The COOKIE Won't Keep Him

Mary K. Tucker

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Now is the time to get out of your head and into action in your pursuit of love, starting with loving yourself to the fullest.
Are you a hopeless romantic who can't seem to get this love thing right? Are you tired of failed relationship after failed relationship? The Cookie Won't Keep Him is just what you need. This book will help you identify the red flags you're missing or overlooking in your romantic pursuits. This book will also help shift your perspective on giving away the cookie and accepting less than you deserve in your relationships.
The Cookie Won't Keep Him is intended to be a transformative experience helping you identify key areas of improvement in your personal life, dating life, and life in general. The only thing you have control over is yourself. Your current circumstances do not have to define you. You can make better choices for your life; the time to start is now.

Sujets

• Self-help

Informations

• Publié par: Balboa Press
• Date de parution: 11 juillet 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9798765243350
• Langue: English

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The COOKIE Won’t Keep Him
And Why You Shouldn’t Be Giving It Up In The First Place
MARY K. TUCKER


Copyright © 2023 Mary K. Tucker.
 
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ISBN: 979-8-7652-4334-3 (sc)
ISBN: 979-8-7652-4336-7 (hc)
ISBN: 979-8-7652-4335-0 (e)
 
Library of Congress Control Number: 2023911578
 
Balboa Press rev. date:  07/27/2023
Contents
Dedication
Preface
 
Chapter 1Sex Does Not Equal Love
Chapter 2Rules Were Meant to Be Broken
Chapter 3Ignoring the Signs
Chapter 4Games Men Play
Chapter 5The Grass Isn’t Always Greener on The Other Side
Chapter 6Time to Keep It Pushing
Chapter 7Self Love is the Best Love
Chapter 8When It’s All Said and Done
 
Conclusion
Epilogue
About the Author
Dedication
T his book is dedicated to all the women who’ve been wronged by men time and time again and have yet to give up on the pursuit of a life filled with love, joy, and abundance. May life’s troubles never cause you to lose sight of your dreams or to give up on yourself.
Preface
A fter what felt like the umpteenth romantic break up that I had experienced in my twenty years of dating, I decided that I had had enough. I was tired of the ups and downs in my quest towards romantic love. It was at that moment that I decided to intentionally be single and figure me out.
A journey towards self-discovery is not an easy task nor is it one we should ever stop working on. I knew I needed to embark upon this journey to improve my quality of life. While none of my romantic pursuits mirrored each other, I was still the common denominator. I knew I needed to dig deep and figure out what I needed to resolve within myself in order to have a healthy, fulfilling, and long-lasting romantic relationship with a partner.
While working through my unhealed traumas, self-doubt, and other negative thought patterns, I also took the time to evaluate my past relationships. I realized there were times when I ignored red flags and avoided confrontations by not speaking up for myself. There were also times when I accepted less than what I knew I deserved.
That is what sparked the idea to write this book to help other women along their love journey. As I read back over my penmanship, I realized I was writing to heal my own heart. My world today looks very different than it did when I initially penned this book, in the most beautiful ways. I knew I wanted a better life for myself, and I needed to move with intention to create the life of my dreams.
I wish I could tell you all the goodness that has happened since I initially wrote this book, but we’ll save that for another conversation. It is my hope that this book brings you the same peace it brought to my life. Until then, may joy be within you and may love be your compass.
CHAPTER 1
Sex Does Not Equal Love
L ife comes at you fast. No warning, no time to get prepared for the unexpected, and the only choice we have sometimes is to hang on for the ride. That is why I’m not going to waste your time. We are going to jump straight into the deep end. Every woman deserves to experience real love and should be equipped with the tools to weed through the nonsense.
To understand where we’re going, we must realize where we’ve been. Think back to your first few attempts at romance. Did your conversations flow naturally or were they more awkward than you care to recall? I can remember my first interactions with guys. Nobody taught me how to navigate the dating world and therefore I made a lot of mistakes along the way. Most of us started dating in our teen years and were just out there winging it. The only thing I was taught about boys and the cookie was: don’t give up the cookie unless you’re married to him. But what about all the stuff that happens between “Hello, nice to meet you” and “I do”?
As a teen, if you weren’t taught much about the cookie, you probably weren’t taught much about navigating love and romance either. No matter how old you were when you gave up the cookie, if nobody took the time to instill knowledge within you about sex, love, and how they differ; then you’re already going into the situation blind and unprepared. Now that I am older and wiser, I understand how this can be an uncomfortable conversation for both the teen and the adult. It’s still a necessary conversation considering we think we know everything there is to know about life when we are teenagers.