Q Dear Miss Abigail: How do I know if he’s serious about me or just kissing me for fun? He has not expressed his feelings in words. Carina A Dear Carina: Ever heard of “petting”? No, I’m not talking about your dog or cat. You know ~ making out, snogging ~ whatever kids these days […]
Month: July 2010
Kissing Tips
Q Dear Miss Abigail: Do you have any tips on kissing? Signed, Mike A Dear Mike: But, of course! And although I’ve provided other tips in the past, I’d like to share this fun bit of kissing advice. It’s from a 1987 reprint of Hugh Morris’s informative How to Make Love: The Secret of Wooing and […]
Hot Kissing Tips from the 1930s
Q Dear Miss Abigail: There is this boy I like, and I want to kiss him. How do I do it? Signed, Question Asker A Dear Readers: OK, everyone. I have a confession to make ~ I made this question up. But I had a horrible day today, and in my own stupidity I accidentally […]
Please Please Me, Boyfriend
Q Dear Miss Abigail: How can I get my boyfriend to hug or kiss me? He’s really sweet and cute. Please answer this! Signed, Brittany A Dear Brittany: Sounds like you need to take action, my dear! I have a feeling you don’t want to lean over yourself and just smooch your shy sweetie, so […]
Partygoing
The gals and I just happened to attend a wickedly fun party last weekend. So to celebrate, here is a bit of advice from Ellen Peck’s long-titled How to Get a Boy and What to Do With Him When You Get Him. The topic: flirting at parties. Not that we would know anything about that. 1969: […]
How Boys Try to Prove Their Masculinity
Here is another fine excerpt from A Girl’s Guide to Dating and Going Steady by Dr. Tom McGinnis. And not a moment too soon ~ it sure has unearthed a lot of mysteries for me. Those poor boys, always struggling to attain manliness! I feel for them, really I do. 1968: How Boys Try to Prove […]
Public Display of Obsession
Q Dear Miss Abigail: I have an obsession with my breasts and I finally am dating someone that thoroughly enjoys them, and I mean thoroughly. The problem is that he starts getting wild, in public. It gets extrememly embarrassing. He puts his hand up my shirt all the time and laughs and squeaks very loud. […]
Aphrodisiacs
Here is a small selection of interesting inducers (and inhibitors) of romance, found in Harry Wedeck’s Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs ~ just doing my part to assist all of you lovers out there. We’ll begin with my favorite food . . . 1961: Aphrodisiacs Artichoke A bristly plant whose edible parts are the fleshy bases of the leaves. […]
Knowing What to Do If Whistled At
Hey, baby, you are looking mighty fine! Yeah, I’m talking to you! Why don’t you come on over here and show me your stuff? 1956: Knowing What to Do If Whistled At Boys sometime cluster in groups and whistle at the girls who pass by. Girls often wonder just how to interpret this kind of […]
The Man Who Stayed for Breakfast
I turn now to some tastier (excuse the pun) material from a book with one of my favorite titles ~ She Cooks to Conquer. When I registered for my 30th birthday I received many wonderful kitchen supplies, and was hoping for the chance to use this book. Unfortunately my kitchen at that time was the size […]