{"product_id":"2940148348542","title":"Lucia's Lessons of Love","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\"Lucia's Lessons of Love\" has been called the \"love manual\" for single men and women. This is not your typical relationship book with long, drawn-out or complicated answers. Lucia gets to the point immediately and bottom lines each answer in a fun, easy-to-read \"Q \u0026amp; A\" format. Think of it as the \"cliff notes\" for love, dating and relationships.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDo you want to know:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy is it that whenever I like someone they don't like me, and the ones I don't like are crazy about me? (pg.27)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat does, \"I love you but I'm not in love with you\" mean? (pg.58)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShould you compliment a woman, especially an attractive woman, when you first meet her? Ignore my advice on this at your own peril. (pg.50)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat do men want? No, it's not sex. (although they want that too) (pg.38)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhere is the most romantic place on earth? (you'll be surprised) (pg.20)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDoes \"the one\" really exist? (pg.13)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDo I have to play hard to get? (pg.48)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy do I always attract the wrong people? (pg.26)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat's the fastest way to connect with someone? (Bill Clinton does it all the time) (pg.28)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat does it mean when someone says they \"need space\"? (pg.63)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat are the top three dating mistakes? (pg.31)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat does it mean when a woman says \"nothing\" is wrong? Is it really true?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou'll stop a lot of fights by finding out the answer to this. (pg.66)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen does a woman know if she wants to sleep with a man? (pg.34)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat are the reasons men don't ask a woman out? (even if they're interested) (pg.41)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShould women ask men out? (pg.42)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy do women date jerks? (You can blame biology for this) (pg.45)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow do you \"get\" a man to marry you? (The answer is 2 simple words) (pg.54)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat does it mean when someone says you're \"playing games\"? (It's a god thing!) (pg.62 )\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy do men stop courting? (No, they're not being jerks) (pg.40)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere is an excerpt from \"Lucia's Lessons of Love\":\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat does, \"I don't want a relationship\" mean?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen someone says they don't want a relationship, they're leaving out two little words: with you. They're not interested in you for the long term so they will use many excuses, including having been badly hurt in the past, not being over their ex or not wanting to be in a relationship. If someone is interested in you, they will rarely say, \"I don't want a relationship\" because they know they'd be crazy to risk losing you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs it true absence makes the heart grow fonder?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat depends. If the other person has deep feelings for you, then yes, it's true. On the other hand, it's \"Out of sight, out of mind\" if you're talking about someone you've just met or the interest is casual. Comte de Bussy-Rabnutin said it best with: Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it inflames the great.\u003cbr\u003eWhat does \"friends with benefits\" mean?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt means that you behave as a couple but without the benefit of monogamy and commitment. It should actually be called \"friends without benefits\" since this situation usually only \"benefits\" the man. Whether they are willing to acknowledge it or not, women aren't wired to have sex without feelings; they generally want it to mean something. If women were meant to have sex like men, they would be greater consumers of porn. There would be just as many male porn stars as there are women and Harlequin romance novels would be out of business. To quote author Pat Allen, \"When women give up their parts, they give up their hearts.\"\u003cbr\u003eWhy do I always attract the wrong people?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe problem is not that you attract the wrong people, but that you continue to keep them in your life once they have shown you they're not right for you. Time is a non-renewable resource. One it's gone, it's gone. Don't waste it on people who don't make your life better. When you decide to play big, you will no longer be interested in people that play small. Author M. Somerset Maugham said it best with, \"It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lucia Demasi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072713277680,"sku":"2940148348542","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148348542_p0.jpg?v=1763701422","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148348542","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}