Dating For Dummies - Softcover

Browne, Joy

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ISBN 10: 0764550721 ISBN 13: 9780764550720

Publisher: IDG Books Worldwide, 1998

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Dating can be great or it can be the absolute pits, whether you're 17 or 70. The basic story of dating hasn't changed in thousands of years – boy meets girl and they make a connection. So why such sweaty palms if the dating game is so old? No, it’s not because you’re the nerd of the universe and everyone else is way cooler than you are. It’s because the rules have all changed. On top of that, dating can feel really scary because it has to do with big-ticket items: the opposite sex and rejection. Yikes!

Dating For Dummies is your guide to the dating scene if you have never dated, have rarely dated, or if you've experienced a life change and want to start dating again. Whether you're a teenager, young adult, divorced, widowed, or an older adult, this useful reference can help you meet, date, and start a relationship with the person of your dreams.

Discover ways to increase your confidence, polish your social skills, figure out what you want, and find out where the best places are to meet your future mate. Full of essential tips and dating wisdom, Dating For Dummies covers everything a single person in search of a date should know, including

Selecting the right place for your first date
Finding the best places to meet people
Knowing how to protect yourself and understanding the myths and facts about date rape
Ditching your date (politely) and exiting with style
Finding dating tips for single parents, seniors, or those involved in office romances and long-distance relationships
Knowing when not to date
Meeting your online date, blind date, or personal-ad date
Surviving a break-up and waiting out the rebound period
Realizing that you are in love

With a little help from Dating For Dummies, discover how to turn what could be a disastrous date into a good time (and a fabulous relationship). Author Dr. Joy Browne – licensed clinical psychologist, best-selling author, and award-winning radio talk show host – guides you through it all.

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If you think dating is a simple process--meet someone, ask him or her for a date or get asked out yourself, try not to come off as a drooling moron, then arrange to get together for a second date or cut your losses and work to meet someone else--well, lucky you. For many people, it's far more complicated than that, and Dr. Joy Browne addresses those complexities in Dating for Dummies. Exactly how do you meet a potential date? How do you present yourself in the most favorable light? How do you negotiate that first date? (One interesting story Browne tells is of a couple who negotiated a weekend together, deciding whether or not they'd have sex, and under what conditions they'd consider marriage and children--all before their first date.) And how do you proceed from there? The process still comes down to chemistry, but Browne shows how many ways there are to make sure you get your best possible chance with Mr./Ms. Right.

From the Back Cover:

"Can we talk about Dating For Dummies? It is a must read!" Joan Rivers Praise for Dr. Joy Browne and Dating For Dummies� "Her instincts are good enough to have made her one of radio's best-known psychologists." — New York Daily News "Dating For Dummies�takes one of the most complicated, anxiety-filled social rituals we have and provides the reader with a handbook for success." — Jim McCann, President, 1-800-Flowers

Includes special advice for divorced, widowed, and senior singles!

Your fun and easy guide to dating success Dating and relating doesn't have to be intimidating. This essential singles companion is filled with sound advice and shows you just how easy it is to meet, date, and start a relationship with exactly the kind of person you've been holding out for — without having to kiss another frog!

Discover how to: Build your dating confidence Polish your social self Prepare for the big date Go out and have a good time Deal with dating difficulties Get serious — or keep it casual

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