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Behind Every Great Woman There's A Fabulous Gay Man : Advice from a Guy Who Gives It To You Straight

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I got this after a friend recommended it after reading the author's column on Match.com. It's fabulous and makes me miss seeing my gay friend who moves to Los Angeles more. You are guranteed to feel a little too familiar with some of the scenarios in this book. It covers dating and relationship scenarios in details, and you feel like he's talking just to you. Plus there's stuff on other thing too like style. Very funny and surprisingly educational.

At first I thought it would be a quick read. When I started reading this book, I found I could not put it down. You find youself going back and rereading the entire book and then different chapters that focus on dating ("Chapter 1: Fixing the fatal flaw that's ruining your love life" was incredibly insightful), style, avoiding guys like your Dad (a big one for me), and a lot more. It is really so supportive of women. I loved that. It felt like hearing your best friend talk to you. I don't have gay guy friends like a lot of my girlfriends do, so it was especially cool for me. He really does have a take on male/female relationships that I didn't consider or ever hear from anyone.

I would be nothing without my gay male friends! And they would be nothing without me, and they know it, too. Finally a book about this topic. I loved it. I bought three for my friends. It's funny without being nasty. It's insightful without being cornball. It's warm, hot and cool all at the same time. Fab.

If only I'd had this in college. Oh my God, I would have saved some time by NOT focusing on a few loser men. Seriously, this is just my new favorite book! I am either laughing like a crazy girl or seriously evaluating the guys in my life a lot differently. I could have lived without the chapter on shopping, but otherwise, it's incredible how many fantastic and witty topics are covered, mostly on dating and relationships but do not miss the chapters on hair style as a barometer for a girl's emotional health, a gay guy's take on some typical girl hurdles, and some fun insights on throwing parties and things like that.

I wasn't sure whether I would like this book.The truth is that I purchased it out of curiosity. What I found was pleasantly surprising - not only is it a very, very fun read (I stayed up late reading it and had to call my friend at midnight, laughing over Chapter 7), but there were many similarities between my own single woman life that had me in hysterics and, yes, once even in tears. If a book about dating/ relationships/life, from a gay man's point of view toward a woman, can be really funny and oddly comforting, this is it.

The author has really tapped into something great with this - what I took away from this book and will continue to remember is that there's something incredible about a gay boyfriend in your life. He's just the best and different from any friend I have. The author's advice is awesome: in his unique way he points out things that I either knew and ignored or didn't know and missed -about men, relationships, life, style. Read it and laugh and relate.It's the next best thing to a cool gay guy hanging out with you for the day.

It's pretty stereotypical. I don't beleive that all gay men love decorating or shopping or hair & it follows those stereotypes. The advice may be helpful for some. At least someone has taken the time to write about the special relationships that gay men & straight women have.