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Men Like Women Who Like Themselves: (And Other Secrets That the Smartest Women Know)

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I learned a lot from this book. It explains exactly what to and not to say to a man on a first, second or third date. It also lets women know what scares a man away. There are several scenerios given throughout the book. And I bet if you're having trouble keeping a guy's interest, you WILL see yourself somewhere in this book & find out what mistakes you may making.

Reading this book gave me not only a lot of insight into how to approach the initial meetings of new possible significant friendships, what to be observant of and what's important, but also showed me situations that I could relate to in my past relationships. I could relate to so many of the "What smart Women don't do" topics as part of my past history. I felt good to see how far I have made progress since reading "What Smart Women Know". This book takes it further into what to do once you have found that special relationship and what is normal relating and what is unacceptable. I feel I've received a lot of valuble lessons from this book and would love to give a copy to every Women friend of mine. I read it in one full evening.

This a powerful book. I found it to be more influential than most relationship books. Though I was a bit uncomfortable at first with the untraditional layout - the information is not organized into respective chapters and seems to flow from one subject to another continuously - it was that very conversational style that seemed to drive the authors' points home in a most profound way. Some of those points were:

-To get to the end you must start from the beginning; think about connecting with men before you start thinking about marriage/babies
-everyone makes mistakes, so give men a chance
-husband's usually don't resemble magazine models
-abuse is abuse
-behaviors and conversations to avoid on dates

The tone of the book was more practical than spiritual. The authors do not present "following your heart" and "soul mates" as precepts. For a read along those lines I would recommend mystical relationship books by Deepak Chopra.

This book was also quick and easy read without being too wordy and conceptual; great if you're a busy person.

I really appreciate the books from these authors. After coming from a 16 year marriage, and dating again, this book was filled with fun information that has helped me tremendously. I am also a single parent, and still found the book geared toward me. Men Like Women is one I will keep and lend out to my friends.

After reading "Men Who Can't Love" (which, by the way, is brilliant!), I was excited to pick up another piece by these authors. Unfortunately I was more than disappointed. I should have seen a red flag when I saw the title, so I have no one to blame but myself. Any woman who decides to "like herself" just so that a man can like her is sadly mistaken (you like yourself for yourself, not anybody else!). Generalizations such as "a balding man is a better catch than a hottie" are... simply put, ignorant. Theory that a lengthy first phone conversation indicates problems in the relationship going forward is ridiculous. Half way through the book, I came to conclusion that it was written for teenagers - a couple of valid points surrounded by a whole lot of common sense rambling. Women who want to improve their self-esteem should look elsewhere. And finally, who in the world thinks about babies on the first date???

This book totally rubbed me the wrong way because it seems to focus on two entities that most often are completely polar: 'what men like' and 'what smart women do'. The authors continually jumped back in forth from one to the other with trite little sayings but no significant correlation. Not surprising when you consider the only credentials for these authors given was the publication of previous works, nothing slightly academic or based on professional experience or observation. That alone, speaks for itself!

"Men Like Women...." consists of one frightfully banal cliche after another, surrounded by acres of white space. Go read the cards in the "Friendship" section of the nearest Hallmark store - the insights you'll gain will be just as profound as anything you could get from this book, and you won't be out any money.

I HAD THIS ONE BEFORE LOANED IT OUT. I SHARED VIEWS FROM THIS BOOK AND MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS LOVED IT! MY DAUGHTER READ THIS WHILE AWAY AT COLLEGE. BEING AWAY FROM HOME CAN POSE SOME INTERESTING SITUATIONS. HOPEFULLY THE BOOK GAVE HER SOME TIPS. (RELATIONSHIPS ETC.)THE TEENS ESPECIALLY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HIS BOOK. WELL I WON'T LOAN OUT THIS ONE!

This book is so simply written, yet very powerful. It gave me the confidence and courage to break off an abusive relationship and start a new! I highly reccomend it to any woman who has low self-esteem. This book will change your life!

I did enjoy this book, though I only head half of it. It is written in such a way that the first half deals with you when you're not in a relationship and the second half deals with you when you're already in one. I had trouble connecting with it though. Some things were very true -- they were common sense. I was looking for help on how to deal with my lack of self-worth to help me find the right guy; I did not find it here.
But I must emphasize, the book is still great :)