Love rules : how to find a real relationship in a digital world / Joanna Coles.
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TextPublisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 235 pages ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
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- 9780062652584
- 0062652583
- 306.7 23
- HQ801 .C69 2018
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"For those looking for a smart, no-bullshit, effective guide to finding love, look no further."--Esther Perel, author of Mating in Captivity
"While I'm not sure what Carrie Bradshaw would have made of today's new world of dating, I do know this: armed with Love Rules, she would have figured it all out in one season."--Sarah Jessica Parker
Sheryl Sandberg empowered women to lean in. Arianna Huffington Encouraged them to thrive. Now, Joanna Coles guides them on their most important journey: finding love. Love Rules will enable you to identify what you want in a relationship, when you should pursue it, and how to find it.
Just as there is junk food, there is junk love. And like junk food, junk love is fast, convenient, attractively packaged, widely available, superficially tasty--and leaves you hungering for more. And both junk food and junk love require enormous amounts of willpower to resist.
Social media and online dating sites have become the supermarkets of our relationship lives. You have to wade through rows of cupcakes and potato chips to find the produce aisle, where those relationships grounded in intimacy and trust live--the ones worth your investment. A diet book for romantic relationships, Love Rules first asks women to re-assess the way they think about their relationships, and then helps them use that newfound awareness to navigate their love lives more successfully in this very modern, fast-paced--and often lonely--digital age.
In these pages leading media exec and former Editor in Chief of Cosmopolitan and Marie Claire Joanna Coles provides a series of simple guidelines for finding worthwhile love: fifteen rules--love "hacks." She also explains how to use dating apps effectively to expand real world connections and how to avoid DADD--dating attention--deficit disorder, where the tantalizing promise of someone better appears to be only the next swipe away.
Includes bibliographical references.
Part one: Take inventory. Rule #1: Establish your ideal love weight -- Rule #2: Clear out your cupboards and sweep the fridge -- Rule #3: Begin a dating detox to reset your metabolism -- Part two: Date. Rinse. Repeat. Rule #4: The treadmill won't run on its own. Climb on and press Start. -- Rule #5: Choose the right recipes for your dating type -- Rule #6: You won't get skinny by eating the same old sh*t -- Rule #7: Stop with the comfort foods. It's okay to be a little hungry -- Part three: Shortcomings and love traps. Rule #8: Alcohol is not a food group. Respect your limits -- Rule #9: Hookups are like french fries -- Rule #10: Porn is like chewing gum--all artificial flavor -- Rule #11: Stick to natural sugars. Substitutes are bad for your health -- Part four: Love rules: the slow diet for the long haul. Rule #12: Trust your gut and protect yourself with probiotics -- Rule #13: Set your own "best before" date -- Rule #14: Look for relationship role models -- Rule #15: Life is a feast. Take your place at the table.
Shares advice for women on how to find meaningful relationships in a complicated, largely digital, romantic landscape, offering recommendations for recognizing and connecting with prospective quality partners who are capable of intimate, long-term commitments.