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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Foreword: Meet the First Online Rules Girl | |
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| Introduction: What The Rules Are and Why They Work | |
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| E-mail and The Rules for Online Dating | |
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| A Word to Online Dating Skeptics | |
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| An Online Consultation Success Story | |
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| Be an Online "CUAO" | |
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| The Rules for Online Dating | |
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| Don't Answer Men's Ads or E-mail Them First | |
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| Create a Good Screen Name | |
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| Less Is More When Writing Your Ad | |
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| Post a Smiling Photo | |
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| Wait 24 Hours to Respond | |
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| Don't Answer on Weekends or Holidays | |
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| Write Light and Breezy E-mails | |
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| Block Yourself from Instant Messages | |
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| Rules for Chat Rooms | |
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| Don't Volunteer Your Phone Number First | |
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| If He Doesn't Ask You Out within Four E-mails, Delete/Next! | |
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| Screen Out Mr. Wrong | |
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| Don't Waste Time on Time-Wasters | |
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| Don't Force the Relationship from E-mail to Phone | |
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| Put Safety First | |
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| Don't Ad-Interrogate on Dates | |
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| Don't Have Sex on Dates One, Two, or Three | |
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| "Disappear" in Between Dates | |
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| Keep Your Ad Up Until You Are Exclusive | |
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| Don't Get Caught Up in Online Fantasy Relationships | |
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| Never Date a Married Man, Even Online | |
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| Don't Ruin Your Real-Life Relationship over an Online Flirtation | |
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| Don't Be Jealous of Non-Rules Girls Online | |
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| Journal Your Online Dating Experiences | |
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| Don't Break or Bend The Rules Online--Even a Little Bit | |
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| Rules for Special Circumstances | |
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| The Rules for Long-Distance Online Relationships | |
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| The Rules for Older Online Daters | |
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| 10 Tips for Teenage Daters | |
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| Online Dating for Recognizable Personalities | |
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| Most Frequently Asked Questions and Consultations | |
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| 18 Extra Hints | |
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| Plan B: Until You Can Do The Rules 100 Percent | |
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| Final Thoughts from a Psychotherapist | |
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| A Rules Glossary | |
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| Authors' Note | |