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Personal comment: A bit fluffy, a bit tongue-in-cheek, a bit basic but, on balance, not bad. In fact, bits of it would resonate for heteros as well.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.A sampling:Mandate #10: Everything You Need to Know, You Learn in the First Five MinutesMandate #12: The Difference Between Mr. Right and Mr. Right Now: Learn It! Mandate #13: Things You Should Never, Ever, for Any Reason Say Out Loud in the First Six Months of DatingMandate #24: Be Your Own “Judge Judy”: Evaluating Heinous vs. Forgivable Sins Plus, “A Gay Dating Primer: 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.ContentsCOVERTITLE PAGETABLE OF CONTENTSDEDICATIONACKNOWLEDGMENTSINTRODUCTIONPART I – The 25 MANdatesPART II – A Gay Dating Primer: Dos and Don’tsPART III – The Who, What, Where, and How of Meeting a GuyPART IV – Marking the Milestones of Gay DatingPART V – Testing Your Understanding of the 25 MandatesPART VI – Competition! Managing the Inevitable DevilPART VII – The Mandates Role Models and Spiritual AdvisersPART VIII – Sixteen Great Things about Not Dating Someone of the Opposite SexPART IX – Male Partnership— Are You Ready? The Final Frontier beyond the MandatesEPILOGUEABOUT THE AUTHOR COPYRIGHT PAGEPaperback: 240 pagesPublisher: Three Rivers Press (January 6, 2004)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1400047021ISBN-13: 978-1400047024ASIN: B0012SMGMY