the truth an uncomfortable book about relationships

The book jump-started the international ''seduction community'' and made Strauss a household name - revered or notorious - among single men and women alike. Neil Strauss became famous to millions around the world as the author of The Game, a funny and slyly instructive account of how he transformed himself from a scrawny, insecure nerd into the ultra-confident, ultra-successful ''pickup artist'' known as Style. Because, unfortunately, I am not the hero in this tale. And as such, it requires sharing a lot of things I'm not proud of - and a few things I feel like I should regret a whole lot more than I actually do. It is a painfully honest account of a life crisis that was forced on me by my own behavior and its consequences. The story that follows, however, is not a journey that was undertaken by choice or for the purposes of a book. And I wondered if it was possible to change the odds - and the rules - for myself. And I saw myself still unmarried, childless, and, in the biggest disappointment of all to myself, cheating. So, one day, I looked around and saw my friends frustrated and neglected in their marriages - some being unfaithful, others white-knuckling it, many surrendering to their fate, and a few living in denial. Yet as a species, we seem to have an incredibly difficult time making it happen.

''Most of us are told, from the moment we are old enough to understand a story, that there is a golden path waiting to take us safely through the jungle of life: get a good job, fall in love, get married, have children, and live happily ever after. From the author of the blockbuster bestseller '' The Game'' comes a shockingly personal, surprisingly relatable, brutally honest memoir, in which the celebrated dating expert confronts the greatest challenge he has ever faced: monogamy and fidelity.

The truth an uncomfortable book about relationships