Table of Contents
Before Step 1 xi
The Philosophy of Getting Naked xi
This Book Is Written For… xii
The Naked Truth About Getting Naked xiii
Before Step 1… xv
Three Promises xix
Part I Why We Think Men Are Assholes, Women Are Bitches, and Couples in Love Suck: Our Informal Relationship Education 1
Lesson #1 We Learn… Sharing Our Feelings Is Stupid (or Just a Very Bad Idea) 7
Lesson #2 We Learn… We Are All Defective 9
Lesson #3 We Learn… Hooking Up Is Faster and Easier Than Dating 13
Lesson #4 We Learn … We Don't Know Where, When, or How It Happens (But Still, It Happens) 17
Lesson #5 We Learn… Men Are Assholes, Women Are Bitches, and Couples in Love Suck 19
Despite What We "Learn" 23
Part II The Getting Naked Experiment: 5 Steps to Finding the Love of Your Life (While Fully Clothed & Totally Sober) 25
Introduction: The Getting Naked Experiment 27
Step 1 Embrace the Secret Truth 33
Meet the Unspoken and Undeniable Truth 33
Embrace The Truth 36
Thousands of People Will Want You 39
Give Thousands of People Permission to Want You 42
Millions of People Will Not Want You 44
Give Millions of People Permission to Not Want You 47
Put Yourself in More Rooms 50
Talk to People in Rooms 53
Date or Hook Up with People in Rooms 55
Demand Respect In and Out of Rooms 58
Welcome to a Bigger, Brighter, and More Forgiving World 61
Step 2 Train in Your Thong(s) 65
Intro to Training 65
Training in Your Thong 66
Why a Tight Thong? 69
The Naked People in Your Corner 71
Why You Must Train Physically 74
How to Train in Your Physical Thong 76
Why You Must Train Emotionally 79
How to Train in Your Emotional Thong 81
Why You Must Train Spiritually 84
How to Train in Your Spiritual Thong 86
Change What You Don't Love 88
Love What You Can't Change 93
You Don't Need to Creep, Plot, Plan, Drink, or Puke 98
You'll Want a Complement, Not Just Compliments 100
Hooking Up Will Never Feel the Same Again 103
You Can Find Thousands of People Who Want to Date You 105
Assholes, Bitches, and Couples in Love Will No Longer Suck 107
Once You've Trained… You Will Date, but Never Settle 109
You're Almost Ready for Your Getting Naked Experiment to Begin 111
Step 3 Stop Making Excuses 113
Excuse #1 I'm Too Shy to Approach Someone 115
Excuse #2 I Never Know What to Say 117
Excuse #3 I'm Old-Fashioned (aka I Don't Do the Approaching) 120
Excuse #4 It's Hard to Meet People 123
Excuse #5 I Don't Want to Look Creepy 126
Excuse #6 I Can't Tell If Someone Is Single 128
Excuse #7 I Don't Want to Lose a Friendship 131
Excuse #8 I Don't Do Online Dating 134
Excuse #9 I Don't Do Setups 138
Excuse #10 I'm Not "Experienced" 140
Excuse #11 I Don't Want to Hurt Someone's Feelings 143
Excuse #12 I Don't Like Dating 146
Excuse #13 I Don't Like Playing Games 150
Excuse #14 I Don't Want to Get Hurt 152
Excuse #15 I Don't Want to Commit 155
Excuse #16 I Don't Have Time 157
Excuse #17 I'm Too Picky 159
Excuse #18 I Don't Do Long Distance 162
Excuse #19 I Don't Want to Lose My Job 165
Step 4 Take the Risk 169
How to Take Your Risk 170
Risk #1 Do It Online 172
Risk #2 Do It Blind 179
Risk #3 Do It with a Friend 182
Risk #4 Do It on the Job 185
Risk #5 Do It at School 190
Risk #6 Do It Commuting 193
Risk #7 Do It at a Bar 196
Risk #8 Do It at a Party 200
Risk #9 Do It with a Neighbor 205
Risk #10 Do It on Vacation 208
Risk #11 Do It Religiously 212
Risk #12 Do It in a Group 215
Risk #13 Do It Adventurously 219
Risk #14 Do It Voluntarily 222
Risk #15 Do It Randomly 225
Step 5 Celebrate, Reflect, and Repeat 231
CELEBRATE: Finding a Date or Hooking Up 233
CELEBRATE: Not Finding a Date or Hooking Up 235
REFLECT: Don't Be a Hater 237
REFLECT: Don't Be a Hider 240
REFLECT: The Three Forms of Adversity 242
REFLECT: Umm, Is It Me? 243
REFLECT: Umm, Is It You? 246
REFLECT: It Is What It Is (and It's Called The Universal Rejection Truth) 249
REFLECT: Turn to the People in Your Corner 252
REFLECT: Take Time to Recoup 255
REPEAT: Take the Same Risk Again-or Find a New One 257
Naked Final Exam 259
Part III The Getting Naked Experiment 263
My Getting Naked Experiment-Part One 267
My Getting Naked Experiment-Part Two 273
Your Getting Naked Experiment: A Recap 283
10 Getting Naked Experiment Tips 291
Getting Naked FAQs 293
Naked Acknowledgments 297