Why men want sex and women need love is the title of a new book out. I admit I haven’t read the book but I couldn’t help wondering if that was a gross over simplification.
The book is written by a successful Australian couple. On the site there is an about us link. But about as us tells you nothing about them except what they have achieved in the publishing business and how many best selling books they have and how successful they are in business. It tells you nothing about how long they have been married or what their marriage is like. Their site claims they are one of the foremost experts in relationships but neglects to mention thess facts, which I thought strange.
They have twp quizzes on their site called the Mating Rating quiz. Yes, I had a look at the female one but what happened was the problem I often find with quizzes – the answer I want to answer is not there. E.g. fidelity to my partner is important to me. The choices were rarely, sometimes or mostly. What I wanted to know was what happened to always? To me marriage is about being faithful and loyal to your spouse always.
Yes I’ll probably try the quiz out on Mick later, but more just for fun that anything else. We’ll have a bit of a laugh and a talk about it together. Before he sees it, I’ve already answered his the way I think held answer, so it will be interesting to compare and to get him to answer mine to see how they compare to the way we answered.
I have no doubt this couple will sell heaps of books because people are always looking for answers as to how to be more successful. And really that’s what the book is about and what their aim seems to be-success. Their mating rating quiz is about how you measure up in the market place. Of course some of us have no desire to be out in the market place. We’re happy where we are.
I guess it all depends on how you define success and what’s most important to you. For me and Mick, life is more about having a happy lasting marriage than success and always has been.
So Mick and I, according to these quizzes, both end up in the average category? And you know what? That’s okay, because as far as Mick’s concerned he doesn’t think I’m average and as I far as I’m concerned he’s far from average. He’s one in a million. How would you rate your spouse? More importantly how would your spouse rate you?
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