How to Be a Husband
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Tim Dowling. How to Be a Husband
COPYRIGHT
DEDICATION
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
1. THE BEGINNING
2. ARE YOU COMPATIBLE?
3. GETTING MARRIED: WHY WOULD YOU?
4. HOW TO BE WRONG
Seven Ways in Which You Might be Wrong
5. AM I RELEVANT?
Being a Good Husband: 1950
Being a Relevant Husband: 2014
THE TWELVE LABOURS OF MARRIAGE
6. DIY: MAN’S ESTATE, EVEN NOW
I WAS NOT BORN TO THIS WORK
The Beginner’s Essential DIY Tool Cupboard
Five Things You Can Actually Fix by Hitting Them with a Hammer
The Three Easiest DIY Jobs There Are
7. EXTENDED FAMILY
8. THE FORTY PRECEPTS OF GROSS MARITAL HAPPINESS
9. BRINGING HOME THE BACON
10. A VERY SHORT CHAPTER ABOUT SEX
11. THE PROS AND CONS OF PROCREATION
12. ALPHA MALE, OMEGA MAN
13. COMING TO GRIEF
14. STAYING TOGETHER – FOR BETTER AND WORSE
FOR POORER
Some Independent Financial Advice
IN SICKNESS
IN FASHION
IN THE MIRROR
15. DO I NEED A HOBBY?
16. FATHERHOOD FOR MORONS
AUTHORITY
SPORT
Tips for a Successful Family Meal
17. KEEPING THE MAGIC ALIVE
18. HEAD OF SECURITY
19. MISANDRY – THERE’S SUCH A WORD, BUT IS THERE SUCH A THING?
20. SUBJECT TO CHANGE
CONCLUSION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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Just before we finish my phone rings. It’s my mother, who unbeknownst to me has driven into New York with my aunt to see some Broadway show. They are heading for a restaurant downtown, near me, and want to know what I’m doing for lunch. My heart starts to pound. I’ve never told my mother anything about the English girl who is smoking in my bed. I doubt she even knows I’ve broken up with my old girlfriend; she certainly didn’t hear it from me. I sit in silence, phone to ear, for so long that the English girl raises an eyebrow.
‘Can I bring someone?’ I say finally.
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