Social Qs how to survive the quirks, quandaries, and quagmires of today
| Main Author: | Galanes, Philip, 1963- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Simon & Schuster,
2011.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: not your mummy's advice column
- Getting ready
- When good hygiene goes bad : dog breath and B.O. and snot, oh my!
- Beauty experiments
- or, who died and made you Estee Lauder?
- If the shoe fits, it's ugly! : on fashion crimes and misdemeanors
- Getting there
- The court of public transportation : Judge Judy for a day!
- On the street : when strangers get a little strange
- Car(tastrophes) : or, see the USA in your own damn Chevrolet
- Getting down to business
- "Who's the boss?" : handling yours like they do on TV
- Taking the "woe" out of co-workers : just because you sit together doesn't make you besties
- Free at last! : after you've quit (or let's face it) been fired
- Getting online
- Step away from the keyboard! : on emails and text messaging
- Social networks : it's your party (but you still can't diss your sister)
- Online dating : when true romance is just 10 million clicks away!
- Getting along (with the folks we're stuck with)
- Neighbors and roomies : how can we miss them when they won't go away?
- Kids and parenting : when there aren't enough time-outs in a day
- If it's not one thing, it's your mother : finessing family friction
- Getting nickel-ed and dime-d
- Money isn't funny : why do you think we call it "cold, hard cash"?
- Getting love-y dove-y
- Crushing hard! surviving your infatuations
- Break-ups (and how not to) : learning from slap-happy Scarlett O'Hara
- Getting through our big days
- In the spotlight (at last!) : weddings, bar mitzvahs and special occasions
- Surviving the holidays : the gifts, the grannies and all that booze!
- Afterword: so, what do we do now?.