“Studying abroad? Take the broad out to dinner before you study her”

“Studying abroad” shouldn’t be confused with “studying a broad,” but there are jokes. This joke was published in McSweeney’s on June 13, 2014:
 
YOU: DAD, I’M THINKING OF STUDYING ABROAD.
DAD: WELL, I HOPE YOU TAKE THE BROAD OUT FOR DINNER BEFORE YOU STUDY HER.
 
“I got arrested for studying abroad. Stalking is what the judge prefers to call it” is a related joke.
 
 
McSweeney’s
JUNE 13, 2014
DAD’S JOKES EXPLAINED
by BEN ROSEN
(...)
YOU: DAD, I’M THINKING OF STUDYING ABROAD.
DAD: WELL, I HOPE YOU TAKE THE BROAD OUT FOR DINNER BEFORE YOU STUDY HER.
 
He realizes he should have taken your mother out on the town more. They spent too many nights sitting at the dinner table together, both so lonely. He would have done something if he knew how badly it would hurt to see her with another man. A powerful dean named Richard who treats her like a Queen, while he grades another set of papers as a lowly adjunct professor. He doesn’t want you to make the same mistakes he did. Your dad is not strong enough to say these things directly, but maybe you’ll find a kernel of wisdom in his hilarious jokes.
     
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June 21, 2015 at 10:45 AM ·
YOU: DAD, I’M THINKING OF STUDYING ABROAD.
DAD: WELL, I HOPE YOU TAKE THE BROAD OUT FOR DINNER BEFORE YOU STUDY HER.
 
He realizes he should have taken your mother out on the town more. They spent too many nights sitting at the dinner table together, both so lonely. He would have done something if he knew how badly it would hurt to see her with another man.
 
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June 18, 2023 at 2:00 PM ·
YOU: Dad, I’m thinking of studying abroad.
DAD: Well, I hope you take the broad out for dinner before you study her.
 
He realizes he should have taken your mother out on the town more. They spent too many nights sitting at the dinner table together, both so lonely. He would have done something if he knew how badly it would hurt to see her with another man.