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Don't let the swipe rule your lifeOnline dating. Dating apps. Texting. Social media. Endless swiping in search of forever love. It seems like the more ways technology offers to "connect" us, the less connected we actually are. Modern dating is not for the faint of heart! Don't Believe the Swipe is not your mother's dating guide. It isn't about "landing a man" or learning to "think like a man" or "getting any man to fall in love with you"; it's about falling in love with yourself and then extending that love to every aspect of your life--including your love life. It's about learning to date without surrendering your power. It's about choosing yourself, regardless of whether someone swipes right or swipes left. Funny, fresh, and relevant to today's crazy dating world, this book is sure to become your go-to modern dating guide. New York Times bestselling author Mandy Hale draws on her own hilarious and often jaw-dropping experiences to illustrate what it means to stop believing the swipe and start finding love without losing yourself. There is a way to date with dignity, to refuse to let the swipe rule your life, to stand confident in your worth, and to not settle for less than you deserve. This book is that way."I am so happy to have this new book by Mandy Hale to help me think and laugh my way to finding the love of my life."--Yvette Nicole Brown, actress, comedian, writer, and TV host "Where has this book been all my life? It's seriously the last dating book I'll ever need."--Krista Allen, actress, comedian, recovering believer in the swipe"This book cuts through the fog of modern dating and reconnects us to our single most important relationship--the relationship we have with ourselves."--Devyn Simone, celebrity matchmaker, dating expert, and TV host

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Publié par	Baker Publishing Group
Date de parution	20 avril 2021
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781493428885
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	3 Mo

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Endorsements
“ Don’ t Believe the Swipe is another Mandy Hale essential read. So funny, so smart and cutting—I’m jealous I didn’t write it.”
Greg Behrendt , New York Times bestselling coauthor, He’ s Just Not That Into You
“Where has this book been all my life? Funny, wise, and oh so clever . . . it’s seriously the last dating book I’ll ever need.”
Krista Allen , actress, comedian, recovering believer in the swipe
“As a fellow single, I am so happy to have this new book by Mandy Hale to help me think and laugh my way to finding the love of my life. Mandy has a way with words that blesses the journey, even on the tough days.”
Yvette Nicole Brown , actress, comedian, writer, and TV host
“ Don’ t Believe the Swipe is a hilarious and candid guide to navigating dating as a modern single woman. Mandy shares her tales from the swiping front lines, teaches you every pitfall to avoid, and, above all, inspires self-love and hopefulness for anyone still waiting to meet their perfect match.”
Francesca Hogi , celebrity love and life coach
“This book cuts through the fog of modern dating and reconnects us to our single most important relationship—the relationship we have with ourselves.”
Devyn Simone , celebrity matchmaker, dating expert, and TV host
“ Don’ t Believe the Swipe is a primer on modern dating. This book made me cry and cringe and laugh and lament, and at the end of it, I feel less alone and better able to tackle this crazy dating world.”
Joy Beth Smith , author, Party of One
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Copyright Page
© 2021 by Mandy Hale
Published by Revell
a division of Baker Publishing Group
PO Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287
www.revellbooks.com
Ebook edition created 2021
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—for example, electronic, photocopy, recording—without the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
ISBN 978-1-4934-2888-5
The names and details of the people and situations described in this book have been changed or presented in composite form.
Published in association with The Bindery Agency, www.TheBinderyAgency.com.
Dedication
For all the single girls still brave enough to believe in love.
And for our frontline health-care heroes. THANK YOU.
Contents
Cover 1
Endorsements 2
Half Title Page 3
Title Page 5
Copyright Page 6
Dedication 7
Modern Dating Dictionary 11
Prologue 19
1. Modern Dating 101 27
2. Dating Smarter, Not Harder 37
3. Men Are from Netflix, Women Are from Hulu 43
4. The Texting 411 47
5. Happily Never After 53
6. Why So Serious? 62
7. Jack It to Jesus 68
8. Fifty Shades of Gray Area 74
9. Not-So-Trivial Pursuit 81
10. Who You Gonna Call? 86
11. The Ex-Files 92
12. Like Attracts Like 97
13. Fact or Fiction? 102
14. I Spy with My Little Eye . . . the Wrong Guy 109
15. It Takes Two to Tango 115
16. My Breakup with Dating 120
17. There Are No Second Chances in Love 128
18. When Harry Met Sally 136
19. The Truth about Singleness 142
20. Livin’ la Vida Solo 149
21. Party of You 154
22. Serial Seek hers 160
23. Know Your Value (Meal) 166
24. How Will I Know If He Really Loves Me? 173
25. Breaking Up Is Hard to Do 179
26. He Loves Him, He Loves Me Not 186
27. Lose the Love, Keep the Lesson 194
28. Taking Back Your Territory 201
29. You Are the Sun 206
30. I’ll Take That to Go 213
Acknowledgments 219
About the Author 221
Back Cover 223
Modern Dating Dictionary
T o understand modern dating, we must first understand the terminology. The list below, though not exhaustive, contains some of the most popular terms used to describe modern dating (though there will no doubt be new words invented between now and when this book goes to print). Some words I’ve heard from various sources, some I found online, and others I completely made up. (The terms I made up are denoted as “Mandy originals.”) All definitions are translated into my own voice—because this is my book and I can do that.
bae: It’s not as commonly used anymore . . . but the classics never really go out of style, so it’s still worthy of inclusion. Bae is your significant other or someone you want to be your significant other.
benching: When someone puts one romantic prospect on ice in favor of another one they find more promising. They will continue to come around and drop just enough crumbs to keep you interested in case the other relationship doesn’t work out, but there’s no real investment or intention behind their sparse communication.
bird-boxing: Inspired by the wildly popular Netflix film, this is when someone refuses to see or acknowledge just how truly toxic their relationship is.
boo: Your significant other.
boo’d up: When you have a boo and are officially off the market.
breadcrumbing: When someone drops just enough breadcrumbs to keep you interested without actually engaging in a relationship or meaningful communication. That guy who texts you “WYD” every other Thursday night and on holidays? Total breadcrumber. Breadcrumbing is a modernized term for leading someone on.
Caspering: Friendly ghosting, aka when both parties clearly don’t want to see each other again after the first or second date so they mutually vanish from each other’s lives.
catching feelings: Developing feelings for someone.
catfishing: A term made popular by the hit MTV show of the same name. This is when someone essentially poses as someone else, even down to stealing their photos and life details, in order to attract people online.
cloaking (aka the new ghosting): Picture Harry Potter in his invisibility cloak. While being ghosted means your love interest has gone completely radio silent, cloaking takes it one step further. A cloaker doesn’t just cease communication, they block you on dating apps, their phones, and social media. They essentially might as well be invisible because, to you, they no longer exist.
cuffing: When two people who have been dating each other for a while decide they want to date only each other. Taken from the term handcuffs , cuffing is when you choose to link hands and lives.
cuffing season: The time of year when people are most in the mood to commit and most likely to settle down, which tends to be September through February (i.e., the chilly months, the cozy months, the snuggling months, the holiday months). March through August ( “ Summer, summer, summertime!” ) finds people scurrying out of hibernation and back on the prowl.
curving: A tactic deployed when you want to let someone down easy. Basically, the kinder, gentler rejection. Example: A guy you’re not into texts to tell you how pretty you looked today when he ran into you at the coffee shop and casually drops a “We should hang out sometime.” You respond with “Awww, you’re so sweet!” thereby technically responding to his text in a nice way while curving the conversation away from the idea of actually hanging out.
deep-like: Contrary to what you might be thinking, no, this is not when you like someone a whole lot. A deep-like is when you’re stalking your crush’s Instagram feed and you accidentally like a pic from, say, five years ago . . . thereby completely outing yourself and your social media stalking ways. Sorry, friends—not even putting your phone on rice will get you out of this one.
dial-toning: When you give someone your digits, they reach out, and you never respond.
dogfishing: When guys post multiple pics with their dogs on dating apps to appear extra cute and cuddly to the opposite sex.
double-booker (Mandy original): A person who books more than one date in one day.
double-texting: When you text someone twice (or more times) in a row before they have responded to your first text.
exting ( Mandy original): Texting your ex.
fleabagging: When you keep choosing to date guys who are the absolute worst for you, over and over and over and over and over and over again.
ghosting: Possibly the first and most well-known of the modern dating terms. Ghosting is when you are talking to or dating someone and they disappear into thin air, never to be heard from again. (Or possibly to be heard from again, if they zombie you.) Ghosting usually comes out of nowhere, with no apparent warning signs, and typically leaves the ghosted feeling completely hurt and baffled. Most ghosting tends to take place in the early stages of dating; however, some people have been known to ghost on long-term relationships. When this happens, there’s not much the ghosted can do except pick up the pieces and move on.
glamboozled: When you’re all decked out in your LBD (Little Black Dress) and ready for date night and your date bails on you at the last minute . . . via text.
haunted house: When you are at the same function as two or more people who ghosted you (# awkward! ).
Houdini-ing: More of a gradual ghosting. This is when, instead of disappearing abruptly, the person you’re dating slowly tapers off their communication until one day they just— poof! —disappear into thin air.
kittenfishing: When someone showcases photos of themselves that are all ten-plus years old on dating apps. Meaning they’re kinda catfishing you . . . with the past version of them.
leave him/her on read: Phones have a setting that allows you to turn on read receipts so a sender can see when you’ve read their text. The reference leave him on read or leave her on read basically means you’ve read their text but didn’t respond, either purposely or not purposely. But most of the time, as it is related to this reference, it’s purposely. Usually, when you leave someone on read, it’s to send the message that you’re upset with them, you’re over their nonsense, or you’re just not that into them.
love bombing: When someone wines and dines an