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    <title>How To Make Your Boyfriend's Parents Like You</title>
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      <![CDATA[Don't underestimate the influence your guy's parents have over him. The smart woman knows the value of steering them into her corner.]]>
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        <![CDATA[A gift]]>
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        <![CDATA[And a thank-you note]]>
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          <![CDATA[Quiz your boyfriend. Are his parents liberal or conservative? Religious or agnostic? What are their hobbies? Did they take a recent trip?]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Quiz your boyfriend. Are his parents liberal or conservative? Religious or agnostic? What are their hobbies? Did they take a recent trip?</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[The more you know, the better you&#8217;ll be able to make pleasant chitchat and avoid conversational minefields.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>The more you know, the better you&#8217;ll be able to make pleasant chitchat and avoid conversational minefields.</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Err on the conservative side with your clothing. You shouldn&#8217;t feel like you have to lose your style entirely, but avoid midriff blouses, low-low riders, stilettos, and anything skintight.</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[Bring a gift. You can&#8217;t go wrong with a bouquet of flowers. Hydrangeas, mums, sweetheart roses, and lilies will stay fresh for several days.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Bring a gift. You can&#8217;t go wrong with a bouquet of flowers. Hydrangeas, mums, sweetheart roses, and lilies will stay fresh for several days.</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[If you're in it to win it, send the flowers to his mother a few days before the get-together with a card saying you’re looking forward to meeting her. It’s sucking up, but it works.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>If you&#8217;re in it to win it, send the flowers to his mother a few days before the get-together with a card saying you’re looking forward to meeting her. It’s sucking up, but it works.</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[Pitch in. No one likes a guest who sits around waiting to be served. The more you help, the more his family will see you as part of the gang.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Send a written thank-you note. Old-fashioned? Yes. But very impressive.</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>In a 2004 survey, half the men said they&#8217;d be willing to let their in-laws visit as often as they liked in exchange for their wife letting them buy a plasma TV!</p>]]>
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