Ten Stupid Things Couples Do to Mess Up Their Relationships

by Laura Schlessinger

Book Overview

One of America's top radio hosts gives her inimitable take on intimate relationships.In Ten Stupid Things Couples Do to Mess Up Their Relationships, Dr. Laura addresses the problems men and women face... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060512601
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.7" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent and eye-opening

Right on target... really helps to align your priorities on what matters most.... if you choose a relationship, then make it work.. if you choose to have kids, make the time. Very good, assigns equal blame to both parties.

Excellent Book for Couples!

I just finished reading this book, and it is absolutely wonderful. I have worked doing pre-marital and marital counseling and she sums up the biggest mistakes that couple make in their relationships. Every problem I have encountered in dealing with couples, I have seen in the book, either in general or specifically. This book is so good, I am going to have it as "required" reading for all my pre-marital classes!

She continues to teach us something!!!!!

I don't agree with everything she says, but I have always learned something of value to me. So I began reading Dr. Laura's "How Could You Do That?" She re-enforced moral issues for me and started me re-evaluating several other issues. Having gotten good information from that book, I went on to read, "10 Stupid Things Women Do..." Low and behold my dating/relationship issues cleared up and I'm now on the path to marriage with a wonderful guy. So thinking I've resolved everything, I questioned what she new things she could tell me. Began skimming the book in a bookstore. Several chapters later, I realized I still have much to learn and she has a lot to teach. We get so caught up in ourselves, we stop thinking about the whole picture. A relationship is a group effort, made up of individuals, but it is a group. And it is bigger than it's parts. So when I get caught up in Pettiness (my perfectionism), Power Struggles (okay, yeah, I like to control situations), and Stupid Priorities (yes, I can say, "No." now) and look back on those chapters and get my head straight. I've already begun recommending it to my friends whenever they say..."I can't believe he/she just doesn't get it about X issue..." FOR THEM, not the person they're talking about!

Telling It Like It Is!

Dr. Laura is a refreshing voice of honesty! In a society where people shirk responsibility for EVERYTHING, from work to their kids behavior to the state of their relationships, Dr. Laura tells it like it is! If you want to be happy, you've got to WORK at it, and this new book serves up real-life situations and solutions which, if you're willing to do the work needed to make a relationship succeed, can help get you to that goal of a happy, healthy relationship! Dr. Laura's unwavering message of personal responsibility , honesty and getting your priorities in order rings loud and clear in this new book - I'm going to buy copies for a few of my friends - they might just learn something valuable! Thanks, Dr. Laura!

A primer for resolving relationship problems

Dr. Laura pulls everybody's covers in this very useful book that maps a straight path through the minefields of contemporary relationships. It's like a book about brick-laying for brick layers! Insightful, specific and to the point, the book shines a bright light on all our little games--from power trips to pettiness to screwed up priorities Before you let Mr. or Ms. Right slip away from you, get this book and make sure you're not doing the dumbest thing in your life. Married couples,too, can learn how to identify and work through common problems in a long-term relationship and save the laywer's fees!! This book comes at just the right time when all of us are more conscious than ever of how precious our loved ones are and how deeply we treasure our families...This book will help us make the most of the important relationships in our lives.