Old fashioned and a bit out of date, but still has good ideas. How to Motivate the Opposite Sex. Whether you are recently separated, divorced, or you have been single for longer than you want, this insightful guide will help you navigate the dating maze and find the perfect partner. The faster way of finding a special partner or being found by someone is to create positive dating experiences. Reprint. It helps each to better understand how the other interprets those little things that can make or break dating in its fragile early stages, which is particularly helpful for a generation who just doesn't date anymore. This guidebook for navigating the dating experience is a must-have in my opinion. Thought this was a great book. Please try your request again later. Thanks to Mr Gray I'm feeling more kindly disposed towards the last man I went out with who spent our first two dates singing his own praises with barely a pause for breath and didn't ask me a single question. In it, John Gray lays out the five stages of a relationship's natural progression [to marriage], what each stage looks like, how to show up in each of those stages whether you're a man or a woman, and how you and the relationship evolve through the stages. In this book, John Gray offers standard trends with each gender in terms of dating rituals. Although I had read a book on how guys' mind work, I still find this book amazing and knowledgeable. Your Web browser is not enabled for JavaScript. Some may be critical of the sweeping generalizations, "Not all men do ...." "Not all women feel ..." but his intent is to only share what the majority often feel, react to, and methods typically used to communicate wants, needs and emotions. “That love motivates you to cooperate, respect, appreciate, cherish, and admire that person.”, “Too much intimacy, too quickly, can cause women to become needy and men to pull away. LOL No, really, it was helpful to know what he was thinking during that time when it is hard to ask a man what he is thinking, as you are getting to know him. It also helps lay the groundwork for you to be a better wife or husband in the future. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 14, 2017. {Introduction to the Paperback Edition MenMars_FM 12/3/03 1:19 PM Page xvi • Regarding long-term relationships and marriage, I wrote Mars and Venus Together Forever. Copyright © 2001-2020 OCLC. This actually got me 4 dates. Another informative and helpful book from Dr. Gray, though this one was a lot more uneven. Good with over 15-million copies sold worldwide and translated into over 90 languages. Mars and Venus on a Date: A Guide for Navigating the 5 Stages of Dating to Create a Loving and Lasting Relationship (1997) by Dr. John Gray is a companion to the more well-known Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. And yes, that even applies to dating. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 2, 2018. To learn more please refer to our. Please try again. 2 plus chapters in, and it made me so angry. I was amazed how many of my different relationships followed so many of the stages. It helps each to better understand how the other interprets those little things that can make or break dating in its fragile early stages, which is particularly helpful for a generation who just doesn't date anymore. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. I had read it before, and just finished reading it with a group of women. After my seven-year marriage dissolved, I felt I needed something to get me in tune to the dating scene of the new era. Mars and Venus on a Date: A Guide for Navigating the 5 Stages of Dating to Create a Loving and Lasting Relationship (1997) by Dr. John Gray is a companion to the more well-known Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. Product Details. I don't know if reading it changed anything I was doing but it was at least fun to be able to see what path I went down.