Book description
The idea for this book came when Stephanie began making a list of
things that annoy her about her husband, and found how hard it was, once
she had started, to stop. Here are the first Ten Things, just to give
you an idea. He:
(1) Leaves the bread unwrapped after making toast so it goes stale.
(2) Writes illegible names and addresses on things like Christmas cards
then tells her off when she try to amend them.
(3) Breathes really loudly when he's asleep - 'I wasn't SNORING' - so
that it's like being woken every night at 2am by Darth Vader. And not in
a sexy, black cloak, galaxy ruling sort of way.
(4) Says, 'I'm putting you in charge of that' as if he's doing her a
favour when he wants to get out of doing something.
(5) Says, 'Well, let's not make a problem out of it, shall we?' before
ignoring the thing she's just told him about that's really bugging her
and that she wants him to fix.
(6) Doesn't fix things the minute she asks him to.
(7) Manages to get the children to bed with far less yelling than she
does.
(8) Always sees the other side in an argument, i. e., the side that
isn't hers.
(10) Adores her mother.
Viciously funny, touchingly honest and only too true, this is Stephanie
Calman at her brilliant best. Stephanie Calman is a writer and
broadcaster whose ‘Happy Families’ column appears regularly in the Daily
Telegraph. She is also the creator of the hugely popular website www.
badmothersclub. com and she appears regularly on tv and radio. She is
still married to author Peter Grimsdale, with whom she has two children.
