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Love rules : how to find a real relationship in a digital world / Joanna Coles.

by Coles, Joanna.

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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins, 2018.

Dating (Social customs).

Man-woman relationships.

Women -- Conduct of life.

9780062652584 (hc.)

xii, 235 pages ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographic 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.

Just as there is junk food, there is junk love. 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. 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 fast-paced - and often lonely - digital age. The former Editor in Chief of Cosmopolitan and Marie Claire Joanna Coles provides a series of simple guidelines for finding worthwhile love. She shows 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.Identify what you want in a relationship, when you should pursue it, and how to find it.

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