How to Avoid Love and Marriage / Dan Greenburg and Suzanne O'Malley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greenburg, Dan.

O'Malley, Suzanne, 1951- author.

Contributor:

Running Press, publisher.

Running Press Imprint Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marriage--Humor.

Marriage.

Love--Humor.

Love.

Genre:

Humor.

Penn Provenance:

Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)

Physical Description:

viii, [2], 131, [7] pages : illustrations, map ; 19 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. : Running Press, 1983.

Contents:

Why Do You Need This Book?

How to Avoid Love as a Single Person (including Keeping Your Options Open When Your Mate Wants to Get More Serious; and Living Together in Two Places, or "Why Do I Bother Keeping My Own Apartment?")

Using Wedding Plans to Avoid Love and Marriage (including Keeping Your Options Open After You Have Accepted a Proposal of Marriage; Backing Out on the Day of the Wedding; Backing Out During the Actual Ceremony; and What to Do on Your Wedding Night)

Daily Life, or: the Honeymoon is Over (including Proper Behavior for Driving with Mate; How to Help Your Mate Tell a Funny Story; and How to Ruin Sleeping Together Without Even Having Sex)

Using Sex to Avoid Love in Marriage (including 27 Approved Excuses for Not Having Sex with Your Mate Tonight, Set to Gregorian Chant; How to Ruin Sex by Staying in the Bathroom Too Long While Getting Ready for Bed; How to Tell If Your Mate is Having Sex with Somebody Else; and How to Tell If Your Mate is Having Sex Alone)

Using Money to Avoid Love in Marriage (including "Who Really Owns the House?", a Game for Two Players)

Using Fighting to Avoid Love in Marriage (including How to Turn an Ordinary Discussion into a Fight of Satisfying Duration; How to Punish Your Mate; Packing for Dramatic Effect; How to Tell Who Was Wrong; How to Offer an Unacceptable Apology; and How to Say "I Want a Divorce" in Any Language)

A Final Word.

Notes:

"Guaranteed to ruin any deep romantic relationship or your money back"--Cover.

"Published by arrangement with Freundlich Books, New York."--Title page verso.

"Illustrations by Dan Greenburg. Illustrated conceived by Dan Greenburg and Suzanne O'Malley. Design and title page illustrations by H. Roberts. Cover photograph by Marcus De Voe. Bridal dress designed by Mariann Marlowe, New York City. Bridal headpiece by Frank Olive. Bridal bouquet by Beekman Florist Ltd."--Title page verso.

Local Notes:

Running Press Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.

Running Press copy 1 is "2" printing.

Running Press copy 2 is "3" printing.

ISBN:

0894713728

9780894713729

0894713736

9780894713736

OCLC:

21145050