Rebecca Eckler

How to Raise a Boyfriend (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Rebecca Eckler shows women everywhere that while they're busy offering not-so-casual advice and reprimands to the men in their life, they've lost sight of an important fact: they're not dating a boyfriend, they're raising a boyfriend. He wandered away from the checkout, leaving her to cope with an overflowing shopping car. He dashed in front of her to cross a busy intersection without so much as a backwards glance. He forgot - forgot! - to meet her at the airport after a trip. And then an inescapable truth settled in: Rebecca Eckler already had a six-year-old daughter, so what was she doing with a boyfriend who was even worse behaved? There were only two options. Dump the sucker and concentrate on raising her child. Or raise her boyfriend, too. From making introductions, to offering compliments, to saying you're sorry, boyfriends need to be raised with the same lessons we use on our kids. As Rebecca writes, "If I can raise a child - a smart, kind and polite one - surely I can raise a boyfriend, too."

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Doubleday Canada
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780385670494
• Artikelnr.: 39251626

Autorenporträt

REBECCA ECKLER is one of Canada's most well-known journalists. She has been a columnist with the National Post for five years, including a stint as a New York-based columnist and feature writer. Her work has also appeared in such publications as Elle, Fashion, Lifestyles, Canadian House and Home and Mademoiselle. She was the host of the television show Modern Manners, and has appeared on CTV and CBC television, and on Global television as a reporter, along with numerous stints on radio shows across Canada and the United States.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Warning x
Dear Any Dumb-ass Guy Thinking About Dating Me xi
Part 1: LANGUAGE ARTS
1. Why Is It So Hard for Men to Answer a Damn Question? 3
2. Pick Up Your Phone and Return My Texts 10
3. Magic Words. Men Did Go to Kindergarten, Didn’t They? 16
4. You Say Nothing and I Say Hello 21
5. Do You Think I’m Pretty? Do I Look Good? Do You Like My Haircut? Then
Why the Fuck Don’t You Say So? 26
6. Seriously! They Are Only Three Words: I Love You 33
7. Why Saying Sorry Is as Hard for Men as Asking for Directions 37
8. How Can You Fall Asleep? We’re Just Starting the Fight! 43
You Have Another Three Hours to Go, Buddy!
Part 2: Social Development/Social Sciences
9. I’m Here … Where the Hell Are You? 51
10. You’re Bailing? WTF? 55
11. Would You Like Some Cheese with That Whine? 58
12. What Cave Did You Grow Up In? 61
13. Being a Plus One. When Good Dates Go Bad 65
14. The PDA. Don’t You Want to Let the World Know I’m Yours? 70
15. You’re Not Really Going to Wear That, Are You? 73
16. Shopping with Men. Like Swimming with Sharks, but Worse 78
17. Baggage (and Not the Louis Vuitton Kind). I’m Talking About the Ex. Why
Won’t She Go Away? 81
18. Being Friends with the Opposite Sex. Just Friends? 86
19. Flirting. Yes, She’s Cute, but She Doesn’t Have Anything in Her Teeth,
So Stop Staring!88
20. The Washroom. Seriously, What Are You Doing in There? 91
21. Gas (Not at the Pumps). It’s Really NOT Funny 94
22. Take the Hint: We Want Our Alone Time 96
23. Last Call. No, It’s NOT Okay to Bring Your Drunk Friends Home for a
Nightcap 98
Part 3: Physical Sciences
24. Hello? I’m RIGHT BEHIND YOU! 103
25. Use the Button If You Want to Turn Me On 106
26. Just a Little Bit About Porn … 110
27. The Dishwasher Is NOT Invisible, You Know 114
28. Why Separating Whites and Darks Can Lead to a Different Kind of
Separation 118
29. Diagnosis? Man Cold. Prescription? Shut the Fuck Up 120
30. Why Male Nurses Are Sexy … Or So We Think 123
31. Help in Aisle Five! There’s a Clueless Man Grocery Shopping 125
32. The Needy Guy (Stop the Madness!) 129
33. The Gas Station. How to Fill Up the Car 131
34. You’re “Driving” Me Insane! This Should Not Be the Highway to Hell! 134
Part 4: Attitude/Effort
35. Movie Night. What Do You Mean You Don’t Want to See The Notebook? 141
36. You Can Remember Who Won the 1991 World Series, but You Can’t Remember
Our Anniversary? 144
37. Celebrate Good Times, and Moan with Us During Bad Times 151
38. You Can Book a Tee Time but Not a Reservation? 154
39. Getting High and Other Bad Habits. Don’t Be a Dope 157
40. Five Hundred Channels and One Argument 160
41. The Adult Temper Tantrum. You Need a Time Out, Mister! 163
42. How to Travel Together. It’s NOT a Day at the Spa 166
43. Money, Money, Honey … 169
Part 5: I Know This Is the Way You Are
44. Snorers. Yes, You Do So Snore! 175
45. Temperature Rising: Air-Conditioner Wars 177
Epilogue 179
Afterword 183
Acknowledgments 185