Social Q's: How to Survive the Quirks, Quandaries and Quagmires of Today

Office attire and e-mail misfire. Twitter snafus and dating miscues. Philip Galanes hears an awful lot of WHAT SHOULD I DOs?!

Im pretty sure the woman who swims laps next to me at the Y is peeing in the pool. What should I do?

It started in 2008, when Galanes began the Social Qs advice column for the Sunday Styles section of The New York Times.

My boyfriend has an identical twin that Im strangely hotter for than I am for him. What should I do?

Since then, the questions come faster than a drunken starlet behind the wheel of a speeding Maserati.

My Dad seems to have mixed up my cell phone number with the number of the woman hes seeing behind my mothers back. He sends her sexy texts that are freaking me out. What should I do?

A cornerstone of The New York Timess Styles section, Philip Galanes confronts todays most awkward and pressing questions. Branded with an inimitable voice witty and wise, sharp and saucyPhilip tackles unanswered questions and brand-new subjects with laugh-out-loud dish and practical wisdom. Not only about the new ways to thank a friend for throwing you a bridal shower (at a strip club), or when its appropriate to tell Nana to stop dressing like the latest Pop Tart, but also how to navigate a new age crowded with Tweets, twits, OMGs, and WTFs.

Social Qs is a knockout book that will guide you swiftly through the treacherous terrain of modern etiquetteand keep you laughing for days.