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Unfortunately, too much publicity, but nothing new, or interesting. It is not worth the time and money. There are enough books like this one we've already read hundreds of times. Basically, it looks like author took articles about dating from issues of Cosmo or Men's Health.
According to these people it seems to me, I should just let him have his time, anytime of the day, whether we've had sex recently or not, shutup and just let it happen. I'm married to a very good man and this book, doesn't apply to him at all. I thought we were done with such blatant inequality in relationships. Helpful, informative, creates understanding, not just breed frustration.I will say one new annoyance of mine in this journey in trying to understand men.
Though I'm young, I've been divorced and remarried within that time, so needless to say, I really wanted to understand men, the good and the bad. I'm in my early twenties and multiracial, if that may help you in understanding where I'm coming from. Maybe I should've looked for a book written by a psychologist, not by a men's magazine editor. Why does my husband/boyfriend never want to go over to dinner at my parents.A.
That's the way a man is and that's just is. However, it excused every bad thing I couldn't stand about my ex. The thing is though, David Zinczenko, writes an excellent weekly column that I used to read via Yahoo. This is why I picked up his book in the first place. But I was disappointed.
Well most men don't like situations in which they might be uncomfortable, it's your job to be understanding because this is how a man is.What. Are you serious. Caveman ooga booga, testosterone, penis, football, blah blahblah.Maybe the answers in this book were acceptable to most of you, (men I'm hoping), but for someone genuinely trying to understand a man, it fell way short.I was looking for more in depth answers, maybe based on some studies, psychological maybe, doctor approved maybe. For example, something interesting I've learned within the past year is that men need sex to feel attached to a woman, therefore it's in a woman's best interest in a relationship to make sure they have a healthy sex life because it's an emotional need as well as a physical need. Who did you want to read this. With this book, (which I bought hardcover because I didn't want to wait the extra few weeks for the paperback, what a waste) all I felt I got was excuses. One theme in this book and I've heard elsewhere in television, is the issue of masturbation.
I figured it would be entertaining and informative, instead it lacked insight and offered no real advice to women. Because the questions and answers went something like this to me.Q. In general, it seems as though according to the "experts" women are not allowed to have any negative feelings regarding the frequency of their men's masturbation, no matter if it makes sense or not. I want to see the female counterpart of this book and if it's just as biased, then I'm just alone in the world as a person who wants true understanding between the sexes.
She doesn't seem to get it after 20 years of marriage. I was really anxious to read it when I first got it just to see how accurate it was from my own thinking and I was pleased that it really did describe me and my thinking patterns. The ultimate goal is to improve our relationship. Whoa.Now hopefully my wife will read it. Depth may not be necessary as long as a woman can get a general idea of the mind of men. I was very pleased with the book.
It was "on the money" overall. There were a couple of sections that didn't apply to me, but probably once did, e.g., the section on deciphering a man's pickup line.The material was presented in a very practical way, however, it didn't get into much depth. I bought this book for my wife in order to help her understand the mind of a man. I would like to do the same for her. It just felt that way to me.If you are looking for a book to give to your wife so that she could understand men better and therefore understand you, then I highly recommend this book. I guess that means that I'm a typical guy. Again.
It just gives you practical insight into how guys think.I did hope that the book would cover specific topics for married men. However, I read it first just to make sure that it applied to me. Not that we have a bad marriage or anything like that. What I mean is that this book doesn't deal with psychology. Most of the examples and illustrations seemed to involve boyfriend/girlfriend relationships in my opinion -- though I wasn't necessarily keeping count. There are many issues that persist that I feel could be resolved if my wife just understood how I think so that she would hopefully be able to communicate with me more effectively. This was a very good book.
Every page of every section has something focused on the sex issue, overkill. Definitely not geared toward anyone already married. Although it has some very good tidbits of info, doesn't really fulfill what it promises.
I'm not done reading it yet, but, I like the book because it is helping me to better understand a species I thought was un-understandable. It makes sense, but I still have a few unanswered questions. I'm hoping that they will be answered by the time I get to the end.
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