The Rules: How to Capture the Heart of Mr Right

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Ellen Fein. The Rules: How to Capture the Heart of Mr Right

Contents

Chapter I. The History of The Rules

Chapter II. What Are The Rules?

Chapter III. Meet a Rules Girl

Chapter IV. But First the Product—You!

Rule 1. Be a “Creature Unlike Any Other”

Rule 2. Don’t Talk to a Man First (and Don’t Ask Him to Dance)

Rule 3. Don’t Stare at Men or Talk Too Much

Rule 4. Don’t Meet Him Halfway or Go Dutch on a Date

Rule 5. Don’t Call Him and Rarely Return His Calls

Rule 6. Always End Phone Calls First

Rule 7. Don’t Accept a Saturday Night Date after Wednesday

Rule 8. Fill Up Your Time before the Date

Rule 9. How to Act on Dates 1, 2, and 3

Rule 10. How to Act on Dates 4 through Commitment Time

Rule 11. Always End the Date First

Rule 12. Stop Dating Him if He Doesn’t Buy You a Romantic Gift for Your Birthday or Valentine’s Day

Rule 13. Don’t See Him More than Once or Twice a Week

Rule 14. No More than Casual Kissing on the First Date

Rule 15. Don’t Rush into Sex and Other Rules for Intimacy

Rule 16. Don’t Tell Him What to Do

Rule 17. Let Him Take the Lead

Rule 18. Don’t Expect a Man to Change or Try to Change Him

Rule 19. Don’t Open Up Too Fast

Rule 20. Be Honest but Mysterious

Rule 21. Accentuate the Positive and Other Rules for Personal Ads

1. How to Write a Personal Ad

2. How to Answer an Ad

Rule 22. Don’t Live with a Man (or Leave Your Things in His Apartment)

Rule 23. Don’t Date a Married Man

Rule 24. Slowly Involve Him in Your Family and Other Rules for Women with Children

Rule 25. Practice, Practice, Practice! (or, Getting Good at The Rules)

Rule 26. Even if You’re Engaged or Married, You Still Need The Rules

Rule 27. Do The Rules, Even when Your Friends and Parents Think It’s Nuts

Rule 28. Be Smart and Other Rules for Dating in School

Rule 29. Take Care of Yourself and Other Rules for Dating in College

Rule 30. Next! and Other Rules for Dealing with Rejection

Rule 31. Don’t Discuss The Rules with Your Therapist

Rule 32. Don’t Break The Rules

Rule 33. Do The Rules and You’ll Live Happily Ever After!

Rule 34. Love Only Those Who Love You

Rule 35. Be Easy to Live With

Last But Not Least—12 Extra Hints

The Rules-at-a-Glance

Copyright

About the Publisher

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The Rules

TIME-TESTED SECRETS FOR

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It was then that we decided to write The Rules down so that there would be no mistakes.

But settling for less is not what this book is about. The idea is to do The Rules with the man you’re really crazy about. This will require effort, patience, and self-restraint. But isn’t it worth it? Why should you compromise and marry someone who loves you but whom you’re not crazy about? We know many women who face this dilemma. But don’t worry—this book will help you marry only Mr. Right!

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