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Mars and Venus on a Date: 5 Steps to Success in Love and Romance
Mars and Venus on a Date: 5 Steps to Success in Love and Romance

zoom enlarge 		Author: John Gray
Publisher: Vermilion
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars 35 reviews
Sales Rank: 15893

Media: Paperback
Edition: New edition
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.3 x 1.1

ISBN: 0091887674
EAN: 9780091887674
ASIN: 0091887674

Publication Date: January 2, 2003
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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  • Hardcover - Mars and Venus on a Date: A Guide for Navigating the 5 Stages of Dating to Create a Loving & Lasting Relationship
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  • Mass Market Paperback - Mars and Venus on a Date: A Guide for Navigating the 5 Stages of Dating to Create a Loving and Lasting Relationship
  • Paperback - Mars and Venus on a Date: 5 Steps to Success in Love and Romance
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Customer Reviews:   Read 30 more reviews...

3 out of 5 stars Some good ideas on communication...but...   August 27, 2008
John Gray's book emphasizes open communication in his book between men and women This is clearly important.

But, the open communication isn't so open at times. Gray doesn't encourage being candid at times. This is a slippery slope. For example, Gray says that if a man is late because of an accident on a bridge, he should apologize without explaining the reason for being late, and the woman should be nonjudgmental. Is this communication relationship enhancing?

Also, he frequently over emphasizes the differerences in men and women without acknowledging their similarities enough. For example, Gray's simplistic view of men as the wrongdoers in relationships and women as the saviors weakens the material. He explains in detail how men should learn to apologize and women should learn to forgive, but not vice versa. We all make mistakes in relationships and both parties need to learn the importance of sincere apology and forgiveness.

Good communication is clearly important in any relationship and I applaud John Gray's attempt to get couples to communicate, but emphasizing non candid behaviors dilutes the main message of the book.

Also, stereotyping the sexes can lead to polarization and a breakdown in communication. Understanding gender differences is important, but equally important is the acceptance and celebration of our similarities.

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5 out of 5 stars Timeless Wisdom   July 20, 2008
 1 out of 2 found this review helpful

I have recommended this book now to so many people,there is nothing to beat it. Read it carefully and learn every word. There are 5 stages to dating and unless you go through every stage, your relationship is built on wobbly foundations. I love this book. In my professional capacity I wish I could give a free copy to everyone of my weeping, uncertain, angst- ridden clients. On a personal level it helped me enormously to keep my wits about me when I was thrust back into the dating game after divorce....and the story has a happy ending because I re-married a wonderful man this Summer:)


1 out of 5 stars Utter Rubbish   January 4, 2008
 0 out of 2 found this review helpful

I bought this book in hope that it would de-mystify the dating process. It did not. It was UTTER RUBBISH. The stages that Gray states in dating are ridiculous - nothing is that clear cut, he offers no timeframes to say when the period of attraction say starts and ends. It also implies that engagement/marriage is how a relationship ends up (and that ALL women want to be married).

Above all a woman must not pursue a man and be receptive to his advances, and woe betide her if she dares to ask for a date. Really she should have his pipe and slippers ready for him at the door in the evening.

It is also disrespectful to men, suggesting that they all behave in a certain manner (no matter what their past issues are/depressed/etc etc) and they are allowed to control the relationship their way and for women to abide by their actions.

The best thing I will be doing with this book is throwing it on the fire.

Hugely gender stereotyped. Don't believe the hype - this book SUCKS.




4 out of 5 stars Success after reading this book   April 27, 2006
 5 out of 6 found this review helpful

After various unsuccesful relationships I decided to buy this book to see how men's minds work as it has always been a mystery to me. It all became clear after reading the book and the next relationship I had, I decided to handle it differently according to the rules in the book. Well I have success! He is totally besotted with me and I am with him and have not been this happy in a long time. Would recommend that women read this book. Definateley!


4 out of 5 stars This book changed my life!   August 12, 2001
 18 out of 36 found this review helpful

Men and women are different!Surprise!Surprise!Well yes there are some actually and Mr Gray spells them out over and over again so that by the end of the book you know "the way to go"!

Trouble is have we ladies got the patience to be waiting around for the latest beau to decide "oh yes I remember her she was ok,always reading that relationship book by some Gray bloke!? "Think I'll give her a ring she won't tell me off because she's been reading Mars and Venus on a Date". "She knows that if she does tell me off she will lose me so I'm on a winner with this Gray bloke"!

Apparently ladies should not be annoyed when he calls us 2 months later because he will come back to us with even more love than ever.(by the way if he doesnt it means he didnt like you enough to carry on the relash!least surprise of the book? john obviously knows that some ladies do not get the message!)

The goods news tho is that we ladies can also date others while he is making his mind up!

So everyone's happy!?

I dont think so!

Basically what I learnt was that guys want to make us happy!They do! John says!

So when they do something nice ladies have to make sure they show it is appreciated.I didnt know this you see I expected it!

When I started saying thanks I couldnt get rid of them!But John says thats ok because I've gone into the uncertainty stage and this is only a natural progression towards knowing who is right for me and who isnt.

Men should be given this book at 5 years old and made to read it every morning and every night!Then they will learn once they've got us they must keep being romantic or we will get really p***ed off!

Result?: A nicer place for ladies to live in!Men feeling successful because they've made a woman happy? Is John a nice bloke or what!


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