Finding Your Perfect Match: 8 Keys to Finding Lasting Love Through True Compatibility

by Pepper Schwartz

Overview

The world has changed. It's not as easy to meet people, and it's definitely not as easy to find your soul mate.

At the very core, two people need to have similar styles, interests, and values when it comes to loving and living. So, how do you find lasting love? Dr. Pepper Schwartz believes that if you’re ready for a serious relationship, it's time for a serious approach.

Described by Dr. Judith Sills as "insightful, brilliantly original and extremely useful," Dr. Schwartz's DuetTM Total Compatibility System is designed to help you find someone you'll be compatible with on the deepest levels.

Finding Your Perfect Match will help you:

• Identify the eight romantic personality characteristics that determine who you are, what you want and ultimately, who you should be with.

• Explore the five major lifestyle issues that can have a dramatic impact on you and your partner: money, sex, children, core values, and social life.

A lasting, loving relationship can only develop with someone who matches those needs and is truly compatible with you, but it's not as hard as you think. You just have to be willing to take a different approach. Dr. Schwartz has done thirty years of relationship research to save you a lifetime of searching.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780399532443
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/03/2006
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Pepper Schwartz, Ph.D., is a professor of sociology at the University of Washington and author or coauthor of a number of books, including Finding Your Perfect Match and The Great Sex Weekend. The past president of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality and the Pacific Sociological Society, she is the winner of the American Sociological Association’s prize for Public Understanding of Sociology.

Dr. Schwartz has appeared on numerous television and radio shows including multiple appearances on Today, Oprah, and Dr. Phil. A former columnist for Glamour and American Baby, she is currently the relationship expert for PerfectMatch.com, for which she created the Duet® Total Compatibility System. She also writes a column for Seattle Metropolitan Monthly.

 

Table of Contents

Part 1	Why You Need This Book	1
1	The Love Diagnostic for a Perfect Match	7
2	The Eight Essential Compatibility Characteristics	13
Part 2	Understanding and Using the Duet Total Compatibility System	33
	Being Similar	37
3	Romantic Impulsivity	38
4	Personal Energy	47
5	Outlook	59
6	Predictability	71
7	Perfect Matches Based on Similarity	82
	Being Different	105
8	Flexibility	107
9	Decision-Making Style	119
10	Emotionality	131
11	Self-Nurturing	144
12	Perfect Matches Based on Differences	157
Part 3	Love and Lifestyle Issues	191
13	The Challenges of Money	195
14	The Importance of Sex	204
15	And Baby Makes Three, or Four, or More...	215
16	Core Values	224
17	Your Social World	233
Part 4	What to Do with What You've Learned	243
18	How to Search for a Perfect Match	245
19	Keeping Love Alive	259
	Acknowledgments	267
	Index	271