Review: Girls should learn this stuff early on
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 14, 2014
Barrett's advice is solid, and non-cynical in tone, written for the woman who wants a happy and peaceful relationship with a good man. While I was familiar with some of the advice (I'm 60; I should be), I was really glad to see the author address the issue of imaginary relationships. I contribute to a relationship website, and I am regularly appalled to see a woman post about her "relationship" with a guy she met last week, or her online "relationshop" with a man (we hope) she has never even met. (There are guys who do this too, but they tend to be teenagers.)  I agree with Barrett that until there has been a mutual agreement to be exclusive, there is no relationship to speak of.In any event, this is a clearly-written, short read that will either confirm you're doing the right thing or get you back on track.I have one quibble with this book. Maybe it's hard to think in terms of your "awesome successful life" if you gut fish for a living and have six kids, but there has to be some way to make your life joyful enough that you will seem desirable. Barrett just seems to assume we all have lives that are awesome, but maybe that is simply a challenge to all of us to live our lives so that we won't depend on finding a man to make everything all better and to pin our happiness on.