Books With Worst Dating Advice Ever (PHOTOS)

Dating is rough. Bad dating advice can make it even rougher.

There have been a slew of books written on how to attract men/women, and you'd be surprised at just how bad some of the tips actually are. For example, J.Woww (of Jersey Shore fame) suggests that women wear tight, short, cleavage-baring outfits in order to attract a good catch.

Here is some of the best worst dating advice from books that we've found.

Read any bad dating advice lately? Let us know in the comments!

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"Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man" by Steve Harvey

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On the "male" approach: "Men don't come up to you to just talk. We come up to you with a plan," he says. "We're looking across the room at you, and we don't care about your hopes and dreams. We don't care about what your future holds. We saw something we wanted."

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On the "male" approach:
"Men don't come up to you to just talk. We come up to you with a plan," he says. "We're looking across the room at you, and we don't care about your hopes and dreams. We don't care about what your future holds. We saw something we wanted."

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[Scootkh]

12:57 AM on 05/12/2011

Her husband filed for divorce a few years ago...bitter divorce too. Her LAWYER said she was looney and irrational....great person to get advice from I guess....anyone ever stop to think that lying, manipulation, ulterior motives and mind games will be found out and dealt with accordingly? I've dumped quite a few women who could not form a rational thought or make a concrete decision. Sad.

[OnionHero]

01:07 PM on 05/07/2011

F@#k like a porn star? You mean fake it the whole way?

[Joseph Molinelli]

06:34 PM on 05/03/2011

Look cerina Vincent is the prettiest lady in the whole wide world!!!!

[John Dav]

11:30 PM on 04/29/2011

Tila Tequila actually has a Ph.D. in European intellectual history.

[John Dav]

11:29 PM on 04/29/2011

rofl @

"Salsa Fever"
"Yellow Fever"
"Jungle Fever"
"Curry Fever"
"Shiksa Fever"

[TC Ragstix]

01:36 AM on 04/29/2011

Sure, THEY are acting. But when you and your spouse or partner are doing the things they do, in the way they do them... you discover there's a reason why they act they way they do. When I see footage of hangliders, or cliffdivers, or surfers, or snowboarders, I say to myself "Wow! That looks awesome! I wish I could do that!" I don't say, they're professionals, I should never do those things.
I'm just saying, the problem is not with women being wildly sexual. A problem arises with women NOT being wildly sexual, but instead only using sex as a gamepiece in gender politics. Advice about portioning out sex in order to control the trajectory of courtship is bogus. Advice about letting go and and really going for it, if you're gonna do it all, is good advice for personal pleasure AND for closeness in a relationship. So, I say proudly, "If you're gonna have sex at all, do it like a porn star, without all the inhibition and control and gameplaying, but instead, with all the over-the-top-have-an-incredible-time passion."
This is a strange thread, isn't it?

[Ian Faus]

07:49 AM on 04/29/2011

For most women, sex is something they "give" and men "get". Its not something that is shared. This is they dynamic feminism has taught women. That to be strong they have to control their sexual environment and the way to do this is to use it like a bargaining tool.

[TC Ragstix]

02:18 PM on 04/29/2011

Most feminists would vehemently disagree with you. (And a lot of anti-feminists would too.) Feminism ostensibly enourages women to be comfortable with their own sexuality. They like sex too. And they have to right to try and "get" it, just like men do, if they want to. (And to say "no" if they don't, and NOT to use it for ulterior purposes.) In the old days, it was taught that men had to provide some other benefit for women to go ahead and "put out." (Security, namely.) So, it left men feeling like had to outwit women into sex. Haven't you noticed all the modern literature surrounding women's sexual pleasure. Every issue of Cosmo has an attention-getting special article quoted on the cover.

[inARCTICulate]

12:50 AM on 04/29/2011

And women are really turned on
by guys who send photos of their wang.

[Ellie Vokes]

12:49 AM on 04/29/2011

I have The Rules and it is really great advice. I do agree with the statements above but he should def. come see the girl first. There are a few things that need to be tweaked in The Rules but overall it's smart advice. It's not about control, it's about finding a relationship and relating to men. Most women are needy and clingy--this teaches you how not to be that way. It's really basic and after I read it I realized "no wonder I've been single for so long!"

I look for examples in real life and it seems to match up with other people too. It's just basic advice, always let him approach and ask for your phone number first. Wait at least 24 hours before responding to an email. No more than 10mins on the phone and be the one to end the conversation first. Basically a guy wants to know that a girl is independent and has her own thing going on. Who wants clingy and needy? I know I don't.

[Ian Faus]

07:58 AM on 04/29/2011

The Rules sounds like some Anarchists Cookbook type of dating manual, for the psychotic by the psychotic. Whats with the power plays ? Sounds like some corporate negotiations handbook that goes like...look at your opposition in the eyes while outlining your demands, smile when listening to counter proposals to confuse your opposition, explicitly write down numbers and facts to highlight their centrality to your position ...yada yada.
If you honestly believe you are relating to men with these rules you are seriously mistaken.

[Jonathan Roseland]

11:30 PM on 04/28/2011

Thought this was pretty funny. Jwowws advice is especially bad. Neil Struass is the man though! Here's an article I ran accross the topic I thought was useful http://www.interestingconversationalist.com/blog/dating/for-gentlemen.html

[Rock Jocelyn]

08:23 AM on 04/28/2011

"Most guys who define themselves as 'too nice' only behave nicely because they want everybody to like them and don't want anyone to think badly of them. Don't mistake being fearful and weak-minded for being nice."

I thought I was the only one who picked up on that.

[L3p3rm3ss14h]

03:10 AM on 04/28/2011

If you want a FUNNY look at bad dating books, may I suggest these articles?

http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-great-2009-literary-sex-off/

http://www.cracked.com/blog/how-to-f-like-a-librarian/

http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-great-sex-advice-books-people-who-hate-sex/

http://www.cracked.com/blog/stupidity-digest-1516-ways-to-kill-the-romance/

And especially these last two: http://www.cracked.com/blog/11201-more-pieces-terrible-advice/

http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-4-most-irresponsible-sex-advice-books-all-time/

WARNING/ACHTUNG! NSFWoEOP (Not Safe For Work or Easily Offended People)

[AnnfromCA]

03:08 AM on 04/28/2011

One was worse than these.  I can't recall the name, but it was how to train men like dogs.  The advice was truly demeaning to men.

[Steelsil]

02:53 AM on 04/28/2011

Attention, Trollies - this guy is singing your song.  For the Progressives, not so much.

[Sol76]

02:10 AM on 04/28/2011

Considering all the stupid things we do to find love and all the time we waste on this pursuit, perhaps it should be a subject taught in school. Not that everyone would be a Casanova by the end of the semester but at least they would know enough about the subject to have some confidence and self-respect. Being one of the people who does not get it can be a big problem to anyone's development.

[TC Ragstix]

01:54 AM on 04/28/2011

I don't know why "F*** like a porn star would be considered bad advice." Is having a lot of fun in bed a bad thing?

[Sol76]

02:33 AM on 04/28/2011

So you consider faking it for cash-money good advice?

[TC Ragstix]

06:18 PM on 04/28/2011

Not for money. For the relationship. Good sex is a good thing. I hope I don't sound like I mean "prostitution."

[Steelsil]

02:54 AM on 04/28/2011

Hi, Charlie.  Why the alias, tigerblood boy?