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Diary of a High Maintenance Woman

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I heard Beth on the KDGE morning show and then saw her on Good Morning Texas. I was impressed by her poise and decided to buy her book. It was an attention grabbing book and I read it in a single day. It was bold of her to share her life lessons,painfully arrived at, for our edification. She has a unique talent for taking relationship issues and laying them bare. She offers practical advice on building a good relationship while helping us to avoid the pitfalls and traps of relationship mistakes. Hopefully we can avoid her painful, expensive lessons by heeding her advice. Her offering uses clear, real language while avoiding the common diatribe of self-help books. I'm a mariage counselor and would highly recommend it.

This woman's diary was very hard to read because I could relate to so much she has experienced. Despite the book's bitter reality it was comforting to know that there are certainly more people out there (other than myself) that are not daunted by the task of finding love despite all the bad experieinces. Learning from experience whether it is from other people or myself is very valuable. I suggest this to all dumpers and dumpies, men and women...it gives perspective of what's going on with the "other side". Beth, thanks for sharing your thoughts and keeping them real!

Don't waste your money. Don't waste your time. If you really want to read about the terrible, poor choices that some women make, go to the library and read The Star or The National Enquirer. This book makes those look good.

I was so disappointed in this one-dimensional, shallow tale of this woman's failed relationships. I experience her as self-important and superficial. Anyone hoping to learn from Miss Elias' mistakes is in serious trouble. Perhaps she could get a job working with the poor women on ABC's "The Bachelor", though. That seems about the depth of her so-called advice. Don't waste your money.

As an outsider looking in it is easy to judge the author and some of the choices made during the relationships, but how many of us haven't made these same crazy mistakes. I lauged out loud at how some the situations were presented and at the same time felt pitty for how she must of been feeling during each of these relationships. I think it is great that she can look back on each of these relationships and learn from them and then both entertain and educate her readers.

Ms. Elias begins her book by explaining why she believes we all might envy her. This is a huge clue as to how bad the book is. The book is nothing more than a therapeutic exercise for Ms. Elias to discuss her failed relationships. She mistakenly believes that her advice is insightful and that we are interested in hearing from someone who has yet to be in a successful relationship. She believes she is intelligent yet cannot see that the married man she repeatedly has an affair with is using her, even after she knows he has at least one more mistress on the side. Don't waste your money.