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If you think dating is a simple process--meet someone, ask him or her for a date or get asked out yourself, try not to come off as a drooling moron, then arrange to get together for a second date or cut your losses and work to meet someone else--well, lucky you. For many people, it's far more complicated than that and Dr. Joy Browne addresses those complexities in Dating for Dummies. Exactly how do you meet a potential date? How do you present yourself in the most favourable light? How do you negotiate that first date? (One interesting story Browne tells is of a couple who negotiated a weekend together, deciding whether or not they'd have sex, and under what conditions they'd consider marriage and children--all before their first date.) And how do you proceed from there? The process still comes down to chemistry, but Browne shows how many ways there are to make sure you get your best possible chance with Mr./Ms. Right.

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Dating can be great or it can be the absolute pits, whether you′re 17 or 70. The basic story of dating hasn′t changed in thousands of years – boy meets girl and they make a connection. So why such sweaty palms if the dating game is so old? No, it’s not because you’re the nerd of the universe and everyone else is way cooler than you are. It’s because the rules have all changed. On top of that, dating can feel really scary because it has to do with big–ticket items: the opposite sex and rejection. Yikes!

Dating For Dummies is your guide to the dating scene if you have never dated, have rarely dated, or if you′ve experienced a life change and want to start dating again. Whether you′re a teenager, young adult, divorced, widowed, or an older adult, this useful reference can help you meet, date, and start a relationship with the person of your dreams.

Discover ways to increase your confidence, polish your social skills, figure out what you want, and find out where the best places are to meet your future mate. Full of essential tips and dating wisdom, Dating For Dummies covers everything a single person in search of a date should know, including

Selecting the right place for your first date
Finding the best places to meet people
Knowing how to protect yourself and understanding the myths and facts about date rape
Ditching your date (politely) and exiting with style
Finding dating tips for single parents, seniors, or those involved in office romances and long–distance relationships
Knowing when not to date
Meeting your online date, blind date, or personal–ad date
Surviving a break–up and waiting out the rebound period
Realizing that you are in love

With a little help from Dating For Dummies, discover how to turn what could be a disastrous date into a good time (and a fabulous relationship). Author Dr. Joy Browne – licensed clinical psychologist, best–selling author, and award–winning radio talk show host – guides you through it all.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

Some good ideas for people with little dating experience 27 Aug 2008

By C. Clayton

Format:Paperback

This book is written for late teens to early thirties men and women who have little dating experience. Having hosted her own radio talk show for many years Brown developed her ideas by listening and analyzing her audiences.

Brown takes a humorous and positive look at many interesting dating topics. Her early chapters focus considerable time on preparing to date and then deciding on who to date. She next explored where to go and what to do on dates. She concludes her observations by offering tips on dating smartly and successfully.

There is some bias in the book which detract from its content. For example, Joy Browne says don't date people from work. Many great marriages have come from dating people at work. If two people are mature, they can date and decide how they would handle things if their relationship doesn't work out.

This book has some useful ideas for people with little dating experience. There are several better books on the market.

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An exhaustive reference on dating, from first-date jitters to breaking up 20 Nov 2007

By Rolf Dobelli TOP 500 REVIEWER

Isn't everybody dumb when it comes to dating? Well-known radio personality Dr. Joy Browne lays out all the mistakes - and many of their cures - in this exhaustive manual for dating, from searching your patterns for self-sabotaging behaviors to practical tips for the first date. Find out if your dating mode is "casual" or "heavy," and learn what to tuck into your emergency repair kit. Browne dissects every aspect of dating, from first kiss to breaking up, and offers many good tips along the way. We recommend this for anyone who recently began circulating or is skittish about dating. Rules are helpful, but remember that some rules are made to be broken.

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TRULY ROMANTIC 27 Jan 1999

By A Customer

THIS BOOK HELPED TURN THIS "HOPELESS" ROMANTIC INTO A "HOPEFUL" ROMANTIC. LOVE, TRUE LOVE, IS NEVER EASY TO FIND. THIS BOOK EXPLAINS WHAT TO DO WHEN LOVE SHOULD FIND ITS WAY TO YOU. IT HELPS YOU BECOME WHO YOU TRULY WANT TO BE AND HELPS THE HEART BEAT STRONG. I RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO THE LONELY, THE HAPPY, THE INSECURE, THE FRIGHTENED AND THE ROMEOS ALIKE.