How to Marry the Wrong Guy

***UPDATE 7/11/09 Check out the latest article on the book and learn more about the authors’ inspiration.  

I had the good fortune of meeting one of the co-writers of “How To Marrry the Wrong Guy: A Guide to Avoiding the Biggest Mistake of Your Life,” yesterday and we talked at great length about how necessary a book like this is.

The two women who wrote the book - and run the accompanying website - have first hand experience in affairs of the heart.  Anne Milford called off her wedding because deep down, she just knew it wasn’t right.  Jennifer Dauvain is a marriage and family therapist who has seen an all too-familiar scenario play out: woman marries man despite not feeling a deep love and passion for him.  Man and woman have problems (duh).  Man and woman head to therapists’ couch.  Marriage cannot be saved if there was nothing worth saving in the first place.

It doesn’t seem like rocket science, but these two women have interviewed enough wives (and now, ex-wives) to know that it’s happening a lot more often than we might think.  The silver lining here is that a bad marriage can be avoided.

If you can answer any of these questions positively, you NEED to read this book:

• Do you think you may be marrying the wrong guy?
• Do you have cold feet and want to call off your wedding?
• Do you have doubts about your boyfriend?
• Do you wonder why you’re settling for a dead-end relationship?

If you answered YES, a) be proud for being honest with yourself and b) consider today your lucky day, because www.coldfeetpress.com is offering a 25% discount to That Happened to Me readers.

Just go here and enter THTM (all caps, no spaces) as the coupon code.  Offer ends July 31.

Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

So today I had the very good fortune of having some professional headshots taken.  I have been thinking about this for years now, but always felt kind of silly setting it up for myself.  However, I finally listened to the advice of the smart gals I like to surround myself with and had some pictures taken.

I was lucky enough to find Yvonne, a budding fashion and lifestyle photographer and all-around cool chick.  If I had fantasized about the perfect photoshoot, it would have gone exactly like today did.  Relaxed, natural and quick: we were finished by lunch time.  Hopefully I will be getting the final photos sometime next week, and I’ll be posting (at least) one here so you guys can finally put a face to the blog. 

You’re welcome.

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