Ten Stupid Things Couples Do to Mess Up Their Relationships Paperback – Bargain Price, December 24, 2002

Love the book

This is the book to read if you want to prevent relationship disaster or deal with it. As would be expected, Dr. Laura knows how to say it like it is and make an impact! This book should belong on every shelf in every home that wants to build stronger unity. With this book, you get much of the same valuable perspectives on marriage, but this one is rather discombobulated in its' outlay and at times does not seem to fit the intended structure. There is also considerably more content devoted here to listener comments than from the Doctor herself, making this more of a compilation of letters, emails and interviews and less of a seasoned and highly competent professional lending her expertise on the subject matter. I really enjoyed listening to it and have loan it out to my nieces and nephews that are in relationships or married!Full disclosure for my ratings and reviews. I have inserted this disclosure so that you, the potential buyer, might understand how I review items and why I review the items I review. I utilize Amazon for the vast majority items I purchase from day to day. I purchase items such as electronics and electronic devices, technology related devices, computer related devices, tools and knives, clothing, jewelry, cell phone related devices, devices with Bluetooth capability and in general just about every device one might purchase for home or work. In some cases, I do receive items from Amazon sellers at a discounted price in exchange for my fair and honest review. The items I select to receive at a discounted price in exchange for my fair and honest review are items that I use and items that I have a genuine interest in. The fact that I receive some items at a discounted price in exchange for a fair and honest review does not mean that the reviews will only be positive, 4 or 5 stars. As I mentioned, the reviews I post are my fair and honest opinion based on how I felt the product met the expectation that it portrayed on the posting advertisement. This means that when I review a product I do give consideration to that product compared to other products from other manufacturers but it is not the primary focus of my review because I believe in the honesty of the advertisement. If the product advertised is advertised as being far superior or even just superior from its competitors, then I review it as compared to its competitors. If the product advertised is only advertised based on the specific qualities of the product then that is what I review, the specific qualities of that product. This is important to understand when reading my reviews. Peoples tastes and expectations are all different therefor I try not to give generic or vague reviews as much as possible. Below is the breakdown of my start rating review system. Amazon allows rating as 1 to 5 stars. I believe a 5-star item is an item that has met or exceeded each and every one of the expectations, promises, or statements that it had in its advertisement AND that it has proven to perform better than the majority of products in its class. A 4-star rating means that the product has met or exceeded each and every one of the expectations, promises, or statements that it had in its advertisement but it does not particularly stand out among other products in its class of similar design, cost, and functionality. A 3-star rating means that a product met or exceeded most, but not all, of the expectations, promises, or statements that it had in its advertisement. A 2-star rating means that a product did not met or exceeded many one of the expectations, promises, or statements that it had in its advertisement. A 1-star rating means that the product was overall poor, the seller was not forthcoming in the advertisement and the product met none of the advertisement claims. All of these reviews are my opinion and my opinion alone and are not reflective of Amazon or any other company and I do not have any personal or business relationship with any company of any product I review.

I bought this book for a friend who was losing his marriage. I had read some of Dr Laura's other books in the past and thought this book would help my friend maybe mend his relationship with his wife and possibly save his marriage. This was 2 months ago... and he is still married! The advice in this book helped him see where he was failing and also helped him better see things from his wife's standpoint. They still have a long ways to go... but, this book is a must have for *all* married couples who want to stay married. I also bought the kindle edition and read the book along with my friend which was very helpful in discussing things. If you really care about staying married... good advice along the way is always helpful (and hard to get in today's world)... Dr Laura's book can give you some of the advice you maybe need to help you keep your marriage intact. As with anything though... there must be willing participants for any advice to work.

I have a long commute to work and decided to get the audio book instead of the print version. The cover said it was 3 hours long, but it was more like 2 1/2. I was a little disappointed with the brevity. The narration itself was expressive and easy to listen to."Dr. Laura" admittedly does take some getting used to, with her strong opinions and old-fashioned standards. When I first starting listening to her radio show on Sirius, I couldn't believe how harsh she is with callers she doesn't agree with-especially the women. (She's totally against mothers who work outside the home and divorced parents who even entertain thoughts of another relationship before all their children are 18. I think it's great if mothers are able to be stay-at-home moms, but not everyone is able to do this.)That said, if you can get past her judgmental nature and are open to doing things differently to improve your relationship,she does offer some good advice.

I bought this for a friend so don't know what it's like but I do know Dr Laura writes a Mean-ing-ful book, with powerful examples to follow. In her not-so-sensitive, don't be a crybaby approach, she does present a good "case" for her advice and suggestions. She's quite arrogant, critical, impatient and cruel in her way of communicating to callers on Talk Radio as well as in her books, but much of what she says makes sense. She definitely favors men and blames women for the bad relationships that are described to her.

The latest in her Ten Stupid Things series, this one about couples is a clunker!I ususally love Dr. Laura's writings. They tend to be down-to-earth guides on having a happier, less complicated life. But not this one.As I turned every page, I hoped for some of the great examples and wise teachings that I learned to expect from her other books. It is full of examples from her listeners, but it lacks the wisdom that should bring the examples into a meaningful thesis. The examples don't alway exemplify her points, and there are so many quotations from listeners that they lose their impact. Some even seem to contradict the very point she is trying to apply! About halfway through the book I wondered if Dr. Laura hadn't written the book just to clear out her "clever quotation" file.None of the good, simple advice on relationships, or passages about how good morals make good neighbors. Really, just a scrapbook of incohesive thoughts. Sigh.

This book is pretty good. It's one that I keep around and have reffered out to friends a few times. I don't think it's Schlessinger's best work, but the things she says make sense and give the reader a little insight. Do I think that it's ever saved one of my relationships? Probably not... but that depends more on the reader than the actual book.

amazing! fast delivery, great seller A++++

New condition.

The author rambles on about the ten things rather than getting straight to the point... a lot of reading for next to no insight.

The price, condition, content and delivery were all excellent. No problems at all. I'm reading the book and am really amazed how much the Author is 'on the ball' about relationships. Great. Very, very satisfied.Thank You Amazon. ........Malcolm Glass, Ontario, Canada

Book not the best shape it looked used. But it was still OK, pages and cover intact. For the price it was great.....one cent.