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Marriable: Taking the Desperate Out of Dating (Paperback)

27 May 2009 205 views 10 Comments

Marriable: Taking the Desperate Out of Dating

Many single adults don’t realize how their actions and their communication style could be having a negative affect on the opposite sex. Popular thinking about dating identifies certain “rules for success” for today’s singles. But the results are in, and popular thinking isn’t working. Rather than attract the opposite sex, popularly promoted roles and actions often leave singles looking desperate while sending potential dates the opposite direction. In Marriable, Hayley and Michael DiMarco ask the question, “You aren’t desperate so why are you acting like it?” With creative chapter titles like “They Just Might Be Out of Your League” and “How Being ‘Just Friends’ is a Waste of Time,” the authors explore everything from internet dating to commitment-phobia. Writing with wit and humor, Hayley and Michael discuss the differences between men and women, what those differences mean in a dating relationship, and ultimately how to find and be a “marriable” person. With short, ac (more…)

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  • Rimon said:

    1.0 out of 5 stars
    A + B = Bliss-filled marriage.
    My mother purchased this book for me. I think it was an “Oh, but she means well” type thing. I spent some time looking over the book and decided there are few things I have ever…

  • Anonymous said:

    1.0 out of 5 stars
    Are they for real?
    Okay, so I’m at work one day, a Christian bookstore, and I open up a box to check it in when I come across this book. I read the back cover and think to myself, “Are you serious?

  • Anonymous said:

    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Halariously True
    Picking up a book like this seemed like another waste of time, but what the authors do is inject their sense of humor and blunt style of advice.

  • Anonymous said:

    1.0 out of 5 stars
    A JOKE?
    I was looking for some books about adult dating and ran across the DiMarco books. I purchsed this book thinking it looked good for us older folks.

  • Timber said:

    1.0 out of 5 stars
    Lovely to look at, not much inside
    I bought this book because the interior layout was catchy and unusual. Unfortunately, the book turned out to be a victim of what it spoke against: all exterior flash, not much…

  • Xidorn said:

    5.0 out of 5 stars
    For Men and Women: A Witty Guide to the Playing the Game of Dating
    When now-married couple Hayley and Michael DiMarco met on an Internet dating site, they had a combined total of over 40 years of dating history behind them.

  • Kaelin said:

    1.0 out of 5 stars
    Love anyone?
    This book was entirely disappointing for me. I read it in hopes of finding a better understanding and instead found 2 people who sound very bitter and are trying to sell a book…

  • Anonymous said:

    2.0 out of 5 stars
    Please be very careful!
    This book can be very damaging if you approach it with the idea that it is absolute truth. As some readers have complained, this is not really a “Christian” book because the…

  • Lindy said:

    5.0 out of 5 stars
    ATTENTION ALL NICE GUYS….READ THIS BOOK!
    As a serial dater of “nice guys”, I always wonder why I end up taking control of the relationship and hear the words. “why are you acting like a man?

  • Fifi said:

    5.0 out of 5 stars
    “He’s Just Not That Into You” with a moral compass
    When I signed on to Amazon to leave a review, I really expected to see both glowing and scathing reviews.

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