Boyfriend University: Take Advantage of Your Man and Learn While You Can PDF
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Relationships/Self-help l j y e n n TT hh ee yy hh aa vv ee tt oo bb ee n n t a k e a d v a n t a g e e i r fe o r m s gg oo oo dd ff oo rr ss oo mm ee tt hh ii nn gg ,, i a o f y o u r m a n n n g d e e rr ii gg hh tt ?? r r a n d l e a r n w h i l e y o u c a n YYeess!! You can learn more from your boyfriends than dumb jokes and bad table manners. You can discover valuable life lessons that help you have more fun, solve everyday problems, be confident and successful, and improve your love life. How do you separate the diamonds from the duds? Learn from the masters at Boyfriend University. This lively, mischievous guide helps you tilt the playing field in your favor by adding male skill sets to your already-powerful female arsenal. Find out how to: (cid:127) Get a guy to teach you everything he knows (cid:127) Assemble a tool kit, fix things, and jump-start a car (cid:127) Procrastinate, bluff and flatter, and feign interest in anything (cid:127) Carve a turkey, barbecue, and choose a bottle of bourbon (cid:127) Accept pleasure, hide bad behavior, and display your assets (cid:127) Have a firm handshake, shrug off a loss, and deal with men and loans (cid:127) Talk about yourself, be a team player, and cry like a guy (cid:127) Play beer-pong, poker, and ultimate Frisbee (cid:127) Find the North Star, fathom a street grid, and get along on the open road (cid:127) Check out a guy, pick up a guy, and decide whether he’s a keeper Enroll in Boyfriend University and learn how to tap the guru in any guy! t a a k JENNIFER SANDER is the author of Wear More Cashmere and The Martini n e d Diet. She and her work have been featured on CNBC, CNN, The View, USA Today, l ad and other media outlets. LYNNE ROMINGER is a contributing editor for ea va Smaacgraazmineenst,o nmewagsapzaipneer sw, haon dh aWse bw rsiittteesn. more than 300 feature articles for rn w ntag h e i l o $14.95 USA/$15.95 CAN e yo f yo Cover Design: Wendy Mount u u Cover Illustration: Paul McCarthy ca r m n a j e n n i f e r s a n d e r n & l y n n e r o m i n g e r ffirs.qxp 10/14/08 6:37 PM Page ii ffirs.qxp 10/14/08 6:37 PM Page i Boyfriend University ffirs.qxp 10/14/08 6:37 PM Page ii ffirs.qxp 10/14/08 6:37 PM Page iii Boyfriend University Take Advantage of Your Man and Learn While You Can JENNIFER SANDER and LYNNE ROMINGER John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ffirs.qxp 10/14/08 6:37 PM Page iv Copyright © 2009 by Jennifer Sander and Lynne Rominger. 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HQ1221R714 2009 646.70082—dc22 2008041536 Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ffirs.qxp 10/14/08 6:37 PM Page v To all the men I’ve learned from, my heartfelt thanks. —Jennifer For my baristas, Jeremy, Keyan, Meghan and Jessica. Thanks for the shots! —Lynne ftoc.qxp 10/14/08 6:38 PM Page vi Contents Part I GETTING IN AND CAMPUS LIFE 1 1 An Introduction to Boyfriend University 3 2 How to Use This Book and Why You Should 9 3 Financial Aid and Administrative Offices 15 How to Have a Firm Handshake 16 How to Shrug Off a Loss 17 How to Make Conservative Investments 19 How to Negotiate a Discount on Anything 20 How to Reach a Compromise 23 How to Stay Organized 25 How to Deal with Mergers and Acquisitions 28 How to Deal with Men and Loans 29 How to Act with Authority 32 4 Counseling Services 35 How to Feel Daring and Successful without a Man 35 How to React to Gunfire 39 How to Turn an Ex-Boyfriend into a Friend 40 How to Know If He’s a Fixer-Upper and Worth Keeping 44 How to Know Your Boyfriend University Type: The Quiz 46 Where to Meet a Man, Particularly the Right Man 49 vi ftoc.qxp 10/14/08 6:38 PM Page vii 5 Leaving Home and Living on Your Own 55 How to Guess Why Your Car Won’t Start 56 How to Control a Skid 59 How to Jump-Start a Car 61 How to Drive a Full-Size Truck 63 How to Have the Basic Tools You Need to Fix Anything 64 How to Properly Pound a Nail 66 How to Fix a Clogged Toilet 67 How to Kick In a Door 71 How to Make an Easy Pie 72 How to Cut an Onion 75 How to Carve a Turkey 76 How to Slurp an Oyster 79 How to Barbecue Anything 81 How to Make Killer Spaghetti Sauce 83 How to Kill Your Own Food 86 Part II FINDING YOUR MAJOR 91 6 Art and Cultural Studies 93 How to Have Fun 94 How to Mix a Martini 96 How to Choose a Bottle of Bourbon 98 How to Drink Cognac 101 How to Bluff and Flatter 104 How to Make Any Gift Fraught with Meaning 107 How to Wear Men’s Clothing (and Why You Should) 108 vii ftoc.qxp 10/14/08 6:38 PM Page viii How to Procrastinate 111 How to Fake Your Way to a Clean House 112 How to Talk about Wine without Knowing a Thing about It 114 How to Win an Award 117 How to Smoke a Cigar 120 How to Get a Tattoo You Won’t Regret 122 7 Communications Studies 125 How to Talk about Yourself 126 How to Feign Interest in a Much Younger Date 128 How to Understand Obscure Literary References 130 How to Be a Team Player 133 How to Use the NATO Phonetic Alphabet 135 How to Get to the Point 139 How to Talk about Yourself Again 140 How and When to Call Men 141 How to Cry Like a Guy: The Crying Game 145 8 Biology and Chemistry 149 How to Hide Bad Behavior 150 How to Accept Pleasure 153 When to Sleep with a Guy 156 How to Avoid Getting Used in a Relationship 158 How to End a Relationship 162 How to Peacock: Displaying Your Assets 164 How to Check Him Out Like He Checks You Out 165 How to Pick Up a Guy 166 viii
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