The Shy Guy's Guide to Dating: The Best Places to Meet Women, the Ten Best Pickup Lines, How to Tell if She Likes You, Eleven Women to Avoid, Do's and ... What Girls Say...and What They Really Mean

The Shy Guy's Guide to Dating: The Best Places to Meet Women, the Ten Best Pickup Lines, How to Tell if She Likes You, Eleven Women to Avoid, Do's and ... What Girls Say...and What They Really Mean
List Price: $14.95
Our Price: $13.45
Your Save: $ 1.50 ( 10% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin
Average Customer Rating: Average rating of 3.0/5Average rating of 3.0/5Average rating of 3.0/5Average rating of 3.0/5Average rating of 3.0/5

Buy it now at Amazon.com!

Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 646.77081
EAN: 9780312187576
ISBN: 0312187572
Label: St. Martin's Griffin
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 1998-04-15
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Studio: St. Martin's Griffin

Related Items

Editorial Reviews:

The authoritative guide that will take shy guys everywhere-from the first date to home plate.

"Hey baby, what's your sign?" "Come here often?"

These lines may work in the movies, but not in real life, and not for the millions of guys too shy to risk their dignity on such flimsy pickup lines. Barry Dutter knows, he used to be a shy guy himself, sitting at home night after night watching television because asking a woman for a date was simply too scary.

Not anymore. He's learned dozens of tricks to help shy guys ease into the swing of dating while avoiding humiliating rejections and romantic disasters. Keeping a shy guy's tender ego in mind, he tells guys where to meet women, which ones to approach and which to avoid. Readers will learn what to do with them, and how to act from the first date through commitment time. Filled with hilarious lessons from the pop culture we grew up in, this witty, commonsense guide is a must for everyone who's ever been afraid to try-which means everyone.



Spotlight customer reviews:

Customer Rating: Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5
Summary: shy guy's guide to dating
Comment: perhaps as the writer is of the 1983 class of scotch plains-fanwood n.jj(44 now) he is not in touch with girls of this generation.Perhaps it was to meet old women in THEIR forties!!

Customer Rating: Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5
Summary: Outstanding book for Shy Guys
Comment: This is a great book for its target audience - shy guys. This is an outstanding book and it addresses and explains every issue that I have as a shy guy. A lot of the things discussed actually happened to me personally and I never understood why until I read this book. Apparently a lot of the negative reviewers are not shy guys at all and were looking for innovative new ways to pick up women. This book is not for them. This book is for you if you're not dating at all and are just waiting for the right girl to come along. When you are interested in someone you do not know what to say or do for fear of rejection. If you've given up or think that women just don't want you then reading this book is a great starting point. This book has totally answered all of my questions and showed me where I have made past mistakes and why.

Customer Rating: Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5
Summary: valuable advice to the lovelorn
Comment: Barry Dutter's book Shy Guide to Dating gives valuable advice to the lovelorn. His common sense, no nonsense approach shows how an introverted guy can date and eventually marry a nice girl. I truly appreciated that the author was formerly a "shy" guy who writes from the perspective of a person who has figured out how to meet girls and now what to share with others. The chapter titled, "Best Places to Meet Girls" was probably the most helpful to me. The author has obviously been to hundreds of bars, nightclubs, discos and through trial and error has developed a system to talk to girls. These techniques can save a shy guide from many lonely and dull nights in a bar.

Dutter's many anecdotes about the dating world were both helpful and motivational. Knowing that a fellow shy guide, armed with some proper strategies, could enter the dating world, certainly embolden me. My only suggestion is that, since the book was published before the Internet explosion, an updated version is needed with the author tackling such issues as email, instant messaging and social networking sites such as friendster,myspace and facebook.


Customer Rating: Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5
Summary: Oh Man. Who Greenlighted this Book? It's Simply Awful.
Comment: While the premise is decent enough, the material and suggestions offered by the author are dreadful. Why its a mainstay in the dating section of mega bookstores is a bigger mystery than how the Steelers won the Superbowl.

Hopefully guys realize at this stage in the game that 'pickup lines,' no matter how clever or nuanced, simply don't work. Why? Because while giving you a moment's attention, most are either crude or insulting, forcing a woman to respond in a way drenched in irritation. And compliments come off trite or insincere.

Far better to engage people in social settings with a set routine that conveys all the best qualities about you.

If you're looking for great material to approach women, look elsewhere.

- GiddyupGuy





Customer Rating: Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5
Summary: Entertaining read but not help at all
Comment: I read this book hoping to learn some things about getting women but come away just as inept. The book is written with humor making it an easy read but the advice is basically useless. I was also a little upset when I noticed the back cover and the very good looking author that adorns it. The guy is an adonis. He must think we're all fools to try to convice us that he's bad with girls. NO WAY! It's a slap in the face. That guy can get women without even opening his mouth because he's that good looking. I don't care how "bad" he thinks he is with girls. He can tell them he likes lunchmeat and they'll be all over him. Basically what I learned is that you get girls by being born with the skill. No amount of teachings will ever help. So I take with me the knowledge of never purchasing another "How To" book about getting girls because now I'll know better. Hope this helps.


Buy it now at Amazon.com!

Prices are listed in $USD. All books and magazines are shipped worldwide. To calculate shipping price please click on the buy button and select your country