<![CDATA[The Panic Years: A Survival Guide to Getting Through Them and Getting on Your Married Way]]>

false <![CDATA[The Panic Years: A Survival Guide to Getting Through Them and Getting on Your Married Way]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179779162m/954918.jpg 954918 1 You know you’re in the Panic Years when: Your mom slips you the number of her tennis partner’s son … for the fifth time. You’ve walked down the aisle dozens of times—just not as a bride. Your “concerned friends” chip in for a subscription to Match.com for your birthday. It’s down to you and the five-year-old flower girl at the bouquet toss. Upon hearing “Guess what? I’m engaged!” for the second time in one week, you disconnect your phone. You actively scheme to win back your ex—even though he’s already engaged to someone else.Have you ever found yourself thinking, “If one more friend gets engaged I’m going to scream”? Do the words taffeta and crinoline make you break into a cold sweat? Does reading the wedding announcements section in the newspaper induce outright hyperventilation? If so, congratulations! You’ve hit the Panic Years. According to author Doree Lewak, the Panic Years mark the point (usually around your twenty-sixth birthday) when your dating agenda fundamentally changes—from dating for a fling to dating for a ring. Suddenly your newly married friends feel more like enemies, weddings become mocking reminders of your own single status, and you contemplate going on a reality TV show to find true love. What’s a girl to do? In The Panic Years, Lewak delivers a hilarious and helpful road map for conquering the Panic and finding Mr. Right. As Lewak shows, you can win the race to the altar by changing your tactics from Panicked to Proactive—and keeping your sense of humor along the way. You will learn how to: Cope with Panic by Proxy—pushy friends and parents. Successfully hunt for PFs (Potential Fiancés). Project hotness and desirability. Set—and stick to—dating time lines. Avoid being bitter at your friends’ weddings—and ruining all their pictures with that scowl on your face. Get the ring and the proposal and seal the deal! Packed with true-life stories from the Panic trenches as well as indispensable advice, The Panic Years is the ultimate guide for anyone who wants to survive her single years (with sanity intact), snag her perfect guy, and remain fabulous throughout it all. 939828 18 3 2008 The Panic Years: A Survival Guide to Getting Through Them and Getting on Your Married Way total:12|5:1|3:4|2:3|1:4| 12 27 30 8 2 2 false false Sun Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 26 16:29:33 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 31 05:36:50 -0700 2008 But overall, I am insulted. This book implies that all married women are pious, smug, dullards; and all unmarried women "over a certain age" of 24 are desparate, catty, jealous, and obsessed with getti...more...]]> 1 1 false false Tue Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 18:28:35 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 06 20:53:11 -0800 2008 1 0 false false Wed Apr 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 30 20:55:32 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 30 15:43:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Mar 12 18:15:53 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 17:49:07 -0700 2008
Now, getting back to this OBJECTIVE review of the most engaging and rapturously-funny book I've ever read...

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