Are you and your mate having troubles understanding one another? Do you feel like you've made something perfectly clear, but your mate isn't comprehending what you're saying?
This wonderful book may help you better communicate with each other. Men and women are raised differently, despite the best efforts of others to raise them equally. As children, boys create a different social community and a way of communication from girls. This gap tends to become larger the older we get. Gray provides translations of "Venusian"(woman) to "Martian"(man) and "Martian" to "Venusian". Some of the most common phrasing for both sexes is found here and will take the guessing game out of these ambigious statements for both sides.
Men and women think differently. It's something one must learn. While some people may think that this book provides "excuses" for behaviors, I simply found that it explained them. Once one understands them, one is better prepared to handle them.
I recommend this for all couples alongside "The Five Languages of Love" by Gary Chapman and "The Color Code" by Taylor Hartman.

Rachel B. (
travnray) wrote on 1/20/2009...
I liked this one. I would read a few pages and then ask my huband if what I read is really how men feel, and I was surprised and learned alot from his answers.

Janis R. (
JARSolon) wrote on 5/16/2007...
Very good if you want to further your relationship with the opposite gender. It helps understand male/females in general, too.
I loved this book and my husband and I read it together and use a lot of the communication skills that John Gray teaches in our marriage. Must be working 22 years and we are still happily married!
Great guide to romantic relationships, and the complexities that exist between men and women.
Great practical advice on the differences between the sexes and how to deal with them.
This is the original version.
Dustjacket has 1 1/2 inch terar along spine.

Tammie L. (
tamm) wrote on 2/25/2007...
Good book.

A. L. (
Zydeco) wrote on 2/22/2007...
This stuff seems stunningly obvious, but then again, I guess it is not given how many copies of this book were sold!