How to Pick a Mate: The Guide to a Happy Marriage

About this eBook

Author

Packard, Vance, 1914-1996

Original Publication

United States: E. P. Dutton & Company,1946.

Credits

hekula03, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)

Language

English

LoC Class

HQ: Social sciences: The family, Marriage, Sex and Gender

Subject

Marriage

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 67472

Release Date

February 22, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.How to Pick a Mate
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.Untitled
6. 6.Contents
7. 7.List of Tests
8. 8.Foreword
9. 9.Untitled
10. 10.Chapter I Why Marry, Anyhow?
11. 11.Chapter II Your Chances of Getting a Mate You’ll Like — WHAT IS YOUR EXPECTANCY OF MARRIAGE?
12. 12.Chapter III Are You Ready for Married Love? — ARE YOU OLD ENOUGH TO MARRY? — ARE YOU GROWN UP EMOTIONALLY?
13. 13.Chapter IV Is It Love—or Infatuation? — ARE YOU REALLY IN LOVE?
14. 14.Chapter V Growing Up Sexually
15. 15.Chapter VI Sex Adventuring — ARE YOU WARM OR COOL BY NATURE?
16. 16.Chapter VII Do You Frighten Possible Mates Away? — DO YOU HAVE A NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE PERSONALITY?
17. 17.Chapter VIII Attracting the One You Want
18. 18.Chapter IX Is the One You Want the One You Need?
19. 19.Chapter X Crucial Traits for a Happy Marriage
20. 20.Chapter XI Test Your Mate and Yourself — TRAIT I (Sociability) — TRAIT II (Conformity) — TRAIT III (Tranquillity) — TRAIT IV (Dependability) — TRAIT V (Stability) — TRAIT VI (Standards and Ideals) — TRAIT VII (Steadiness) — TRAIT VIII (Flexibility) — TRAIT IX (Seriousness) — TRAIT X (Family Background) — YOUR RAW SCORE — NOW FIND YOUR ADJUSTED SCORE
21. 21.Chapter XII Now, See How You Match as a Couple! — DO YOU MATCH? — TOTAL TEST SCORE — ARE YOU WELL MATED?
22. 22.Chapter XIII Beware of Mixed Marriages
23. 23.Chapter XIV Nine Dangerous Characters — ARE YOU TOO JEALOUS?
24. 24.Chapter XV People Who Should Not Marry at All — IS THE MATE A NEUROTIC?
25. 25.Chapter XVI Will a Job Undermine the Marriage?
26. 26.Chapter XVII The Veteran as a Mate
27. 27.Chapter XVIII So You Agree to Marry: What Next?
28. 28.Chapter XIX Getting Ready for Married Intimacy
29. 29.Chapter XX Getting Off to a Good Start
30. 30.After Thoughts
31. 31.Appendix A Books You May Wish to Read
32. 32.Appendix B Marriage Counseling Agencies
33. 33.Index
34. 34.Untitled

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