Marriable: Taking the Desperate Out of Dating - Softcover

DiMarco, Hayley; DiMarco, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0800730836 ISBN 13: 9780800730833

Publisher: Revell, 2005

Synopsis

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, accessible chapters that tell it like it is, Marriable will be appreciated by men and women alike.

About this title

About the Author

Hayley and Michael DiMarco help authors and organizations like Injoy and Precept Ministries communicate with postmodern readers through their company, Hungry Planet. Hayley has written and co-written numerous best-selling books for both teens and adults, including Mean Girls, Mean Girls All Grown Up, Dateable, and The Dateable Rules, and has spoken at conferences like Women of Faith. Michael has worked in publisher relations, coached volleyball at the university level, and co-hosted a relationship humor radio show called "Babble of the Sexes." He is general manager of Hungry Planet, working with up-and-coming authors who wish to reach an increasingly postmodern culture with premodern truth. Michael and Hayley live in Nashville, Tennessee.

From the Back Cover

Oh great, another book about being single and finding "the one," right? Wrong. This isn't a typical dating guidebook. The type of book you're thinking about offers a fifteen-step program, a scientific formula, or tries to spiritualize the process. But does it have chapter titles like these? - How Being "Just Friends" Is a Waste of Time - Desperate Lies Women Tell Themselves - Men Lie to Get What They Want - Nice Guys Really Do Finish Last - Don't Marry Your Best Friend Unless You're Gay In Marriable, newlyweds Hayley and Michael DiMarco offer practical wisdom for surviving singleness in the trenches. Writing from their experiences of doing it all wrong so you can do it right, Hayley and Michael set fire to the so-called "rules for dating success" and give you real dating advice that won't send a potential date running in the opposite direction. With a witty he said/she said style, Marriable will help you expose and eliminate your desperate dating habits by helping you understand yourself-and the opposite sex. Whether you're in a new relationship or haven't dated in years, this revolutionary book will show you how to turn desperate into Marriable. Hayley and Michael DiMarco have more than forty years of dating desperation between them. After meeting online, they have found wedded bliss (or something like it) and a passion to write and creatively package relevant books through their company, Hungry Planet. They live in Nashville, Tennessee.

From the Inside Flap

SAMPLER COPY Oh great, another book about being single and finding "the one," right? Wrong. This isn't a typical dating guidebook. The type of book you're thinking about offers a fifteen-step program, scientific formula, or tries to spiritualize the process. But does it have chapter titles like these? - Why Being "Just Friends" Is a Waste of Time - The Desperate Lies Women Tell Themselves - Men Lie to Get What They Want - Nice Guys Really Do Finish Last - Don't Marry Your Best Friend Unless You're Gay In Marriable, newlyweds Hayley and Michael DiMarco offer practical wisdom for surviving singleness in the trenches. Writing from their experiences of doing it all wrong so you can do it right, Hayley and Michael set fire to the so-called "rules for dating success" and give you real dating advice that won't send a potential date running in the opposite direction. With a witty he said/she said style, Marriable will help you expose and eliminate the secret ways you may look desperate by helping you understand yourself-and the opposite sex. Whether you're in a new relationship or haven't dated in years, this revolutionary book will show you how to turn desperate into Marriable.

Edition details

• Publisher: Revell
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0800730836
• ISBN 13: 9780800730833
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192