{"id":65,"date":"2015-01-30T13:02:02","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T13:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themes.laborator.co\/aurum\/bookshop\/?p=65"},"modified":"2015-01-30T13:02:02","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T13:02:02","slug":"three-books-with-horrible-dating-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bannermanbooks.com\/staging\/three-books-with-horrible-dating-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Books with Horrible Dating Advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I was single, I hated dating\u2014which is probably why I didn\u2019t do much of it. There are so many unspoken rules, and girls play games, and it\u2019s enough to make you want to become a celibate monk. Okay, it\u2019s not quite that bad.\u00a0Fortunately, I was lucky enough to find the right girl, and the rest is history.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_81\" style=\"width: 205px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bannermanbooks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/PORTER_Raven_E-e1422622141940.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-81 size-medium\" src=\"\/\/themes.laborator.co\/aurum\/bookshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PORTER_Raven_E-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"Raven: My year of dating dangerously - Monica Porter \" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-81\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raven: My year of dating dangerously &#8211; Monica Porter<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But even though my \u201cgame\u201d probably sucked, I knew some common rules of dating. I mean, the really, really basic do\u2019s and don\u2019ts.<\/p>\n<p>The same can\u2019t be said for some of these characters from literature. These guys and girls really knew how to screw up some relationships.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the type of advice they might give you based on their stories.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cGirly, spineless men are the most attractive kind of men. Obsess over them, and never stop obsessing over them.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2013Scarlett O\u2019Hara (Gone With The Wind)<\/p>\n<p>We all know Rhett Butler had serious game. You know who had terrible game? Ashley Wilkes, the man whom Scarlett spends almost the entirety of Gone With The Wind obsessing over. She\u2019s the worst. She\u2019s the literal worst.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIf you stalk her enough, she\u2019ll eventually love you.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> \u2013Gatsby (The Great Gatsby)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_79\" style=\"width: 205px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bannermanbooks.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/textbook-romance-zoe-foster.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-79\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-79 size-medium\" src=\"\/\/themes.laborator.co\/aurum\/bookshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/textbook-romance-zoe-foster-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"Textbook Romance - Zoe Foster\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-79\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Textbook Romance &#8211; Zoe Foster<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ladies, if you knew that a dude built his house across the lake just so he could stand on a dock and longingly stare at a light on your dock, and if you knew that same dude threw million dollar parties in hopes you\u2019d show up, and\u00a0if you also knew that same dude liked to hide in the bushes outside your house, wouldn\u2019t you just fall head over heels in love? Or maybe you\u2019d just call the police. It\u2019s a miracle Daisy never had a restraining order put out on Gatsby.<\/p>\n<p>Ladies, if you knew that a dude built his house across the lake just so he could stand on a dock and longingly stare at a light on your dock, and if you knew that same dude threw million dollar parties in hopes you\u2019d show up, and\u00a0if you also knew that same dude liked to hide in the bushes outside your house, wouldn\u2019t you just fall head over heels in love? Or maybe you\u2019d just call the police. It\u2019s a miracle Daisy never had a restraining order put out on Gatsby.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was single, I hated dating\u2014which is probably why I didn\u2019t do much of it. There are so many unspoken rules, and girls play games, and it\u2019s enough to make you want to become a celibate monk. Okay, it\u2019s not quite that bad.\u00a0Fortunately, I was lucky enough to find the right girl, and the rest is history. But even though my \u201cgame\u201d probably sucked, I knew some common rules of dating. I mean, the really, really basic do\u2019s and don\u2019ts. The same can\u2019t be said for some of these characters from literature. These guys and girls really knew how to screw up some relationships. Here\u2019s the type of advice they might give you based on their stories. \u201cGirly, spineless men are the most attractive kind of men. Obsess over them, and never stop obsessing over them.\u201d \u2013Scarlett O\u2019Hara (Gone With The Wind) We all know Rhett Butler had serious&hellip; <a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bannermanbooks.com\/staging\/three-books-with-horrible-dating-advice\/\">Read More<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[104,105,107],"tags":[113],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Staging &ndash; Two Books with Horrible Dating Advice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bannermanbooks.com\/staging\/three-books-with-horrible-dating-advice\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Staging &ndash; Two Books with Horrible Dating Advice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When I was single, I hated dating\u2014which is probably why I didn\u2019t do much of it. 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