Comments on: How to Get a Guy, Vintage-Style http://thesisterproject.com/roach/how-to-get-a-guy-vintage-style/ Marion Roach Smith's alternate sisterly reality, with Margaret Roach. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:12:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: marionroach http://thesisterproject.com/roach/how-to-get-a-guy-vintage-style/comment-page-1/#comment-1496 marionroach Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:30:05 +0000 http://thesisterproject.com/roach/?p=3465#comment-1496 Oh, yeah. <em>Summer Magic.</em> I loved that movie too. So funny. I think I feel a film festival coming up. Have you seen our sister flicks list? If not, it's <a href="http://thesisterproject.com/our-sister-flicks-list-grows-up-127-films-to-queue-up-together/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Enjoy. And do come back soon. Oh, yeah. Summer Magic. I loved that movie too. So funny. I think I feel a film festival coming up. Have you seen our sister flicks list? If not, it’s here. Enjoy. And do come back soon.

]]> By: Darcy http://thesisterproject.com/roach/how-to-get-a-guy-vintage-style/comment-page-1/#comment-1492 Darcy Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:20:55 +0000 http://thesisterproject.com/roach/?p=3465#comment-1492 The film "Summer Magic" also featured Burl Ives (singing "The Ugly Bug Ball") and Peter Brown also had a part. Loved it especially the clothes and the scene playing croquet. The film “Summer Magic” also featured Burl Ives (singing “The Ugly Bug Ball”) and Peter Brown also had a part. Loved it especially the clothes and the scene playing croquet.

]]> By: marionroach http://thesisterproject.com/roach/how-to-get-a-guy-vintage-style/comment-page-1/#comment-1483 marionroach Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:40:27 +0000 http://thesisterproject.com/roach/?p=3465#comment-1483 Hiya, CatSea: Oh, that's rich. I'll go bone up. HA! Oh, yeah, that is a terrible insinuation. Oh, man, the damage we do to young minds, yes? I love the title of that book. Just marvelous. Thanks for bringing it here. Please come back for more. Hiya, CatSea: Oh, that’s rich. I’ll go bone up. HA! Oh, yeah, that is a terrible insinuation. Oh, man, the damage we do to young minds, yes? I love the title of that book. Just marvelous. Thanks for bringing it here. Please come back for more.

]]> By: CatSea1959 http://thesisterproject.com/roach/how-to-get-a-guy-vintage-style/comment-page-1/#comment-1482 CatSea1959 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:28:28 +0000 http://thesisterproject.com/roach/?p=3465#comment-1482 When I was a teenager (the '70's), I got my hands on a book called "How to Get a Teenage Boy - and What to Do With Him After You've Got Him" which was full of great advice, not unlike Haley Mills' words of wisdom above. In addition, for instance, never be the sexiest girl at a party - be the second sexiest girl. You still look desirable - and pure (comparatively). Research your future boyfriend's likes and dislikes. Jimi Hendrix? TM? Art? Become an expert, but only so you can ask *him* intelligent questions that you know he can answer. Set him up to look smart or witty. The real lesson was the insinuation that males are easily manipulated with fragile egos, which, while it may seem true at times, is a terrible tool to give girls! When I was a teenager (the ’70′s), I got my hands on a book called “How to Get a Teenage Boy – and What to Do With Him After You’ve Got Him” which was full of great advice, not unlike Haley Mills’ words of wisdom above.

In addition, for instance, never be the sexiest girl at a party – be the second sexiest girl. You still look desirable – and pure (comparatively). Research your future boyfriend’s likes and dislikes. Jimi Hendrix? TM? Art? Become an expert, but only so you can ask *him* intelligent questions that you know he can answer. Set him up to look smart or witty.

The real lesson was the insinuation that males are easily manipulated with fragile egos, which, while it may seem true at times, is a terrible tool to give girls!

]]> By: marionroach http://thesisterproject.com/roach/how-to-get-a-guy-vintage-style/comment-page-1/#comment-1477 marionroach Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:21:27 +0000 http://thesisterproject.com/roach/?p=3465#comment-1477 Hi, Amylou. Oh, that's marvelous, that fatal mistake. That old devil <em>Vogue</em>. That's hilarious. And if you think you can handle it now, I found one for you, <a href="http://catalog.ebay.com/Vogues-Book-Etiquette-and-Good-Manners-1969-Book-Illustrated-/2959905" rel="nofollow">here</a>."How to Make a Bed With a Man In It," is as good a chapter title as I've read in years. Lovely. Thanks so much. And do come back soon for more. Hi, Amylou. Oh, that’s marvelous, that fatal mistake. That old devil Vogue. That’s hilarious. And if you think you can handle it now, I found one for you, here.”How to Make a Bed With a Man In It,” is as good a chapter title as I’ve read in years. Lovely. Thanks so much. And do come back soon for more.

]]> By: Amy http://thesisterproject.com/roach/how-to-get-a-guy-vintage-style/comment-page-1/#comment-1473 Amy Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:14:34 +0000 http://thesisterproject.com/roach/?p=3465#comment-1473 Oh my goodness, Hayley Mills. I loved all her movies, especially The Parent Trap. On the topic of how to catch a man, I remember one Christmas, when I was about 14 (@1982), I asked for and got a book on etiquette. Vogue's Book of Etiquette. I was ecstatic. I flipped through the chapters as we all sat around the Christmas tree that morning. Then, I made one fatal mistake. I read aloud the chapter title that had caught my eye: "How to Make a Bed with a Man In It." My mother gasped in horror and snatched the book out of my on-the-cusp-of-womanhood hands, nipping my curiosity in the bud. I never saw that book again. I'm sure had I kept my mouth shut I would have learned a lot about "getting" a guy! Oh my goodness, Hayley Mills. I loved all her movies, especially The Parent Trap. On the topic of how to catch a man, I remember one Christmas, when I was about 14 (@1982), I asked for and got a book on etiquette. Vogue’s Book of Etiquette. I was ecstatic. I flipped through the chapters as we all sat around the Christmas tree that morning. Then, I made one fatal mistake. I read aloud the chapter title that had caught my eye: “How to Make a Bed with a Man In It.” My mother gasped in horror and snatched the book out of my on-the-cusp-of-womanhood hands, nipping my curiosity in the bud. I never saw that book again. I’m sure had I kept my mouth shut I would have learned a lot about “getting” a guy!

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