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471 0 0 0 16 9. Time travel a few decades for some hilarious lingo and, perhaps, some timeless dating advice. A few years ago, my small hometown church was clearing out books they had been storing for many years. Each box was a unique time travel machine, both because of names from members long since passed us dating etiquette well as topics that resonated in their day, while seeming greatly old-fashioned and dated today.

During the purge, I ran across a set of books that had to come home with me. Amid the bustle of packing boxes, I stopped to read the books, often reciting passages aloud to giggles and outright guffaws. The books—For Girls Only and For Boys Only—were both authored by Frank Howard Richardson, MD. The 1964 edition I have appears to be a second, the first having been printed in 1952 or 1953. You know, the stuff teenagers in any era need to know. These rules might remind you of your courtship years or just give you a good laugh because of the comparison to modern practices.

Settle in for a bit of fun. For Girls Only spends a lot of time talking about courtship and dating, giving more pages to that topic than the companion book offers boys. A common theme in this volume is the things girls can do to attract more boy friends. Stay tuned for a few hilarious pointers. Boys don’t like to be run after, as a rule, even though some of them may act as if they didn’t mind. Does that mean you have to sit back, possibly letting other ladies move in on your gent? We’ll visit this hobby situation again shortly.

Give her a break and a helping hand. Richardson makes perfectly clear that girls are quite peculiar, and you’ll spend much of your life wondering what’s going on in the space between their ears. Still, he calls on readers to always remember the proper way to act, no matter how the young ladies purport themselves. Instead of teasing her and trying to make her feel inferior, a fellow shows himself a much better sport if he gives her a break and a helping hand once in a while. I hate to say it, but it’s not always the boy who is the one that suggests going out to the car. All too often it is the girl.

Richardson writes that at every party, there will be couples who want to slip off and go to a car and pet. You don’t have to be that person, he says. Petting, in fact, is discouraged throughout both guides. But I have great faith in you girls. You’ll find that the boys will respect you in a way you have no idea of. Is that old-fashioned, for a boy to respect a girl for doing what is right?

You are still the ones to lead, and set the pace, when it comes to setting up ideals and living up to them. Is there any harm in kissing a girl goodnight, or holding hands in the dark in the moving pictures, especially when they’re having pretty warm close-ups? Richardson isn’t a fan of petting, but he trusts young girls and boys to know when to stop. Well, I’d say that depends pretty much on how you feel about the girl you’re with when you’re doing it. I think it’s smart to watch your step! You heard the good doctor: watch your step! Get busy and learn a little about stamps.

Suppose there is a boy you like a lot, but you can’t stand his hobby, stamp collecting. He is simply wrapped up in it. Fooling your future beau, it seems, is the way to his heart. Richardson says you should find ways to be interested—or at least appear to be. Maybe a friend who has a correspondent in some foreign country will occasionally let you have one from a letter just received. Does your intended beau like fishing?