Steering through the dating scene, coupling conundrums, or the occasional casual encounter can be like cruising a minefield.

Watch your step: Should that snoring lummox stay in your bed for the night, he’ll get to thinking he’s worth more to you than a few measly beers.

How to tactfully wake him up and get him out? Read How to Behave: Dating and Sex. Without taking a Miss Manners approach, local author Caroline Tiger lends advice on diplomatically navigating the troubled waters of your romantic life.

She covers everything from online dating to real-life meetings to what to say when someone drops the unreciprocated L-word. And she manages to whittle it down to a near exact and (very) amusing science.

Though it’s no guarantee of finding true love, it is a great guide to sensitively getting out of some rather sticky situations.

Or into them, depending on your preference.

Available online at amazon.com or at your local bookstore.