- Hardcover: 192 pages
- Publisher: Robson Books Ltd (April 1988)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0860514730
- ISBN-13: 978-0860514732
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,071,355 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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An action plan for single women who have only dreamt of wedding bells.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I am the biggest synic on the plannet. I bought this book whilst going through a relationship breakup. I took with a pinch of salt about your weight and how you dress ect. Anyway, I just happened to be wearing non fussy siloutte clothes, when I met a guy, not in a bar or club, and so many things in the book just fell into place. So to cut a long story short, I am getting married later this year, the book actually worked!
Even if you are not looking for a husband, then read the book anyway it tells you a lot about relationships in a frank and honest way.
Even if you are not looking for a husband, then read the book anyway it tells you a lot about relationships in a frank and honest way.
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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful
I was soooo ticked when someone gave this book to me, but...
2 Sep 2000
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I've spent the next 13 years being grateful to them.
I was sitting on the beach. My sister handed me this book. I was totally offended. But I tought, I'm 26 and dating someone who I probably won't marry. Nothing better to do. So I cracked it open. One of the first things I read is: smile at EVERY man you meet who you are pretty sure is not a convicted felon. When I got up to get something out of the car, I walked past a late 30's man who was talking on the phone. Why the h*ll not! I stood up straight and flashed him a brilliant smile. I felt absurd and exposed and like a total goofball. On the way back from the car, same thing -- shoulders back, good posture, winning smile. He literally took the phone away from his ear and stared at me and said "YOU are the cutest thing!"
I sat back down in my beach chair and devoured that book. I'm no great looker and yet I got immediate results. From then on I was fighting the men off. Within six months I met THE guy, two years later we were married. We've been married for 10 years.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Easy to Follow Instructions for Finding a Husband
8 July 1998
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Okay, so some women may be put off by the advice to be a bitch and the suggestions on how to dress (don't dress dumpy and wear make up) but the idea that one must be informed and methodical about finding the right man to marry is the most important concept in this book. Most of her advice is based on appealing to men in a very general sense (most men prefer long hair and stuff like that), so if the man of your choice isn't typical, then you would ignore some of that information. The best parts of the book are: her list of questions to ask a man to find out if he is the man for you and her advice on when and why you should move out of a live-in relationship. It's a good book with which to start your quest and I have to add that two friends were married with in two years after reading and applying the information in this book.
26 of 30 people found the following review helpful
Eagerness turned to disappointment
31 Aug 2006
Format:Paperback
I rarely place book reviews unless I feel strongly about it, and in this case I do. While there are definitely many helpful points to help a woman get married such as exhibiting confidence, etc., there are certain issues which I frankly felt were either not practical or insulting.
1) p. 197 "Another woman told me that she has been "saving herself" for marriage.. She, too, had failed with men...The typical man reacts adversely to virginity in an adult female"
p.168 "Men normally view virginity in an adult female with equal dismay. If a woman older than twenty-five is a virgin and insists on remaining one until she marries, she's likely to die a virgin."
I do not believe premarital sex is a sin leading to fire and brimstone. However, this passage from the book is implying for the many people who do want to save themselves for either religious or personal reasons or the >25 year old virgin, that they are hopeless. This is an insult. If a woman changes her own beliefs just to get married, then she is not being her own true self. To have a true relationship, a woman has to show her true colors, be it premarital sex or chastity. And the age thing? I'm too insulted to comment.
Believe it or not, there are women who married as virgins AFTER 25 years old and are happy.
2) p.179 "If you are fertile, use birth control that's pleasant for him. Don't expect him to use a condom, unless disease prevention is your primary concern or his. Condoms may dull his senses too much."
While #1 above was insulting, #2 is just plain risky. Since premarital sex is obviously advocated in this book, then at the very least condoms should be used. Birth control pills, Depo, the patch, Nuva Ring, to name a few prevent pregnancy, but they don't prevent disease. Condoms NEED to be used. The danger of HIV and sexually transmitted disease (STD) is too great. Not to mention risk of infertility in STD's and potential death in the case of HIV. If there is one thing you get out of this review, at least learn to protect your health.
I had seen how some readers gave 1 star. Yet, because of the 4-5 stars on this book, I gave it the benefit of the doubt. I now know that it definitely falls in the 1 star category.
1) p. 197 "Another woman told me that she has been "saving herself" for marriage.. She, too, had failed with men...The typical man reacts adversely to virginity in an adult female"
p.168 "Men normally view virginity in an adult female with equal dismay. If a woman older than twenty-five is a virgin and insists on remaining one until she marries, she's likely to die a virgin."
I do not believe premarital sex is a sin leading to fire and brimstone. However, this passage from the book is implying for the many people who do want to save themselves for either religious or personal reasons or the >25 year old virgin, that they are hopeless. This is an insult. If a woman changes her own beliefs just to get married, then she is not being her own true self. To have a true relationship, a woman has to show her true colors, be it premarital sex or chastity. And the age thing? I'm too insulted to comment.
Believe it or not, there are women who married as virgins AFTER 25 years old and are happy.
2) p.179 "If you are fertile, use birth control that's pleasant for him. Don't expect him to use a condom, unless disease prevention is your primary concern or his. Condoms may dull his senses too much."
While #1 above was insulting, #2 is just plain risky. Since premarital sex is obviously advocated in this book, then at the very least condoms should be used. Birth control pills, Depo, the patch, Nuva Ring, to name a few prevent pregnancy, but they don't prevent disease. Condoms NEED to be used. The danger of HIV and sexually transmitted disease (STD) is too great. Not to mention risk of infertility in STD's and potential death in the case of HIV. If there is one thing you get out of this review, at least learn to protect your health.
I had seen how some readers gave 1 star. Yet, because of the 4-5 stars on this book, I gave it the benefit of the doubt. I now know that it definitely falls in the 1 star category.
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