Have Him at Hello: Confessions from 1,000 Guys About What Makes Them Fall in Love . . . Or Never Call Back
There’s a reason the media has dubbed matchmaker Rachel Greenwald as “The Wife Maker.” Yes, she’s responsible for over 750 marriages, but more importantly, she has solved perhaps the biggest dating mystery of all time: when you finally meet Mr. Right (or even Mr. Potential), what really compels him to call back (or not) after a date?
Armed with her Harvard MBA, Rachel embarked on a fascinating ten-year research project to decipher this puzzle. In Have Him at Hello, she applies her business savvy to the dating world by conducting in-depth “exit interviews” with 1,000 single men, asking why they called back one woman, but not another. By refusing to accept the post-date brush-off like “There wasn’t any chemistry…” or the excited, but equally vague evening recap, “We hit it off!” Rachel extracted unabashedly honest and raw details. It turns out there are clear, tangible, consistent reasons why marriage-minded men either fall for you or disappear. The surprising “Top 5 Date Makers” and “Top 10 Date Breakers” revealed in this book can actually change your fate when Mr. Right finally comes along.
Rachel’s goal isn’t for you to pretend to be someone you’re not, but rather to keep the ball in your court. By using her innovative research and tips as a guide, more men will ask to see you again ; then you can do the selecting, rather than wondering if they’ll call. Because information is power, this book will make your first hello a lasting one.
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars Great Book
I read almost the entire book in one evening.
A quick, easy, and fascinating read. I wish I had this book a long time ago…when I had dates.
5 Stars A new dating confidence!!
An absolute essential for those girls in the dating game. Yes, I have made some dating mistakes. In fact, after reading this book, I’ve discovered that I’ve been making the same mistakes for some time.I now have a new confidence to go back out there and get ‘um!!
Thank you Rachael Greenwald. No more dating failures for me.
5 Stars Fun to read and full of good advice
Rachel uses humorous anecdotes and actual comments throughout her book and offers some wonderful insights into first and only dates. Also good for career building. You can see how you come across to others if you look honestly at yourself in the mirror Rachel provides.
3 Stars Might get you a second date but that’s it.
This book puts women who don’t get asked out on second dates into ten categories of possible behavior patterns. Personally I think if you fall into any of these catagories you are not ready to date and men recognize that. It was also obvious to me that the women in all ten catagories failed at one simple concept. If you want a guy to ask you out on a second date, you have to at least act like you like him. And if you don’t, why would you care about a second date anyway? I didn’t get it.
4 Stars Very Informative
I thought this book was very informative on how men think in terms of dating especially the first date. As women we tend to over analyze everything but we should just relax. Although some of what Rachel Greenwald says should be a no brainer but hey we make mistakes and the men in the book tells us the mistakes women often make, some subtle some not so subtle. With this book it lets us know what kind of answers we should be telling them on the first date when asked a certain question. It list what you should and shouldn’t do on the first date,what should not be the topic of discussion, and what’s appropriate dress atire. This book gives all sorts of tips for going on a first date. It also give you a check list of a certain dating personality you may have acquired and what should be done to get a better response or call back. I deffinitly recommend this book to all my single ladies.
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