Book description
Over 70,000 copies sold - the brand new edition of the bestselling guide to better relationships.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
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Rules for finding love
- 1 Be yourself
- 2 Get over it before you get on with it
- 3 You won’t be happy with a partner until you can be happy on your own
- 4 You’ll know them when you meet them
- 5 Choose someone who makes you laugh
- 6 Being less than a hundred per cent attractive is a great filter
- 7 Don’t keep making the same mistakes
- 8 Certain people are off limits (you know who they are)
- 9 You can’t change people
- 10 Relationships aren’t about sex
- 11 Get to know someone through all the seasons before making any major decisions
- 12 Don’t stay with someone who doesn’t care
- 13 If you can’t trust them, you haven’t got a relationship
- 14 Be honest (while you still have the chance)
- 15 Don’t play games
- 16 Don’t tar new partners with old brushes
- 17 Check you both have the same shared goals
- 18 Create the power balance you both want
- 19 You can’t make someone love you
- 20 Be cruel to be kind
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Relationship Rules
- 21 Be nice
- 22 Be together because you want to, not because you need to
- 23 Allow your partner the space to be themselves
- 24 Look to your own faults
- 25 Be honourable
- 26 Put each other first
- 27 Recognize the signs
- 28 Be a hero – or a heroine
- 29 Accept the differences, embrace what you have in common
- 30 Don’t belittle your partner
- 31 You want to do what?
- 32 Let not the sun go down upon your wrath
- 33 Be the first to say sorry
- 34 Let them have the last word
- 35 Houston, we have a problem
- 36 Don’t put them on a pedestal and expect them to stay there
- 37 Know when to listen and when to act
- 38 Never stop trying to be attractive
- 39 If you can say something nice, do
- 40 Don’t try to be their parent
- 41 Be part of their life
- 42 If little things annoy you, say so – with humour
- 43 Go that extra step in trying to please them
- 44 Make sure your partner is always pleased to see you
- 45 Don’t dump responsibility on your partner
- 46 Let them know if you don’t like their friends
- 47 Jealousy is your stuff, not theirs
- 48 Your partner is more important than your kids
- 49 Make time for romance
- 50 Have a passion for your life together
- 51 Share the workload
- 52 Trust the other one to do the job
- 53 Don’t be a nag
- 54 Make sure your love making is making love
- 55 Don’t control them
- 56 Listen to what they’re not saying
- 57 Most everyday arguments are about something else
- 58 Respect privacy
- 59 Treat your partner better than your best friend
- 60 Don’t be offended if they want some space
- 61 Men like flowers too
- 62 Keep your finances separate
- 63 Contentment is a high aim
- 64 Be generous to each other financially
- 65 You make a choice every day
- 66 Don’t be a martyr
- 67 Stop sniping – someone has to
- 68 You don’t both have to have the same rules
- 69 Do it their way if it matters more to them
- 70 Put yourself in their shoes
- 71 In-laws are part of the package
- 72 Keep talking
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Family Rules
- 73 Don’t blame your parents
- 74 Don’t let your parents control your feelings
- 75 Your children come before you
- 76 Nothing is worth falling out over
- 77 Don’t shout at the people you love
- 78 Treat them right, no matter how they treat you
- 79 There are no circumstances in which it is ever acceptable to say ‘I told you so’
- 80 Don’t pressurize your family just because you can
- 81 Never be too busy for loved ones
- 82 Make the effort
- 83 Your children need to fall out with you to leave home
- 84 They don’t have to be the same as you
- 85 Accept people’s flaws
- 86 There’s always stuff with siblings
- 87 Let go of your role
- 88 What will be left of you?
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Friendship Rules
- 89 There are no rules
- 90 Your best friend was once a stranger
- 91 Only have people in your life who, on balance, make it better not worse
- 92 If you’re going to be a friend, be a good friend
- 93 Forgive
- 94 Never give advice
- 95 Don’t make other people uncomfortable
- 96 Find friends who love the truth
- 97 Never lend money unless you’re prepared to write it off
- 98 If you don’t like their partner, tough
- 99 When one finger points forwards, three point back
- 100 Friendships change
- 101 Know when to let go
- 102 Bitterness helps no one
- Rules for everyone
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The Rules of parting
- 1 Listen to your own internal voice
- 2 Recognize that it takes two
- 3 It doesn’t have to be anyone’s fault
- 4 Keep the moral high ground
- 5 Don’t keep raking it over
- 6 Leave the kids out of it
- 7 Remember they’re not a monster
- 8 Identify your own mistakes
- 9 Choose friends you can trust
- 10 There is life beyond parting
- Had enough yet . . .?
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Product information
- Title: The Rules of Love, 3rd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2015
- Publisher(s): Pearson Education Limited
- ISBN: 9781292085890
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