From the author of There Goes the Bride, here is book that talks to women about a new approach to life—being single and thoroughly enjoy it! Rather than focusing on Mr. Right, women should use their dating experiences as a developmental process, a learning experience, a way of growing and maturing and deciding what you really want. Women can learn from Mr. Puppy Love, Mr. First Boyfriend, Mr. Swashbuckling Adventure, Mr. Sex, Mr. Serious Intellectual, Mr. Money, Mr. Best Friend, and others. Each chapter concludes with a section called "Been There, Learned This" which lists the specific learning experiences and lessons accomplished from each dating and relationship experience. The book is sharp, energetic, often humorous, and always on the mark.
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In Mr. Right Now, relationship expert Rachel Safier offers a bold new approach to life for the woman who doesn’t want to worry about getting married right away but is instead determined to take more pleasure in dating. Mr. Right Now is filled with lively stories and practical advice for gaining experience, learning from different relationships, and just plain having fun. Offering commonsense wisdom tempered with a healthy dash of sass, Rachel Safier reveals the potential for fun, adventure, and personal growth with the various types of men in your life, including Mr. Best Friend, Mr. Younger, Mr. Brainy, Mr. Rich, Mr. Macho, Mr. Dangerous, and of course, Mr. Sex. In this on-the-mark, often humorous antidote to the “how to catch a man” self-help books, the author shares her own dating experience as well as those of women across the country and identifies the specific lessons learned form each dating and relationship experience.
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Rachel Safier is a journalist whose writing has appeared in such magazines as Seventeen, Publishers Weekly, and U.S. News & World Report. She is the author of There Goes the Bride (Jossey-Bass) and theregoesthebride.com.
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I enjoyed Rachel's newest book a lot. Once again, she is able to point out the key lessons from life experience. What is interesting is she claims that dating should be something we learn from and approach it that way, not as something to be dreaded or that we HAVE to do. Maybe she is suggesting to make it a little less serious and take it for what it is, not as a means to an end. In a society where marital status still plays heavily into how we fit in, this book encourages us to date and learn about ourselves. It's not all about husband-hunting and that is okay. Take the pressure off. Embrace this time in your life.
Rachel does a good job of taking real life examples and making them pertinent to your own. You can see examples of atleast one man you have dated in this book. It's a refreshing new outlook. I really enjoyed it because it made me laugh.
Rachel does a good job of taking real life examples and making them pertinent to your own. You can see examples of atleast one man you have dated in this book. It's a refreshing new outlook. I really enjoyed it because it made me laugh.
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You can and should wait to marry, even though society's signals may keep making you feel you can't and shouldn't. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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You can and should wait to marry, even though society's signals may keep making you feel you can't and shouldn't. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Check Yourself Quiz, Ralph Macchio, Deborah Shelkrot Permut, Bill Gates, Jerry Seinfeld, Michael Jackson, Andy Levine, There Goes the Bride New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Starter Marriage and the Future of Matrimony by Pamela Paul on 4 pages
- Why There Are No Good Men Left: The Romantic Plight of the New Single Woman by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Against Love: A Polemic by Laura Kipnis on page 19, and Back Matter
- Everything You Know About Love and Sex Is Wrong by Pepper Schwartz on page 24, and Back Matter
- A History of the Wife by Marilyn Yalom on page 25, and Back Matter
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