into a set of ridiculous rules to make one appear confident and unattainable to stir up the instinctive "hunter" within every male. How about getting some real confidence instead and pursuing your own goals so you actually are too busy to return his phone call immediately? Trickery and faking confidence are not exactly new ways to get your hooks into a man. Getting pregnant used to be a smart strategy to get your man to the altar, after all. I like to think that women have evolved beyond such deceptive planning, however, so this book shocked me. It's hard to believe a book of this nature has met with such success, as creating a little mystery about oneself is okay, but this book promotes marketing yourself as something you are not. Women aren't products, after all, and if you have to pretend to be a certain way to get someone to marry you....to the point where you're consulting a book to find out your next move....well, you need a serious session with a therapist. I recommend this book be bypassed!
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