Check out these pearls of relationship wisdom, straight from the stars who've had plenty of practice.
Kim K's about to be a blushing title="Dating Advice from Celebrities" alt="Dating Advice from Celebrities" bride after a bunch of dead-end relationships over the last few years. Her trick: “I stand up for myself more and more,” she said. “It’s so important to insist on being treated with respect.
Selena Gomez must know what's she's talking about in the dating world since she was able to snag Justin Bieber off the market. Her tips are: "Make sure that your date listens, that’s a good one! And make sure that you listen and just be yourself. Talk. Get to know each other. Don’t do movies in the beginning stages so you can talk and get to know the person.
This reformed bad boy is now a family man. So how did he land the gorgeous Camila Alves? Perhaps by using the advice his own mother taught him. He said: “My mom always taught us to respect a women and stuff, but she would always send us out when we were kids and say ‘remember as much as she’s a catch, remember you’re the catch.'
Nick Jonas has had a fair share of famous girlfriends, and the JoBro apparently likes his girls to get to the point. He advises: “Get to know him. Call him a few times. Be straight forward and say, ‘Hey, let’s go out on a date!’” Do you think ex Selena Gomez asked HIM out?
Justin Bieber is smitten with his gal Selena Gomez and probably follows his own advice: treat girls with the utmost respect. His overarching, extremely cliche (but totally true) mantra: "Be yourself!"
Jennifer Garner is happily married to Ben Affleck and has two gorgeous girls. How did she get so lucky? Maybe it had to do with her mom's wisdom. "She said never marry a man thinking you can change him, and I think that starts from your first date when you’re in the seventh grade on," Jennifer said in a past interview. "Women are fixers so we have to just not fix. Don’t fix.”
Michael Douglas' relationship advice goes out to the married-with-children type. He said: "My father did say recently, especially when you love your kids, just remember the most important person in your life is your spouse, because your kids, eventually, they’re going to get up and leave, and you’re going to be there with your spouse the rest of your life. We spend all of our energy with our children, so just remember that other part.” No wonder he and Catherine Zeta-Jones are still going strong!
Party girl Tara Reid has got it all figured out: “Never get rid of your boyfriend until you have another one lined up. Can’t tell you who told me that!” Worth noting: She's currently single.
Brittny Gastineau takes a page out of her mom's book when it comes to love. She said about her mama's advice: “I don’t listen to it always, but she gives it, and you just never chase a guy, it is rule number one. You let him track you down. If a guy wants to go out with you, he will find you. Girls are always like, it’s 2009, but I am old school, I am old fashioned – if a guy wants you, he will find you.”
Stacy Keibler, who last dated George Clooney, must know a thing or two about how to get a guy. She said in a past interview: “My best dating would be to be yourself, because sometimes people go out there, and you’re nervous, and you put on a fake front, and after a couple months, if you’re still with that person, reality sets in, and you’re not who you had a first date with. So just be yourself."
Model Tiffany Fallon has been married to Rascal Flatts guitarist Joe Don Rooney for five years. She suggests ditching the gadgets to make a relationship work.“Get off all the texting and cell phones; actually have a real relationship with someone face-to-face, instead of all this technology nonsense,” she said.
Actor Blair Underwood is another star who passes along his mom's mantras. He relays: “She said don’t be with any woman who has less to lose than you do.”
The First Lady is a wise, wise woman. She said in an interview after winning Glamour's Woman of the Year honor: "Don’t look at the bankbook or the title. Look at the heart. Look at the soul. Look at how the guy treats his mother and what he says about women. How he acts with children he doesn’t know. And, more important, how does he treat you?"
This actress has dated A LOT of dudes and over the years compiled enough info to write a book! The Day I Shot Cupid is full of relationship insight, like how to get your man to cuddle. She suggests: “Play it cool until he falls asleep, and then Velcro yourself to him, quickly and with very little motion (think Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible)." Genius!
Madonna has some words of wisdom for dudes out there: “Women are here to smash man's ego, plain and simple. Accept this and life will be better.” Take that!
Demi Moore is happily married to Ashton Kutcher, and has advice for other dudes out there looking for the gal of their dreams. “If you want to get our clothes off focus on what you're giving, not on what you can get! You may be able to score once- but we can smell the stink of selfish desires a mile away and are not interested," she warns.
