The Rules 2: More Rules to Live and Love By
Now in ebook format.Sequel to the world bestseller ‘The Rules’, the most notorious dating handbook ever written. This book gives Rules fans more tips – this time showing how to keep your man hooked, desperate for more…and how to clinch that deal with a wedding of your dreams. The 10 most-asked questions of Rules readers are answered here, plus Rules for new situations, such as long distance relationships, what to do when he has kids and office romances.
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The Rules 2
MORE RULES TO LIVE AND LOVE BY
Ellen Fein & Sherrie Schneider
Contents
Foreword: The Rules Phenomenon
Chapter 2: Rules for Turning a Friend Into a Boyfriend
Chapter 3: Second Chances—Rules for Getting Back an Ex
Chapter 4: Don’t Waste Time on Fantasy Relationships
Chapter 5: Don’t Stand by His Desk and Other Rules for the Office Romance
Chapter 6: Long-Distance Relationships. Part I: How They Should Start
Chapter 7: Long-Distance Relationships. Part II: Making It Work
Chapter 8: You Can Ask Your Therapist to Help You Do The Rules
Chapter 9: If He Doesn’t Call, He’s Not That Interested. Period!
Chapter 10: 25 Reasons Why Women Want to Call Men But Shouldn’t!
Chapter 11: Show Up Even If You Don’t Feel Like It
Chapter 12: Keep Doing The Rules Even When Things Are Slow
Chapter 13: Don’t Tell the Media About Your Love Life and Other Rules for Celebrities
Chapter 14: Don’t Be a Groupie and Other Rules for Dating Celebrities or High-Profile Men
Chapter 15: Observe His Behavior on the Holidays
Chapter 16: Don’t Go Overboard and Other Rules for Giving to Men
Chapter 17: Buyer Beware (Weeding out Mr. Wrong)!
Chapter 18: Closing the Deal (Getting Him to the Altar)
Chapter 19: Don’t Be the Rebound Girl and Other Rules for Dating a Man Who Is Separated
Chapter 20: A Rules Refresher for Married Women
Chapter 21: Rules for the Bedroom (When You’re Married)
Chapter 22: Starting Over—Rules for the Mature Woman
Chapter 23: Rules for Same-Sex Relationships
Chapter 24: Rules for Personal Ads and Dating Services
Chapter 25: Rules for On-line Dating
Chapter 26: Use a Rules Support Group
Chapter 27: Rules for Girlfriends, Bosses/Coworkers, and Children
Chapter 28: Don’t Worry, Even Men Like The Rules
Chapter 29: Rules Tips for Men
Chapter 30: The Rules Are a Healthy Way of Life
Chapter 31: Success Stories: Women Who Followed The Rules and Changed Their Lives!
Chapter 32: Last But Not Least—20 Extra Hints
Chapter 33: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions About The Rules
Four years ago, when we set out to write The Rules, we knew that we had an important message to share. We believed in The Rules. We had seen them work time and time again in our own lives, in our close circle of girlfriends and an ever-widening circle of friends and acquaintances, as well as coworkers and relatives.
When our phones began ringing off the hook with dating questions and (eventually) success stories, we knew we had to write The Rules in book form to make it available to all women.
Lo and behold, The Rules became not just a best-selling book, but a phenomenon, revolutionizing dating practices both here in America and abroad.
In fact, The Rules became so popular that it achieved a kind of pop culture status. It was spoofed on Saturday Night Live (“Get the ring!”), used as the plot for several TV sitcoms, and also inspired a number of parody books including Breaking the Rules (“Stare straight at men and talk incessantly”) and Rules for Cats (“Don’t accept a trip to the vet after Wednesday”).
Suddenly, The Rules was everywhere! A financial publication ran an article on the rules for investing (“Don’t buy on Friday if your broker calls after Wednesday”) and a political columnist wrote that one presidential candidate might have won the election if he had just tried to be a “creature unlike any other.”
Why all the fuss? Why all the interest in The Rules when there are dozens of other dating books on the market? Why has The Rules become such a phenomenon?
The answer is simple: The Rules work! Unlike other dating books that are therapeutic and theoretical—that sound good, that give warm ’n fuzzy, meaningless, and misleading advice such as be yourself, don’t play games, tell a man how you feel, but don’t work in real life—The Rules tell the truth about dating and help you get Mr. Right!
The Rules take the analysis and angst out of dating. It’s simple. If he calls you, he likes you. If he doesn’t, Next! What does be yourself mean if that’s calling a man three times a day or staying on the phone for three hours? Why would anyone want to read a dating book that didn’t help you get the man you want to marry you?
Many people ask how we wrote a best-seller. To be honest, we were not trying to. We wrote The Rules to help women date with self-esteem and get married. Period.
While we are naturally thrilled by the success of the book, what’s been even more rewarding is seeing how women of all ages and all walks of life use The Rules to love themselves and marry Mr. Right. After three decades of haphazard dating—dutch treat, sex on the first date, and living together—these women are delighted that such a dating book exists.
“I wish I had known about The Rules ten years ago,” is the most frequent comment we hear.
“The Rules should be given out to all women at birth,” wrote another Rules fan.
The book hit a chord not only with single women in their twenties, thirties, and forties, but with mothers and grandmothers. “She won’t listen to me, maybe she’ll listen to you,” wrote one mom. Another mom told us she gave the book to her daughter and her daughter’s friends.
