Mars and Venus on a Date: A Guide for Navigating the 5 Stages of Dating to Create a Loving and Lasting Relationship
November 30, 2009 by admin
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These books are getting old. Same story as the last… same story as the next. A much better book is “The Game” which i have also read… get past the nice guy personna as it’s REALLY NOT what women are looking for.
Rating: 2 / 5
I am very disappointed. I bought this book more than a month ago and have not gotten it yet, I do not even know if I will ever get it. I sent an email to the seller but did not get an answer. The seller was LittleBella…
Rating: 1 / 5
This book did not work for me. I believe that natural chemistry and relating to one another are the hallmarks of a mutual and intimate relationship. In this book, the author, rather than helping readers open themselves up to intimacy and be themselves, presents tricks on how to attract the opposite sex. Personally, I’m not looking to ‘trick’ anyone into going out with me or fall in love. How I open a car door for a woman or how she should or should not reach over to unlock the door for me as I’m walking around after I’ve opened the car door for her feels like protocol designed to play ‘the game’ properly. I don’t feel that it’s a game. It’s about being true to ourselves. It’s about relating – being best friends. And we are not peacocks – displaying our feathers at such a time and presenting at a certain time. We are empowered with language. I’m more partial to books that explore the similarities between men and women rather than the differences as Gray does. Authors that I recommend are Charlotte Kasl, John Welwood and John Stoltenberg. Good luck!
Rating: 1 / 5
the truth is the sad one. I found that author made great, insightful observations, and I’ll be using this book as a guide to dating (amongs some others, like “The Rules”, etc). I’m a foreigner who immigrated to the United States; after reading this book and realizing that this is the true state of male/female relationships in this country (yes, this way is specific to the US and, may be, Western Europe; things are not this way in other places–men/women are way more open, sincere, spontaneous, emotional, etc overseas)–I should say, after reading this book: I’m not surprised that so many people in the US turn to homosexual relationships. When relations with the opposite gender become so deprived of fun, governed by the rules, so artificial, fake, stressful, when a date is “like a job interview”, etc: one might rather chose to be gay, and understandably!
Rating: 5 / 5
As much as I hate to admit it, I’ve finally been forced to give Dr. John Gray credit for one good idea, the 5 Stages of Dating:Attraction, Uncertainty, Exclusivity, Intimacy, and Engagement.
This concept is what attracted me to MARS AND VENUS ON A DATE, and my research supports him on this–somewhat. (Not all couples go through Stage 2–Uncertainty–some know from DAY ONE that they want each other, usually the better looking couples.)
But most of MARS AND VENUS ON A DATE is based on the same old goody two shoes baloney that personality will get you anywhere in dating, and as they say in jazz, “It ain’t necessarily so!”
(If personality was so important, we’d all wanting to be dating all those people out there with great personalities–but we don’t!)
If you want to read a realistic book about dating, see Leil Lowndes’ HOW TO MAKE ANYONE FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU.
MAYBE JOHN GRAY NEEDS TO GO WITH MARS AND VENUS ON A DATE TO SEE HOW DATING REALLY WORKS!!!
Chari Krishnan RESEARCHKING
Rating: 2 / 5