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The Mandates: 25 Real Rules for Successful Gay Dating
How do you win the dating game if you’re a gay man?
After many years of serial monogamy, Dave Singleton went to the front lines to find out, exploring the lives of other gay men who found themselves on the dating fast track with guys they’d met from work, at the gym or bars, and, increasingly, on the Internet. Thus, The Mandates was born—a laugh-out-loud but completely true set of rules about the making (or breaking) of men’s romantic relationships.
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Mandate #10: Everything You Need to Know, You Learn in the First Five Minutes
Mandate #12: The Difference Between Mr. Right and Mr. Right Learn It!
Mandate #13: Things You Should Never, Ever, for Any Reason Say Out Loud in the First Six Months of Dating
Mandate #24: Be Your Own “Judge Judy”: Evaluating Heinous vs. Forgivable Sins
Plus, “A Gay Dating Dos and Don’ts,” and excellent advice on “The Who, What, Where, and How of Meeting a Guy” and “Marking the Milestones of Gay Dating.” At long last, here is a hilarious, definitive gay man’s guide to finding Mr. Right.
After many years of serial monogamy, Dave Singleton went to the front lines to find out, exploring the lives of other gay men who found themselves on the dating fast track with guys they’d met from work, at the gym or bars, and, increasingly, on the Internet. Thus, The Mandates was born—a laugh-out-loud but completely true set of rules about the making (or breaking) of men’s romantic relationships.
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Mandate #10: Everything You Need to Know, You Learn in the First Five Minutes
Mandate #12: The Difference Between Mr. Right and Mr. Right Learn It!
Mandate #13: Things You Should Never, Ever, for Any Reason Say Out Loud in the First Six Months of Dating
Mandate #24: Be Your Own “Judge Judy”: Evaluating Heinous vs. Forgivable Sins
Plus, “A Gay Dating Dos and Don’ts,” and excellent advice on “The Who, What, Where, and How of Meeting a Guy” and “Marking the Milestones of Gay Dating.” At long last, here is a hilarious, definitive gay man’s guide to finding Mr. Right.
240 pages, Paperback
First published January 6, 2004
About the author
Dave Singleton
4 books2 followersDave Singleton is the author of three nonfiction books, The Mandates, Behind Every Great Woman, and the new memoir anthology CRUSH, Writers Reflect on Love, Longing and the Power of Their First Celebrity Crush. His honors include the Media Industry Award for Outstanding Exclusive Coverage, GLAAD Award for Outstanding Multimedia Journalism, and two NLGJA Excellence in Online Journalism awards. His work has appeared in The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, PBS’s Next Avenue, AARP Media, Yahoo, MSN, the BBC, Washingtonian, Harper’s Bazaar, and OUT. He’s a Caring.com columnist and teaches at The Writer’s Center. He holds degrees from the University of Virginia and New York University. Visit his website www.davesingleton.com and follow him on Twitter @DCDaveSingleton.
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February 2, 2013
Cute, but not something I would actually put into action.
February 23, 2018
Loved it. Crosses a look at gay dating and relationships with good humor and I like the author's writing style. I've remembered several really smart observations since I put it down. The online dating world keeps changing and this was written before dating apps, so that's missing, but 80% of it still applies to attitudes and behaviors. I like the different stories from different guys and different topics as well - plenty of diversity in what's covered.
February 15, 2015
It's a cute book and some of it was relevant common sense stuff. I'll actually apply some of the teachings.
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