I was wary of posting a review of this book—people might get the wrong idea. Then I remembered not to care what people think. So let me highly recommend this book! An old college roommate suggested this title to me almost a year ago and its taken me almost a year to procure a copy, and then find motivation to read it. What? Its not just the READER’S of this Blog who might judge me. I’m my own judge, thank you very much.
Dr. Neil Clark Warren is a therapist who seemingly specializes in marriage relationships. His tongue-in-cheek writing style is fantastic and very accessible to the lay reader. His Ten Principles for Choosing the Right Marriage Partner are straight-forward, and his explanations are sprinkled with real-world examples from his office. All of this together makes for a very interesting—and highly practical “guide.” As I read I found myself thinking about things I had honestly never considered when it comes to looking for The Right One.
Even for one not currently in a relationship—this book rocks. For someone in a relationship, I might even label this a Must-Read. Good stuff all around.
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Interesting. It's curious why we feel guilty for reading such books. I'm not sure why. If we're having trouble managing our finances, we go to the library and get finance books. If we want to learn about using our time more effectively, we go get books from the library. If we want to learn how to eat better, we go to the library.
Why should dating/marriage be any different? In fact, I would argue that this topic is one of the most important topics we should read up on. Why do we uphold a bias toward relationship literature? Why do we think that all of our knowledge has to come from experience or gossip in the office break room? I don't know. Any ideas?
This idea occurred to me while meandering through the library perhaps six months ago. I was walking down the self-help aisle when I noticed "Dating for Dummies." I picked it up with a chuckle, and took it home. As I glanced through it, I discovered that there was in fact some worthwhile material there. My sisters, who are also of dating age, were also interested. Since then, I've read a few other self-help dating/marriage books, which I considered to be rather enlightening..which I uh...now admit I didn't post reviews on...
Thanks for being willing to post this review in spite of public opinion. I looked up this guy on the library system. I can't find this book, but it looks like there are a few others that would also be a worthwhile read. Do you still have this book in your possession? Do you mind if I borrowed it over the Christmas break?... :)
We don't feel guilt, we feel embarrassment at the apparent ineptitude implied by our need to peruse anything entitled "self-help". Its a pride thing. As for me, I have receive a plethora of worthless advice about women, courting women, and parting ways with women, and none of it really ever helped. I most likely won't be reading this book because I rely on one thing alone to teach me about life and that is living it, observing peoples mistakes (including my own) and then changing the process to work better next time.
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