The Script: The 100% Absolutely Predictable Things Men Do When They Cheat

by Elizabeth Landers, Vicky Mainzer

You've heard it Your friend's husband is acting distant, and she blames herself. Rumor starts to spread that he's running around with his secretary, and still your friend doesn't see. Then he drops the Bomb, moves out--and is soon happily remarried to his mistress. How could your friend have been so blind? That could never happen to you.

Statistics show that 35% of husbands cheat on their wives. In The Script , Elizabeth Landers and Vicky Mainzer take readers through the standard lines that have been used by hundreds of unfaithful husbands.

Like a screenplay for a movie you never wanted to see, The Script indicates which signs to look for, red flags you might not have noticed before, and how to turn the tide of disaster before it's too late.

Genres: Nonfiction, Psychology

173 pages, Hardcover

First published April 27, 2005

Reviews

[Tara · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was surprisingly helpful. Every step of the way, every "scene" I thought, "Oh. Wow, yeah, that happened." It super sucks to be a member of this "club", but also reassuring to know that it happens. And reaffirms I did nothing wrong. It was ALL him. I'm not crazy, or helpless, and I wasn't a bad wife. He was just following the Script. Stupid fucking script.

[AngelinaT · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was so accurate and interesting to read!!!! Some things were so obvious and other things you don't even think about but so true! Every woman should read this.

[Cindy Norman · Rating 5 out of 5]

After 25 years of marriage and 5 children, my husband, while we were vacationing in London with friends, announced that he was leaving me to go find true love...he "dropped the bomb!" How wonderfully healing to read story after story about men just as callous and self centered as my husband. Everything in the book is right on...I even have "The Expensive Gift" that now makes sense. Thank you, thank you to the authors for making me smile as I anticipate the finale where he bursts out "This is not the way I planned it". The book is clever, insightful, and uncanny. Buy it,read it and then find a good lawyer.

[Marian L. Ward · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is just about absolute garbage. I was trying to be supportive and reading it for a friend and it’s a struggle to get through. While the “script” itself might be accurate to cheating husbands, the advice and surrounding context are awful. The authors have zero background or credentials besides being cheated on and did essentially no research besides asking for stories from other women who had experienced cheating.

[Harvey · Rating 2 out of 5]

- inaccurate, simplistic, pop-psych nonsense
- promotes suspicion
- stereotypes egregiously
- women, whose husbands have cheated and been unfaithful, will love it

[Stephanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must read for any female in a relationship. Beat them at their own game.

[Hadley Goodvin · Rating 2 out of 5]

idk why i read this book

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not sure where I heard about this book, but it was interesting. I read reviews that said husbands followed this exactly. I have nothing to add nor any experience watching this play out, but was curious as a lesson in humanity.