Finding Your Prince in a Sea of Toads: How to Find a Quality Guy Without Getting Your Heart Shredded

by Ryan, Kenneth

• ISBN13: 9781606150955
• ISBN10: 1606150952
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-01-18
• Publisher: Winepress Pub

Summary

¿The guys I like, are not interested in me. The guys who are interested in me, I don¿t like.¿ ¿I¿ll never keep a boyfriend unless I sleep with him.¿ If these comments sound like echoes from your heart, you¿re not alone. Many women feel just like you do, disillusioned by the seeming scarcity of good marriage prospects or disappointed by their own naïve decisions made in an effort to save a shipwrecked relationship. You want to find your Prince Charming, but all you experience is a sea of toads. Do not despair. Finding Your Prince in a Sea of Toads provides specific advice that will swing the odds in your favor to find a quality man and a lifetime marriage without a load of emotional baggage. As you read Dr. Ryan¿s straightforward talk and unpredictable illustrations, he will uncover such topics as: ¿ Communication, your most important skill, ¿ Creative dating, ¿ The beauty curse, ¿ The perils of trying before you buy, ¿ Your crockpot nature, ¿ And much more.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xi
Damsel in Distress-Why You Need this Book
Finding Your Prince in a Sea of Toads	p. 1
Princes and Toads	p. 9
Once a Toad Always a Toad?	p. 13
True Confessions-The Author Is a Fake!	p. 15
A Skull Full of Mush	p. 19
Roadkill	p. 21
The Plan-So Simple, So Powerful	p. 23
Learn to Talk with Guys
Communication-Your Most Important Skill	p. 27
Lips-Your Secret Weapon	p. 29
Practice on Someone You Don't Care About	p. 35
Smile	p. 39
High School Strategy	p. 43
Fateful Attraction	p. 47
The Beauty Curse	p. 53
Dogs Chase Cars; Girls Chase Boys	p. 57
Flirting	p. 59
Chance Meetings	p. 61
First Date	p. 63
Non-Dating	p. 65
Creative Dating-Beyond ôGet a Video and Hang Outö	p. 71
How to Dump a Guy Humanely	p. 77
Never Say I Love You	p. 83
Don't Sleep with Him-Why Not
Baffled by Instinct	p. 87
Recipe for Success	p. 89
Who Are You?	p. 91
You Can't Put a Condom on Your Heart	p. 93
Sex Is like Duct Tape	p. 95
Intended for Pleasure-Why Sex Was Invented	p. 97
A Pretend Marriage	p. 101
Try Before You Buy	p. 103
Men Are Microwaves, Women Are Crockpots	p. 105
Ghosts in My Bed	p. 109
Friends with Benefits	p. 111
Sags, Bulges, and Wrinkles	p. 113
Boyfriend Bait-Guaranteed to Work	p. 115
All Men Are Sex Maniacs	p. 117
Women Want Sex As Much As Men	p. 119
A Million Dollar Bowl of Cheerios“	p. 121
Women Have Been Duped	p. 123
The Physics of Sex	p. 125
ôYou Would Do Just Fine.ö	p. 127
ôThe Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Timeö	p. 129
ôYou Can't Handle the Truthö	p. 131
Why Women Do Not Play in the NFL	p. 133
Men Are Waffles. Women Are Spaghetti	p. 135
Numbed	p. 139
I Can't Get No Satisfaction	p. 141
Single Sex vs. Married Sex	p. 143
ôWhat's Love Got to Do With It?ö	p. 151
It's Just a Bunny	p. 155
Porn	p. 157
The Love Test	p. 161
More Clues about Your Man	p. 165
STDs-Do the Math	p. 167
Don't Sleep with Him-How Not
Now the Hard Part	p. 171
Hug the Wall	p. 173
Simply Irresistible	p. 177
The One-Way Road of Passion	p. 179
It's Just a Matter of Time	p. 183
The Red Zone	p. 185
Who Plugged in My Crockpot?	p. 189
ôDoes Somebody Need a Hug?ö	p. 191
Civilized Women	p. 193
Don't Panic
Here's the Panic Button. Don't Push It	p. 199
Never Buy a Swimsuit at a Hardware Store	p. 201
Where Are the Princes Hiding?	p. 203
No Need to Get Married	p. 205
The Disease: Low Self-Esteem The Cure: A Boyfriend	p. 207
Loneliness and Sex	p. 209
Desperate Times, Desperate Actions	p. 213
All Women Agree, But	p. 215
Rational Relationships
Here's a Quarter, Call Someone Who Cares	p. 223
Everybody Needs Counseling	p. 227
Whatever	p. 229
Dating for the Worst Time in Your Life	p. 231
Online Toad Sorting	p. 233
To Find the Right Person, Be the Right Person	p. 235
The Big Three	p. 237
ôSo sad to belong to someone else when the right one comes along.ö	p. 239
You Will Marry Gutterslime. I Did	p. 241
Is That a Wart on Your Nose?	p. 245
Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous and Confused	p. 247
The Key to a Man's Heart (Not What You Think)	p. 249
Every Divorce Starts with a Kiss	p. 251
Spiritual Compatibility	p. 255
An Impossible Journey?	p. 257
All the Best	p. 261
Ten Important Research Findings on Marriage and Choosing a Marriage Partner	p. 263
Chapter Summaries	p. 267
Cited Notes	p. 275
Acknowledgments	p. 277
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