Trust me, I've been there

Would you take love advice from someone with an unsuccessful romantic track record?

That's the question raised with Jennifer Love Hewitt's announcement she'll soon pen a dating advice manual. The actress abruptly broke off a recent engagement, and many people say her current relationship is nothing but a rebound.

It doesn't provide the best resume for dating expertise, but if we judged on authors' romantic histories alone, than self-help books like this one and this one wouldn't be popular.

I think it's possible to have a clear perspective on every romantic relationship...except your own. It's one thing to know the basic tenets of dating. It's another thing to be able to apply those rules when your own feelings are on the line. Telling someone else what to do is much easier.

Besides, I'd be much more inclined to take advice from someone who had her heart broken a few times than someone whose sole romantic relationship culminated in marriage.

And you?