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How not to hate your husband after kids, Jancee Dunn

eng

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non fiction

How not to hate your husband after kids

953598587

Jancee Dunn

"A hilariously candid account of one woman's quest to bring her post-baby marriage back from the brink, with life-changing, real-world advice."--Amazon.com"Many expectant parents spend weeks researching the best crib or safest car seat, but spend little if any time thinking about the titanic impact the baby will have on their marriage--and the way their marriage will affect their child. Enter Jancee, her well-meaning but blithely unhelpful husband, their daughter, and her boisterous extended family, who show us the ways in which outmoded family patterns and traditions thwart the overworked, overloaded parents of today. On the brink of marital Armageddon, Dunn plunges into the latest relationship research, solicits the counsel of the country's most renowned couples' and sex therapists, canvasses fellow parents, and even consults an FBI hostage negotiator on how to effectively contain an "explosive situation." Instead of having the same fights over and over, Dunn and her husband must figure out a way to resolve their larger issues and fix their family while there is still time. As they discover, adding a demanding new person to your relationship means you have to reevaluate--and rebuild--your marriage. In an exhilarating twist, they work together to save the day, happily returning to the kind of peaceful life they previously thought was the sole province of couples without children."--Jacket

Introduction: Maters gonna hate -- Mothers, fathers, issues -- "Get off your ass and help out!": our harrowing encounter with the man from Boston -- Rage against the washing machine: how to divvy up chores -- Rules of fight club -- TGIM: how not to hate your weekends after kids -- Guess what? Your kids can fold their own laundry -- Bone of contention -- Kids: your new budget deficit -- Hot mess: less clutter, fewer fights -- Know that eventually it's going to be just the two of you again. Well, unless another recession hits