Guys Are Waffles, Girls Are Spaghetti [Paperback]

Chad Eastham (Author), Bill Farrel (Author), Pam Farrel (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 15, 2009

Boy meets Girl; Boy wonders what in the world Girl is talking about and how he will ever keep up. Girl wonders what is wrong with Boy. Enter, Waffles and Spaghetti—every teen's guide to figuring out the opposite sex and understanding and valuing our unique differences.

In a pivotal time of their development and social lives, teens are left to try and understand one another without much guidance.  The purpose of this book is to help better understand themselves as well those from the "alien gender".

Guys' brains are like waffles—they keep their lives compartmentalized in boxes. Girls' brains are like spaghetti—everything in their life is connected to everything else. This book for teens includes brain development, social habits, differences in emotions, and relationship building skills for teens to develop early in their life.  Loaded with humor and fun examples, this is a great way for teens to learn about healthy relationships with the opposite sex.

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About the Author

Popular teen speaker, Chad Eastham, speaks to thousands of girls each year on The Revolve Tour^®. Chad has written an award-winning health curriculum and several books for teens.

Best-selling authors of over 25 books including Men Are Like Waffles, Women Are Like Spaghetti, Bill and Pam Farrel are co-founders and directors of Farrel Communications, an organization that brings practical insights to personal relationships.

Product Details

• Age Range: 12 and up
  
• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson (September 15, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1400315166
• ISBN-13: 978-1400315161
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.6 x 8.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #116,095 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #43 in Books > Teens > Health, Mind & Body > Sexuality
  • #90 in Books > Teens > Religion & Spirituality

More About the Author

Chad Eastham . . . has written numerous books for teens, educational DVD's, a national award-winning curriculum, and various articles about culture, faith and social development.

For almost ten years, Chad has helped develop initiatives, programs, and events for youth throughout the country. While running an educational based non-profit, Healthy Visions, he helped to start The Revolve Tour, a Thomas Nelson Live Event. Chad has spoken with hundreds of thousands of teens all over the country, while still vowing to "talk pretty normal." In his new book, The Truth About Breaking Up, Making Up, & Moving On . . . he tackles the difficult subjects, with his own spin. Even the difficult stuff, after all, is packed with some of life's best gifts, if we are willing to let go of fear, and look at things in new ways. The answers will start to reveal themselves, and that's good news for all of us.

Being locked up in juvenile and rehab for a chunk of his teen years (not a sob story just his story), he found himself working later, with at-risk-youth, often in chemical dependency counseling. Working in behavioral therapy, education, faith-based groups, and then camps from Colorado to Kodiak, Alaska. Throughout college and now almost ten years later, he finds the subjects, the people, and the adventures to be even more exhilarating to discuss with people . . . from all walks of life. Having a knack for researchy stuff, while still "talking pretty normal".

When Chad isn't traveling and sleeping on friends couches, he resides in Nashville... near a fire-pit, with friends and music, while still refusing to say "y'all."

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Cheesy title but meaty content on relationships between men & women March 21, 2010

By chilemery VINE™ VOICE

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I have to admit that the title of this book didn't appeal to me and had me wondering if it the content would be as bad as I perceived the title to be. However, I was pleasantly surprised! I am a Christian minister and as such have been involved in a lot of relationship counseling (pre-marital and marital), directing a marriage ministry complete with biannual retreat as well as having a read a number of books on relationships, marital and otherwise. I have to say that this is one of the better books that I have read on the subject. It is entertainingly well-written, wisely insightful and practically applicable. And while, as I said, I read it in spite of the title, the analogy to waffles and spaghetti is actually quite clever, well-employed and helps to make the points memorable.

Two things worth noting about this book:

1) While it is apparent that the authors are Christian and that obviously influences the content, it is not overtly religious and as such I don't think that even non-religious folks would be put off by the very occasional reference to their Christian worldview.
2) This book is stated to be written for teens, and some of the style of the writing is definitely geared towards the younger set, but I find the content is good for any age group as the principles are universal and ageless.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Funny, real and something every teen should own August 25, 2009

By D. Gutwein

Format:Paperback

I looked at this book for my teenage daughter yet found myself reading every word. Chad nails the differences between guys and girls in this book, and he says it in a humorous way that every teen will love. As a dad, I want the absolute best for my daughter. If you want the best for your kids, you can't ignore this book. Nice job Chad.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars I think I get it August 16, 2009

By Kevin Parker

Format:Paperback

Ok I am kind of embarrassed to have even read this book since it was my little sisters, but I am really glad I did. She kept pointing out all these "guy" things that I was doing, and why I was doing them. Finally when she was done with the book I decided to pick it up.

I really enjoyed reading through this book. Not only did it help me understand why girls act the way they do, but I also learned alot about my guy friends, and how our actions come across. The book is also pretty easy to follow. Instead of just a bunch of psychology and philosophical mind twisting junk, Chad explains some basic differences in a way that I can understand, like humor and football. The whole waffles and spaghetti thing totally makes sense to me. I just really liked this book.

I am going to talk to my youth pastor and see if we can use this for our next group discussion.

-Kevin/16/PA