Directions for Sex

Q Dear Miss Abigail: Where can I find directions for sex? Eddie A Dear Eddie: Step one: Find and woo partner. Step two: Get hitched (you remember, only married people have sex). Step three: Get naked. Step four: Read something like C. B. Evans’s Man and Woman in Marriage ~ “a sound, comprehensive statement of normal […]

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Kiss Me, You Fool

Q Dear Miss Abigail: OK, first off I am writing from an email address I just made so that I can have lots of assured privacy. But my question is: I really like this guy that goes to my school (I am twelve and he is sixteen) and I know he likes me. I want […]

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The First Kiss

Q Dear Miss Abigail: When is the right time for the first kiss? Signed, Larrisa A Dear Larrisa: Ah, kissing. Certainly one of my favorite things to do. But your question is a serious one. When is the right time, when the time always seems to feel right? Hopefully this advice from Evelyn Millis Duvall’s 1956 Facts […]

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Kissing is Fun

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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