Deal Breakers: When to Work on a Relationship and When to Walk Away

partly out of the sadness I felt wishing I'd heard the audio when I was a teenage girl desperate for the love of a boy to replace the love I couldn't get from my dad. Had I heard this audio then, I bet my love life would have turned out much different and much less painful. I also cried to know that a renowned female had written a book about someone like me...it was comforting and freeing as I cried realizing I was not the only woman making the same mistakes over and over and that there was hope! I stopped and started this audio several times just to write down important points. I highly recommend to any woman who feels like she's spent her life settling for way too little and knows she deserves more! Enjoy!

This book is a must read that I wish I had sooner. It is a real eye opener to intimate relationships of will this work or not. I have been having problems in my marriage and have been deciding for years whether I should stay or not. Deal breakers put the concerns and issues I have about my husband into perspective of what is workable and what isn't. I found through this book if its a personality trait problem the situation most likely won't change. This book has changed how I see my relationship. It showed me how a partner is suppose to be part of a relationship. I have for years been working harder at my marriage than my husband and this book has made it clear, a relationship should not be one person doing most of the work. Deal breakers describes relationship problems in a different most helpful way. I have listened to this book three times already and recommend it to friends, family, and co-workers. Please read the book if you are having relationship problems, you will be surprised!

You're with someone who isn't good for you and you keep giving them chances, but they never really improve your relationship or return to being that great person you fell in love with. Your day-to-day or long term relationship looks bleak and you don't know what to do. You do know what to do, but you're scared and 2nd guessing that decision for some reason. If you want help analyzing your decisions to break up & stay with this person and need help going from optimist to realist or even pessimist (because then you'd be living life by the rules not the exceptions and giving bozo the chance to prove you wrong) this book will allow you the chance to do that.

Better than friends and family, this book will allow you ALL THE TIME you need to comb through the details of your messy relationship and it will reinforce your self-confidence and intuition which you certainly need at the moment you're considering reading this book.

It was a not a male bashing book at all as some other reviews have stated. And I'm a girl's girl so I know what male bashing looks like. This book just gives you reassurance that No, It's Not You and details the 5 types of deal breakers. If this were a male bashing book, it would go on to say "and even if it is you, screw him because he's not good enough for you". I got through the 5 types of problematic men, realized my guy was most if not all of them, fell asleep through the rest of the book and woke up knowing my decision to break up with him was the best thing for both of us. And if I needed more time to mull over my decision, I could always replay the book.

The best parts are the "how bad is it?" levels that the author gives you. Just in case you're still thinking about working on it. She tells you the cases where you should work on it and other cases where it's difficult to see this person changing and you should probably get out of dodge. So if he calls back promising to change, you already know if he's a moderate or severe problem.

This book will help you get through the pain and confusion and identify the things that are so hard to see because you're using your heart more than your head.

If you are on the fence about whether to stay or go this book can help you stay more rationally focused on your decision

Went well with Attached. Attached has a clinical basis which helped deepen my understanding of the psychology. Deal Breakers is good practical girl to girl advice.

If and when it's time, listen to this book.

This book sure got my attention. I have been procrastinating over a miserable situation for way too long. This book is an eye opener and doesn't make anyone "wrong". The truth will set you free, but it may sting for a while...

This book is wonderful and hits the nail on the head. It sounds like she is talking about my dysfunctional relationship and really put things in perspective. A+++

I could personally relate to nearly every scenario. I could easily understand how my life would have been different or my time wouldn't have been wasted.

I enjoyed this audio book very much. The narrator has a nice voice.

I learned more about unhealthy men listening to this audio book than I could ever imagine.

I was able to relate and learn. This audio book helped me take a step back and take a different point of view of the my slowly ending relationship and FINALLY understand what is going on.

I think I want to purchase this book and give it to every woman that I know!!!!

if you are looking at this title/book, than perhaps the "something isn't right" feeling is within you. Oh my, this book nailed me, my attractions to Mr Do No Wrong, and Mr Man In Charge, also how I have treated some of the people in my life like a Miss Woman Do No Wrong. I have had trouble in the trying harder, collapse with in, believing "him", why would he lie?? This is a very healing, telling book. The author also has an easy voice to listen to. I have listened about 5 times now.

Overall, a great book. I'd recommend it to any girlfriend wanting to weed out the wrong guys early-on in the dating process and find the right man for her. I got a lot out of listening to this audiobook. However, it's a tad depressive. Maybe listen to this while washing dishes or cleaning up around your home--that way your brain can be disengaged and DETACHED from hearing the depressing but helpful information. Ultimately though, the people we end up with are those who make us feel good about ourselves, and they feel good about themselves when they're with us. I found it interesting that the author didn't say much on following one's intuition regarding relationships...it can be an invaluable tool for insight if you allow yourself to access your own inner knowledge.