Dateworthy: Get the Relationship You Want

by Dennie Hughes

Book Overview

Smart, hip, funny, and frank dating advice-from the woman whose USA Weekend RelationTips column is devoured by 49 million readers every week. Just about everyone wants to be part of a couple-to be... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594860750
• ISBN13: 9781594860751
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Rodale Books
• Length: 273 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Keeping it Real!

This book is totally keeping it real. It provides colorful details of different dating experiences, dating styles, and dating do's and dont's. It's my guide to a better dating life. Hey, if you're in it - be in it to win it! And, I believe I will win w/this book as my guide.

This book is a must for those ready for a change!

As a happily married woman, I chose this book not for myself but for my sister who has re-entered the dating arena...I like Dennie's style in her weekly column so I figured my sister would feel comfortable with Dateworthy. I ended up reading the book before I saw my sister and to say I was impressed is an understatement. As a professional with degrees (BA, M.Ed., Ed.S.) in various fields of human relations and education, it is refreshing to see an author that doesn't bash either sex, try to manipulate men (remember The Rules?), advocates NOT jumping into the sack in the beginning of a relationship, and (the most refreshing part of all)leads the reader to realize that while no person is meant to be a partner with all people, if there is a consistant problem with relationships in a woman's life, perhaps she should look within herself and honestly evaluate what she is about. Dennie does a beautiful and gentle job of leading the reader through a series of thought provoking questions and quizes which, when answered thoughtfully and honestly, can open a new chapter of self-realization for the reader. It is at this point the reader can determine what she is truly looking for in a date/mate and unlike some popular books, (like He's Just Not That Into You) Dennie gives over 300 pages of good, solid, safe advice for any dater on what to do while in the dating arena during the 21st century. Dating can be fun and very funny...just read some of Dennie's personal anecdotes which are liberally scattered throughout the book. But Dennie also offers a solid dose of reality with the unstated message of

Guy's Point of View

I know this book is geared toward girls more but there are even many points in this book that can be for guys as well. For example, some of us can be classified as "The Rescuers", finding relationship with a girl who's like a lost puppy or "The First Sighter" where some of us guys think we can't be attracted to a girl if we can't feel the chemistry instantly. Just as girls can be "Dateworthy", guys can be too. What better way to have success with girls than to understand how girls think.

Girl Power and Might

I never read dating books, but a friend recommended this book to me as a "smart girl's guide," and I have to say, I was surprised to find myself so affected by it. If you take only one thing away from this warm, wise, and funny book, let it be this: we're each ultimately responsible for the relationships we find ourselves in, AND THEREFORE IN CONTROL OF GETTING THE KIND WE WANT. You can't control what you won't take responsibility for. What a revelation! And the author gives you some realistic tools to put this into practice. Like HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU, DATEWORTHY makes it easy to face some of the cold, hard truths about dealing with the opposite sex, but unlike it, it doesn't leave you hanging with the sobering knowledge that there's no defense against indifference.

Dateworthy Is Readworthy

I'm a regular reader of Dennie Hughes chats and a huge fan of her very down to earth and caring advice so I couldn't wait to read Dateworthy,especially because He's Just Not That Into You didn't help me at all when it came to getting advice about dating better. It was a fun book - but not nearly as helpfull as Dateworthy.  I find Dateworthy pretty constructive with sound advice.  I love the dating stories and was able to relate to a few of Dennies relationship mishaps.  Dateworthy to me is a fun learning experience that has nothing to do with playing games like in The Rules and makes you think before you go for that next bad boy.  My co-workers and myself are reading her dating stories during our lunch break and it helps to know that no matter how wrong you have dated before, you still can get something from it to make it right next time.  The little tips all through the book are really smart and right to the point and I'm using some of them as screen savers. I enjoyed this book and recommend it to any woman who wants to feel like she's just as in control as the guy is in the dating process so as to leave him asking the question "is she just not that into ME?" Two of my co-workers are buying it for Christmas gifts for their teenage daughters, especially because the first dating commandment, never ever have sex on a first date, isn't judgmental, but is instead is all about making a choice that is powerful and as Dennie says, selfworth-full. It's nice to have someone who has actually dated (not a person who learned about dating from textbooks) tell you like it is.