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I bought The Rules February 24, 2007

Posted by Niels in : Other, Personal , trackback


Although I find the most of the book’s message unacceptably manipulative, I just ordered myself a copy of All the Rules: Time-tested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right. A lot of the people writing me for dating advice are women, so I figure I should be aware of all the advice, lousy or good, currently being fed to women.

There’s been a lot of talk about The Rules, both good and bad. My suspicion, to be confirmed upon receipt of my copy, is that the book is probably like much of the advice out there already - bad advice with a kernel of truth behind it.

For example: “Never accept a date for the weekend after Tuesday.” Applied blindly, it’s a manipulative rule designed to make yourself a scarce commodity. But the underlying message is that you should fill your life with activities that you’re passionate about. Don’t plan your life around your dates. Live your own adventure and plan your dates around your life.

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1. urcute - February 25, 2007

ur cute

2. Anonymous - February 25, 2007

wouldn’t the last line be “Live your own adventure and build your dates around your life”?

3. swiss - February 25, 2007

LOL good catch anonymous… so niels… are you finding comfort in the fact that not only men but many women trust in your judgement and advice to help solve our dating woes? :) i guess some of us just have that “sixth sense” about you? lol haha or it could be just that its mostly obvious that your right on top of that! looking foward to that next post that follows up on this one ;o)

4. your fan.. - February 25, 2007

Damn Neil.. when I saw you in Beauty and the geek I thought you sucked at dating.. and even when you said you became a dating coach I thought you were being sarcastic.. but damn i was wrong.. Jennylee was wrong.. You’re a great coach! lol I’ve read over some of your suggestions and stuff and it really is true.. and amazing how you’re so good in the field of psychology.. should really write a book lol.. hope you enlighten the general public with your plethora of knowledge on dating.. =]

5. your fan.. - February 25, 2007

Ok.. you should write ANOTHER book lol* (correction)

6. Niels - February 25, 2007

Anon - corrected. What an unfortunate typo…

7. David Clare - February 27, 2007

I love Rules chicks. They put out on 3rd date. Says so in The Rules. Awesome!

j/k. Sort of…

8. James - March 17, 2007

At least one of the rules seems to be a bad idea. Check out this blog post about it.

http://physicsofsex.blogspot.com/2007/03/part-2-of-physics-guide-to-hooking-up.html