How to Get a Date Worth Keeping

Came across someone who was mentioning the book How to Get a Date Worth Keeping. Seems very interesting, with some ideas that Christians I know wouldn't agree with. Some excerpts from the editorial review from Publishers Weekly (emphasis mine):

He also asserts that dating is not just a precursor to marriage, disagreeing with those Christians who refuse to date unless they glimpse a tiered wedding cake at the end of the rainbow. Non-serious dating, Cloud writes, is an essential step in the process of eventually finding a mate, because it teaches people what they need and want through trial and error. Cloud unveils a whole program for "getting out there" in the dating world: singles should keep a log of all the eligible people they meet; go places where other singles go (Cloud calls this "changing your traffic pattern"); consider joining a dating service; and forget the "love at first sight" myth. He even suggests dating non-Christians-which will raise some evangelical eyebrows-while repeating his proviso that dating is not marriage.

Interesting; certainly different than what I've been taught over the years.