DATING MAKES YOU WANT TO DIE
August 28, 2008
Toss out the old John Gray MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS...Sorry, John, you're a great interview, but in the context of what's coming...well, you'll understand.
And, dump HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU.
That's what these authors say. They wrote DATING MAKES YOU WANT TO DIE...BUT YOU HAVE TO DO IT ANYWAY: GETTING THROUGH THE ABSURDITY OF DATING WITH YOUR SOUL INTACT.
Back to John Gray for a moment. He is super-adorable, and quite a gentleman. Great heart. And if I can find our picture together, I'll post it. Oh, I just remembered -- it was taken before the era of digital cameras. It's close to midnight, and I'd have to find the photo and scan it. I will, in another post, I promise.
Maybe that's the point of DATING MAKES YOU WANT TO DIE. It's now. And it's probably written for young professionals, who may still be living with Mom and Dad. Its silly wisdom still works. Except that the authors, Daniel Holloway & Dorothy Robinson keep wanting to get you drunk -- or at least drinking -- and we already know I am not going back there.
They give advice from the "wanting someone in your life" stage to getting married, and I found the chapter on the third date particularly helpful. As in -- are you gonna do it, or not. First, you have to find a good enough match to even get to the third date.
There's the bar scene -- martini bars, airport bars, sports bars -- and there's the internet. No craigslist or eHarmony -- "two sides of one creepy coin" they write. I've tried a few, and so far my favorite is FitnessSingles.com. They suggest MySpace and Facebook.
I'll cut to the chase. The book made me hot -- and it made me laugh. Only thing is...Chuck Palahniuk told me that to be effective, you really can't get readers hot and have them laughing in the same section -- they wash each other out. But that's in fiction. I digress.
Get the book. Get hot. Laugh.
Toss out the old John Gray MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS...Sorry, John, you're a great interview, but in the context of what's coming...well, you'll understand.
And, dump HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU.
That's what these authors say. They wrote DATING MAKES YOU WANT TO DIE...BUT YOU HAVE TO DO IT ANYWAY: GETTING THROUGH THE ABSURDITY OF DATING WITH YOUR SOUL INTACT.
Back to John Gray for a moment. He is super-adorable, and quite a gentleman. Great heart. And if I can find our picture together, I'll post it. Oh, I just remembered -- it was taken before the era of digital cameras. It's close to midnight, and I'd have to find the photo and scan it. I will, in another post, I promise.
Maybe that's the point of DATING MAKES YOU WANT TO DIE. It's now. And it's probably written for young professionals, who may still be living with Mom and Dad. Its silly wisdom still works. Except that the authors, Daniel Holloway & Dorothy Robinson keep wanting to get you drunk -- or at least drinking -- and we already know I am not going back there.
They give advice from the "wanting someone in your life" stage to getting married, and I found the chapter on the third date particularly helpful. As in -- are you gonna do it, or not. First, you have to find a good enough match to even get to the third date.
There's the bar scene -- martini bars, airport bars, sports bars -- and there's the internet. No craigslist or eHarmony -- "two sides of one creepy coin" they write. I've tried a few, and so far my favorite is FitnessSingles.com. They suggest MySpace and Facebook.
I'll cut to the chase. The book made me hot -- and it made me laugh. Only thing is...Chuck Palahniuk told me that to be effective, you really can't get readers hot and have them laughing in the same section -- they wash each other out. But that's in fiction. I digress.
Get the book. Get hot. Laugh.
Labels: books, Chuck Pahalniuk, Daniel Holloway, DATING MAKES YOU WANT TO DIE, Dorothy Robinson, HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU, Internet dating, John Gray, MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS
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