Red Flags: How to Know When You're Dating a Loser this question feed

asked by rob33 on November 20, 2006 12:10 AM
Is he a Leech? Or Mr. Ego? Or The Burdened Beast? Learn the twenty-five different loser types of men and how to send them out of your life!

Sure he's gorgeous, funny, and charming--but early in any doomed relationship there are warning signals foretelling the bad news to come. Studies show that most women will try to justify these signs, excusing them so they don't interfere with their fantasy of having met the perfect man. Unfortunately, such signs are usually all too prophetic--they are the essence of what Drs. Gary Aumiller and Daniel Goldfarb call "Red Flags." The question then becomes how to detect and respond to a Red Flag before it's too late. This first-of-its-kind book will help readers determine a man's all-important "loser potential" within the first three dates.

Each chapter includes a profile of a different loser, a post-date quiz to help you determine if Mr. Right is Mr. Wrong, and important information about the best way to break up with him. Red Flags has all the fun of a magazine quiz combined with the expertise of psychologists who specialize in the techniques used by the police to profile criminals. They know how to spot the rejects--and now you will, too!

"After reading Red Flags you'll never be stuck in a bad relationship again. Thank you, Doctors Aumiller and Goldfarb, for writing the book every dating woman needs!"--Sharyn Wolf, author of Guerrilla Dating Tactics


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To the other reviewers here: I can't believe you actually needed the book to outline specifically that you're not SUPPOSED to follow all the guidelines... did you seriously not understand that all on your own? You're supposed to take what you can and cannot deal with and go with that. For example, I can deal with people being late all the time, because I am too.

Regardless, I found it rather useful. I tend to believe that 'our society' tends to normalize a lot of innapropriate dating behaviors (of men and women alike), and this book helps point them out.

Can't say I'm disappointed.
reviewed by miceandmen on November 26, 2006 5:02 PM

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Sure, you need to take some of this advice with a grain of salt, but the reason that men have gotten away with a lot of the stuff they've pulled is because women put up with it. It's eye-opening to read this book and see so many people you've known described down to the smallest detail. Women deserve to be treated well. This book helps identify the men who aren't going to do that.
reviewed by vegaswinner on November 28, 2006 5:01 PM

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This book is just too simplistic in its recipes for detecting the wrong man. Basically, it assumes that all women want to marry the same type of "ideal" man. Is this really the case? not very likely. Its pretty sad if you need a book like this to tell you who to date. Plenty of people who live with their heads in the clouds are going to go through life single, giving them plenty of time to read this.
reviewed by dignified1 on November 28, 2006 7:24 PM

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Some reviewers of this book think that it is a man-bashing extravaganza. I don't think that's true. The authors are clear that there are lots of great guys out there (most women realize that as well). But, there are lots of not-so-nice guys (and women too!)out there that can cause alot of emotional damage.
Any women who dates should be aware of these loser types.
reviewed by ozone on November 29, 2006 12:50 AM

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Just another contribution to the destructive, man bashing, "lets feminize men into blubbering losers from Mars" bandwagon.

I'd like to meet a single man or woman in the world, who doesn't have at least one characteristic described in this book as being a complete loser quality. I'd bet the authors themselves would be considered losers if they applied this bookýs simplistic judgment to their own lives. HINT: Destructive judgment of other people comes from a lack of self esteem on the part of the judge.

Face it, everyone has strengths and weaknesses. If you keep thinking you are going to find the PERFECT mate, you will be lonely for the rest of your life. HINT: A part of real love is about sacrifice. But I'd bet most people in today's society don't have the foggiest idea what that means. So sad.

The title of this book should be "How to Blame Everyone Else for Your Own Loser Life." No wonder people are so unhappy. HINT: You can only truly love someone else, if you love yourself first. You can't give to someone else what you don't have for yourself. And loving yourself requires that you know yourself well, including your own faults and weaknesses. Only then can you begin to love others, and tolerate their own shortcomings.

But I'd bet most people who indulge in a book like this are too cowardly to take a good look at themselves, because they wouldn't like what they'd see. So they just judge other people so they can feel good about themselves. Now that's a loser.

One last thought, if you date losers, have you considered that you might be a loser yourself?

reviewed by crick on November 29, 2006 3:15 PM

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