With the same humor, real-world examples, and charming directness as Why Your Life Sucks, Don't Get Lucky -- Get Smart spells out why many of us have been unlucky in love -- and also offers practical ways to increase our relationship intelligence. From a self-help guru who admittedly owned a lot of unreal estate in dating hell for years, Don't Get Lucky distils the common reasons we all have bad -- or just not great -- relationships, showing us how to recognize our own patterns, and ultimately how to change for the better. An original voice with highly practical information: Cohen debunks the common myths we bring to dating and offers new insight into the realities of relationships. For example, chances are your love life sucks if you often... -Mistake "hope at first sight" for "love at first sight" -Date out of desperation. People who feel desperate do desperate things -- and create desperate results -Seek only The Right Person -- which may be a way of avoiding relationship -Get stuck on The Wrong Person -- again and again and again