Marriable: Taking the Desperate Out of Dating
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 at
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- ISBN13: 9780800730833
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Product DescriptionMany 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, . . . More >>
Marriable: Taking the Desperate Out of Dating
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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. Alas, as I started reading it, I realized that I know this Mr. Dimarco. He is a convicted felon and a habitual liar and he is now writing books? How could I take seriously anything he wrote in this book. I hope folks are NOT falling for his latest line of bull. He is a true [. . . ] artist. [. . . ]
Rating: 1 / 5
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 read that are more off track.
The authors disguise biased, overgeneralized stereotypes of how all men and women act with really cute and catchy graphics. They tell you what to do and how to act so that you can attract a lasting mate. Because we all know trying to change yourself or hide parts of yourself to impress someone else is the best way to develop an emotional and intimate connection. The back of the book says playfully, “Oh, great, another one of those dating books, right? Wrong!” Actually, yeah, that’s pretty right. Except I’d rather read all those other dating books.
Rating: 1 / 5
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?” But, being the curious person I am, I have to read it. I’m pretty sure I wasted about 3 hours in which I could have been doing something more beneficial, like watching grass grow.
Okay, so it wasn’t THAT bad, but I definitely felt as though I should talk to my manager about selling this book in our store. The only way this could be considered a Christian book on dating is that it says that you should wait until you’re married to have sex, but even that, it says in a way that makes you think that you should save it more for (if you’re a girl) keeping the guy interested than because it is morally a sin. This book is not scripturally based, so if you’re looking for something that is, go elsewhere. Try Joshua Harris or Eric and Leslie Ludy, but don’t buy this book.
If you insist on trying this, be warned that you may not like what you read. This book tries to be hip, so it is interesting. But in the end you may feel as I did, like you wasted a good 3 or more hours of your life.
Rating: 1 / 5
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. Girls, we’re too desperate sometimes and we talk too much: now why didn’t I think of that? And guys, although you may feel like a loser for being the “nice guy” you have a better shot at being Marriable. They also talk about the dreaded “online dating” and how to do it and be safe. It’s not just for non-Christians!
The format of the book is easy to read, with humorous pictures that match the topics. There’s little anecdotes in the margins of the book by the co-authors as well. This book is not a waste of time or money! Single or not, pick it up.
Rating: 5 / 5
I brought this book at the Christian bookstore in my town and it was so funny that I wanted two more for my daughters. The store did’nt have anymore so I ordered them. My girls 21 & 17 read them in like a day, laughing all the while, yet, finding topics that they actually wanted to have girl talk with me about, so I give this a thumbs up!
Rating: 4 / 5