The Rules - Ellen Fein and Sherrie Schneider

At first I was a bit sceptical about the concept of the rules. However, after being heartbroken two times after chasing men I decided to give it a try. After all, the old saying goes like this: fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on you. Furthermore, the two situations shared a similarity - both guys had been interested in me and all of a sudden their interests waned. So, I decided to pick up the rules and in one lonely evening I decided to read it. And boy, did I get a revelation. The basic premise of the book goes like this, men enjoys to thrill of the chase. Once you give in, the chase ends and their interests stop. After all these ...  Read the complete review

Everyone has heard of the book, "the rules", and women all over the world swear by it. I thought i might read it, because God knows my love life needs some help. The rules is supposed to be a helpful guide for women to learn how to act with men. I just found it absolutly hysterical. It amazes me that some women would actually listen to this throwback 1950's rubbish. The rules include. -Dont talk to a man first, and dont ask him to dance. -dont stare at men or talk too much. -dont meet him halfway, or go dutch on a date. -dont call him, and rarely return his phone calls. These are only a few of the "rules" ...  Read the complete review

Claptrap! The Rules is not worth its salt and I knew I should have spent my five dollars on a more enlightened approach to the dating jungle. The Fein/Scneider verbatum is little more than a modern reinterpretation of the pre-feminist, Eisenhower era of coupling. This is little more than playing cat-and-mouse for the intent of feeding on the biologically ingrained male desire to pursue and hunt and the many gray zones and pitfalls of dating in the post feminist era are not given quarter to. If you're a shallow, high-maintenance prima donna, debutante, cheerleader or beauty queen by all means read this book. But the rest of us have some thinking to do. ...  Read the complete review

The Rules is a book which has reportedly sold over one millions copies world wide. This alone is quite a scary prospect. The general theme is that if you are a single woman in the 'noughties' (year 2000+) then you HAVE to follow these 35 rules in order to secure yourself a man (I don't think we're allowed a choice). So what are these rules and how come we have been able to live without them for so long? Well the authors Ellen Fein and Sherrie Schneider are convinced that if you haven't been using these tried and tested methods to catch a mate, then you've been doing the dating thing wrong. They state such gems as 'be a ...  Read the complete review