Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough (Unabridged) Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough (Unabridged)

Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough (Unabridged‪)‬

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Publisher Description

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.

GENRE
Nonfiction
NARRATOR
BP
Brittany Pressley
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
09:08
hr min
RELEASED
2021
August 10
PUBLISHER
Penguin Audio
SIZE
283
MB

Customer Reviews

Applehun1818 ,

A lot better than what I expected

I like that this books has different research studies. I did not like the idea of “settling” but I like the different perspectives that the author offers to being more open minded and not so closed minded when it comes to dating or getting married. This book is honest although most women won’t be ready for the beliefs about women as they age. This book offered some humor which I appreciated as someone who has had the most perfect dates, but always wanted “more”

TSG2009 ,

Wonderful Book

All women who are single or dating should read this book! This is the book you need! Trust me

carlorl ,

Extremely depressing book

It seems to me a very pessimistic book and with little hope of meeting someone. I’m 29 very attractive female. have high expectations. I feel like the book it’s saying be ok for basic husband.

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