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Marry Him : The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough Hardcover - 2010
by Lori Gottlieb
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- Hardcover
You have a fulfilling job, a great group of friends, the perfect apartment, andno shortage of dates. So what if you haven't found The One just yet. Surely he'llcome along, right?
But what if he doesn't? Or even worse, what if he already has, but you just didn't realizeit?
Suddenly finding herself forty and single, Lori Gottlieb said the unthinkable in her March2008 article in The Atlantic: Maybe she and single women everywhere, needed to stop chasing the elusive Prince Charming and instead go for Mr. Good Enough.
Looking at her friends' happy marriages to good enough guys who happen to be excellent husbandsand fathers, Gottlieb declared it time to reevaluate what we really need in a partner. Her ideascreated a firestorm of controversy from outlets like the Today show to The WashingtonPost, which wrote, "Given the perennial shortage of perfect men, Gottlieb's probably got apoint," to Newsweek and NPR, which declared, "Lori Gottlieb didn't want to take her mother's advice to be less picky, but now that she's turned forty, she wonders if her mother isright." Women all over the world were talking. But while many people agreed that they should havemore realistic expectations, what did that actually mean out in the real world, where Gottlieband women like her were inexorably drawn to their "type"?
That's where Marry Him comes in.
By looking at everything from culture to biology, in Marry Him Gottlieb frankly exploresthe dilemma that so many women today seem to face--how to reconcile the strong desire for a husbandand family with a list of must-haves so long and complicated that many great guys get rejectedout of the gate. Here Gottlieb shares her own journey in the quest for romantic fulfillment, andin the process gets wise guidance and surprising insights from marital researchers, matchmakers,dating coaches, behavioral economists, neuropsychologists, sociologists, couples therapists, divorce lawyers, and clergy--as well as single and married men and women, ranging in age fromtheir twenties to their sixties.
Marry Him is an eye-opening, often funny, sometimes painful, and always truthful in-depthexamination of the modern dating landscape, and ultimately, a provocative wake-up call about getting real about Mr. Right.
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- Title Marry Him : The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough
- Author Lori Gottlieb
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 322
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 2010
- Illustrated Yes
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0525951512I3N00
- ISBN 9780525951513 / 0525951512
- Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
- Dimensions 10 x 6.5 x 1 in (25.40 x 16.51 x 2.54 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Women - Psychology, Man-woman relationships - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009032824
- Dewey Decimal Code 646.770
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Summary
Lori Gottlieb discusses Marry Him in a video on The Atlantic website.
You have a fulfilling job, a great group of friends, the perfect apartment, and no shortage of dates. So what if you haven't found The One just yet. Surely he'll come along, right?But what if he doesn't? Or even worse, what if he already has, but you just didn't realize it?
Suddenly finding herself forty and single, Lori Gottlieb said the unthinkable in her March 2008 article in The Atlantic: Maybe she and single women everywhere, needed to stop chasing the elusive Prince Charming and instead go for Mr. Good Enough.
Looking at her friends' happy marriages to good enough guys who happen to be excellent husbands and fathers, Gottlieb declared it time to reevaluate what we really need in a partner. Her ideas created a firestorm of controversy from outlets like the Today show to The Washington Post, which wrote, "Given the perennial shortage of perfect men, Gottlieb's probably got a point," to Newsweek and NPR, which declared, "Lori Gottlieb didn't want to take her mother's advice to be less picky, but now that she's turned forty, she wonders if her mother is right." Women all over the world were talking. But while many people agreed that they should have more realistic expectations, what did that actually mean out in the real world, where Gottlieb and women like her were inexorably drawn to their "type"?
That's where Marry Him comes in.
By looking at everything from culture to biology, in Marry Him Gottlieb frankly explores the dilemma that so many women today seem to face--how to reconcile the strong desire for a husband and family with a list of must-haves so long and complicated that many great guys get rejected out of the gate. Here Gottlieb shares her own journey in the quest for romantic fulfillment, and in the process gets wise guidance and surprising insights from marital researchers, matchmakers, dating coaches, behavioral economists, neuropsychologists, sociologists, couples therapists, divorce lawyers, and clergy--as well as single and married men and women, ranging in age from their twenties to their sixties.
Marry Him is an eye-opening, often funny, sometimes painful, and always truthful in-depth examination of the modern dating landscape, and ultimately, a provocative wake-up call about getting real about Mr. Right.