Marry Him : The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough
by Gottlieb, LoriEdition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2011-02-01
Publisher(s): NAL Trade
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Summary
The controversial national bestseller! Nearly forty and single, Lori Gottlieb faced the unthinkable: she'd wasted her best years chasing an elusive Prince Charming who might not even exist. Meanwhile, her friends who'd "settled" for Mr. Good Enough ended up married to excellent husbands and fathers. This is an eye-opening, funny, painful, and always truthful in-depth examination of modern relationships and a wake-up call about getting real about Mr. Right.
Author Biography
Lori Gottlieb is the author of the national bestseller Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self and a journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Time, People, Slate, Self, Glamour, Elle, Salon, and the Los Angeles Times. She is also a frequent commentator for NPR’s All Things Considered.
Table of Contents
| Prologue: The Husband Store | p. 1 |
| How Did We Get Here? | |
| The Dating Trenches | p. 15 |
| The Romantic Comedy That Predicted My Future | p. 33 |
| How Feminism Fucked Up My Love Life | p. 43 |
| Speed Dating Disaster | p. 61 |
| From Fantasy to Reality | |
| Older, and Wanting to Be Wiser | p. 73 |
| $3,500 for Love | p. 86 |
| The What Versus the Why | p. 107 |
| Mondays with Evan-Session One: The Percentages | p. 119 |
| It's Not Him, It's You | p. 128 |
| Making Smarter Choices | |
| Don't Be Picky, Be Happy | p. 145 |
| Mondays with Evan-Session Two: The Wrong Assumptions | p. 157 |
| The Men Who Got Away | p. 167 |
| Pulling Another Sheldon | p. 178 |
| Mondays with Evan-Session Three: The Lowdown on Alpha Males | p. 184 |
| What First Dates Really Tell Us | p. 191 |
| Are Women Pickier Than Men? | p. 203 |
| What Really Matters | |
| Mondays with Evan-Session Four: Wants Versus Needs | p. 215 |
| The Business of Love | p. 226 |
| Love at Twenty-seventh Sight | p. 244 |
| Mondays with Evan-Session Five: The Chemistry-to-Compatibility Ratio | p. 252 |
| Dump the List, Not the Guy | p. 263 |
| Putting It All Together | |
| The Good Enough Marriage | p. 273 |
| A Visit with the Rabbi | p. 282 |
| Claire's Story-Getting Over Myself | p. 291 |
| Alexandra's Story-Mr. Right in Front of Me | p. 297 |
| Hilary's Story-Finding What I Needed | p. 302 |
| My Story-A Dating Public Service Announcement | p. 308 |
| Epilogue: Where They are Now | p. 316 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 319 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
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