How to Avoid Falling in Love with a Jerk
Introduction: HEART MATTERS- BUT SO DOES THE HEAD
1. Follow Your Heart Without Losing Your Mind
2. The RAM Plan
3. Don’t Be the Jerk(ette)
4. RAM Dynamic #1: Do I Really Know You?
5. What Do We Have in Common, Really?
6. Can We Just Talk It Out? Skills for Building &
7. And My Third Wife Was a …” Patterns from Other Relationships
8. You Can’t Marry Jethro Without Gettin’ the Clampetts Patterns from Family Background
9. Try To See It My Way Mature Character & Conscience
10.RAM Dynamic #2: Should I Trust You?
11. RAM Dynamic #3: Will You Meets My Needs?
12. RAM Dynamic #4: Can You Keep A Commitment?
13. RAM Dynamic #5: Should We Have Sex?
14. What the World Needs Now Is…Partner-Selection Education
AVOID THE JERKS AND FIND “THE ONE” WHO'S RIGHT FOR YOU
"An insightful and creative contribution to managing the complexity of choosing a life partner. I heartily recommend it."
--Harville Hendrix, Ph.D., author of Getting the Love You Want and Keeping the Love You Find
"Don't be part of the 'where-was-this-book-when-I-needed-it?' crowd. It's not too late--read it now!"
--Pat Love, Ed.D., author of The Truth About Love and Hot Monogamy
Based on years of research on marital and premarital happiness, How to Avoid Falling in Love with a Jerk (previously published in hardcover as How to Avoid Marrying a Jerk) will help you break destructive dating patterns that have kept you from finding the love you deserve:
- Ask the right questions to inspire meaningful, revealing conversations with your partner
- Judge character based on compatibility, relationships skills, friends, and patterns from family and previous relationships
- Resolve your own emotional baggage so you're ready for a healthy relationship