Previous edition: 2012.

Includes bibliographical references (page 300) and filmography.

"Where was this book when I, like, needed it?" -- Name calling -- Introduction: Rules, posers and speaking a foreign language -- Need-to-knows -- What you need to know about making sense of the rules. How not to make a light bulb: Why everything is hard before it is easy -- The potty-training rule: Knowing when a thank you is expected -- I'm sorry: The hardest words to say -- The "perseverance" of "perserverance": Being right vs. being included -- Perfectly imperfect: Congratulations, you're human -- But I wasn't laughing: Laughing with you vs. laughing at you -- Poof! You're interesting!: Being interesting by being interested -- Mirror! Mirror!: Reflect, reflect, reflect -- You're welcome: The power of compliments -- Broken spaghetti: The benefits of thinking like a wet noodle -- Boiling the pasta: How to make that flexible thinking thing happen -- You've got to hold the pillow -- Take a breath and watch the hammer: Knowing how to handle criticism -- Speak in sandwiches and make suggestions: Knowing how to give good feedback -- Unfiltered: White lies and trust -- Tact and the triple-filter: how honest is too honest? -- Literally?: What they actually mean -- Do I need an umbrella or an ark?: Sorting mountains from molehills -- Temper, temper: There will be more apple juice tomorrow -- The science of a Greek goddess: Hygeia, Aphrodite and why they were such good pals -- Traveling by bubble: Transparent boundaries that only NTs see -- Choices and tactics: How to recognize a friend -- Who's who, what's what: Friendship levels and cling wrap -- Leveled up: Dating, flirting and just-friends-ship -- Standing up straight: Self-advocacy, anger band-aids and being heard -- Talking to myself: Inner dialogues and old tapes -- Likes, tweets and text: Netiquette need-to-knows -- There's more for dinner than mashed potatoes: Missing the bigger picture -- Wedgies, tattletales and bullies: Taking your power back from bullies -- Through the looking glass: Laughing at yourself without being a laughing stock. -- Stickies (little nuggets of truth -- sticky-note-sized) -- Practice session -- Stick a fork in it -- we're done: AKA the conclusion.