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Product Description **The National Bestseller** From the Bachelorette breakout heartthrob, You Deserve Better will combine Tyler Cameron's life story with a guide for both men and women to building healthy relationships in the tricky world of modern dating, proving why he's the male feminist we never knew we needed. Tyler Cameron impressed fans on The Bachelorette with his ability to discuss difficult topics with a level of emotional intelligence perhaps never seen on reality television. Things like consent and boundaries, respect for women and their decisions, the roots of toxic masculinity in insecurity, and more, he espoused with confidence and genuineness. Tyler seems like a unicorn. He got the world's attention simply by demonstrating a full grasp of respect and no fear of vulnerability and honesty. But shouldn't this be the norm? In this book he'll show that every person deserves a partner who understands and values them, with advice on how to seek out someone like this and how to behave like this for your own someone. Part memoir, part how-to guide for anyone lost in the world of modern dating, and interspersed with practical tips on how to find and foster a meaningful relationship, You Deserve Better will show readers how Tyler C. became Tyler C., the story his fans are dying to know. Review Praise for You Deserve Better "Yes, Tyler Cameron wrote a book. Yes, it's about how to build meaningful relationships. Yes, you should order it right now."— Marie Claire About the Author Tyler Cameron is a TV personality, actor, author, model, and philanthropist. Born and raised in Jupiter, Florida, Tyler played football at Wake Forest University and later at FAU where he received his MBA. Tyler currently splits his time between New York and Florida where he recently started his own construction company. With a passion for building and home renovation, Tyler hosted the show Barkitecture for Quibi and Bravo Media. He is also a cofounder and ambassador for the charity organization ABC Food Tours, which focuses on enriching the lives of kids in underserved communities. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. 1 Lessons from My Parents Where I Come From For better or worse, the relationships we see as we’re growing up shape our ideas about love. Those early models can sometimes pave the way for the relationships we have (or don’t have) in the future. And I, like so many people, didn’t have a model relationship to learn from. My parents dedicated their lives to raising three great children, but when it came to their own marriage, they had a rocky, uneven partnership. When Shakespeare wrote, “The course of true love never did run smooth,” he might as well have been talking about them. Growing up, I had a mom who loved me, a dad who loved me, and two parents who loved each other. But their ways of showing their love for each other were not always healthy—not for them, or for us kids, who witnessed it. They were oil and water, and they feuded constantly. Watching their relationship, which was both unhealthy and yet based in love, gave me a very confusing image of what a loving relationship should look like. Perhaps the biggest reason I haven’t had many long‑term rela‑ tionships is because, for much of my young life, I didn’t see a relationship that I wanted for myself. When you don’t have any positive role models for what a healthy relationship looks like, it can be easy to fall into a bad one, to imitate patterns, or, what seemed like the easiest option for me, to avoid having relationships altogether. For a long time, I struggled—and sometimes still struggle—to un‑ derstand what a solid relationship should look like. Eventually, I found role models whose relationships I could look up to. But for a long time, in a lot of ways, I had to figure that one out on my own. That’s not to say I didn’t learn from watching my parents. I did; in fact, I learned a lot. They taught me the power of hard work,