Funny Book on Having an Affair
See a Problem?
Thanks for telling us about the problem.
Friend Reviews
Community Reviews
1. I'm continuing my quest to search out books of humor this January, so reading a book by the "Queen of Humor" herself must be included!
2. My mom worshipped Bombeck and adored her writing! I've read a couple of her books already, and I'd have to concur.
Positives:
1. Her lighthearted humor about her marriage's ups and downs earned some chuckles, especially when she and Bill (her husband) got their first TV, hung wallpaper together, raised three children, and even had
1. I'm continuing my quest to search out books of humor this January, so reading a book by the "Queen of Humor" herself must be included!
2. My mom worshipped Bombeck and adored her writing! I've read a couple of her books already, and I'd have to concur.
Positives:
1. Her lighthearted humor about her marriage's ups and downs earned some chuckles, especially when she and Bill (her husband) got their first TV, hung wallpaper together, raised three children, and even had "creative" arguments!;
2. I think most wives and mothers could relate to her chapter "Bless Me Everybody for I Have Sinned". You try to do it all and still feel like you failed in some way. Her quote "refining guilt and elevating it to a sacrament" says it all; and,
3. some tears were shed as I read her chapters about her miscarriage and her successful fight with breast cancer.
Erma Bombeck, was a humorist who wrote a syndicated column, fifteen books and even a sitcom (albeit short-lived) titled
Maggie, mostly about the trials and tribulations of marriage and motherhood. After listening to speaker Betty Friedan and reading her book, The Feminine Mystique, Bombeck got inspired to write a column for her local newspaper. The rest is history!Overall, Bombeck's book is heartwarming, headshaking and occasionally sobering. As a wife and mother myself, I could easily relate. RIP, Erma! 💕
...more
"In this lovingly hilarious look at her 44-years-and-counting marriage to a man she wouldn't trade for anything in the world -- who would finish her sentences? -- Erma Bombeck offers observations as only she can, on: The true test of compatibility: buying a house that "needs work". Surviving parenthood, and the
This book was a 2.5 stars. It was boring but I think it is because I couldn't relate. The women is a lot older than me and our lives and expectations of being female are really different."In this lovingly hilarious look at her 44-years-and-counting marriage to a man she wouldn't trade for anything in the world -- who would finish her sentences? -- Erma Bombeck offers observations as only she can, on: The true test of compatibility: buying a house that "needs work". Surviving parenthood, and the nest that won't stay empty. How times of struggle are a piece of cake compared to handling success. Elevating guilt to a sacrament. What to do with a man who saves instruction manuals; thinks a fishing license makes a great anniversary gift; and, thanks to the remote control, has never seen a television commercial. Frazzled mothers wondering who they have to sleep with to get fired from the job. Facing maternity, mortality, and metamorphosis together This entertaining portrait of an American marriage is Erma Bombeck at her most intimate, and her funniest."
...more
This book was focused on marriage and it was quite funny at times. She has such a positive way with words. Definitely worth the time to read.
I love Erma Bombeck. I read her newspaper column as a teen. This book was probably 4 stars for me, but just for the fact that her humor is never mean spirited (which I applaud) I'll up it to 5. This was a a fun and entertaining read. She seemed to nail the suburban housewife trials and tribulations.This book was focused on marriage and it was quite funny at times. She has such a positive way with words. Definitely worth the time to read.
...more
Then I read this book's blurb promising humor and it delivered and more. This is a book with a self-deprecating humor that in no way demean characters in the book or the reader. The author's candid presentation of her life and marriage took off the blinders in my eyes as I take a real look at my husband, my parents, my son, my marriage, and ev I usually shy away from autobiographies because after reading Fortune's Children: The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt a few years back I was left lacking.
Then I read this book's blurb promising humor and it delivered and more. This is a book with a self-deprecating humor that in no way demean characters in the book or the reader. The author's candid presentation of her life and marriage took off the blinders in my eyes as I take a real look at my husband, my parents, my son, my marriage, and even myself.
The author spoke of marriage without demeaning her husband. She spoke of her kids without making you feel your kids can't measure up. She spoke of her friends without making the reader an outsider. She spoke of her parents and in-laws without slinging mud. She even spoke about changes in life that often trip marriages and individuals that made me imagine her all tussled up from life yet she's still standing up pumping her fist in the air with glee because she came out, maybe not victorious, but more alright.
Mind you, the author has her own values regarding marriage that might not agree with other's but not in a preachy manner.
Overall, this book is a must read for everyone, married or otherwise.
Recommended! ...more
3 1/2 stars This was a cute book, taking readers through most of the adult life of Erma Bombeck. One of my favorite parts was when she and her husband were driving home from a celebration (they had been married several years already, children mostly gone already) and she asks her husband if they've ever had a meaningful conversation in their entire marriage. He says he's not sure and asks what one would sound like. haha! She makes it sound so normal!
3 1/2 stars ...more
I do recommend this book.
I listened to the audio book and it's really good.I do recommend this book.
...more
My most recent book to read was A Marriage Made in Heaven: Or Too Tired for an Affair and was full of gems on getting married, wading through the waters of being a wife and a mother, joining the workforce, becoming super mom, and growing old with your mate.
Excerpts from the book:
What Bill and I lo
When I was a teenager I read several Erma Bombeck books that my mom had checked out of the library. They were hysterical. Even as a teenager, the honesty and humor of everyday life was not lost on me.My most recent book to read was A Marriage Made in Heaven: Or Too Tired for an Affair and was full of gems on getting married, wading through the waters of being a wife and a mother, joining the workforce, becoming super mom, and growing old with your mate.
Excerpts from the book:
What Bill and I looked like and how we lived didn't seem to matter anymore. The impact was driven home one afternoon when I realized there was nothing of either of us left in the house any more. Our hobbies and interests had been regulated to cardboard boxes and stored in the attic. Our favorite books had been replaced by doctors Spock and Seuss. We didn't have toys of our own... they had been replaced by head-bumping mobiles and shin-cracking rocking horses. Even our wedding picture had been replaced by a framed naked baby.
All the wages from both our paychecks went into one account and we shared. All the daily experiences of our individual jobs were exchanged over dinner and we shared. All the child raising and crud detail – the baton twirling classes, the orthodontist appointments, car pools, shopping and errands – were mine alone.
When married couples say "We never argue," it's an incomplete sentence. "We never argue in public/in front of the children/during sex," maybe. But there is something wrong with two people who agree to never disagree.
Women generally hang on to their illusions about romance. They want desperately to believe it's a phase men go through and that one day they will appear at the door with violets out of season, a bottle of wine, and two airline tickets to Paris... That will happen on the day two squirrels sit down at our picnic table feeder and order a corn-on-the-cob daiquiri.
There are no marriage manuals. It's just as well. If there were, no one would get married. It would be like reading a book on how babies are born. They both sound worse than they are. There are no guarantees that marriage will work when you get it home. There are no exchanges or credits or returns. No life-time batteries. It's a high-risk profession.
...more
This being said I remember her very fondly and when a friend picked up this book recently, and it coincided with my recent wedding, I picked up this book and couldn't put it down.
Although it was nice to reconnect with the author, I don't think this was one of her funnier books. Near the beginnin I like many of the reviewers on here read Erma Bombeck as a teenager. I think I may be the only boy to do so. I don't know how many other 12 and 13 year old boys were reading Bombeck in the late eighties.
This being said I remember her very fondly and when a friend picked up this book recently, and it coincided with my recent wedding, I picked up this book and couldn't put it down.
Although it was nice to reconnect with the author, I don't think this was one of her funnier books. Near the beginning of the book I was on the subway reading and I was crying I was laughing so hard. I had to stop! The bit about her husband saying "Why did you wait until you were married to get the mumps?" or sneaking up behind someone and giving them the Heimlich manoeuver were priceless.
Later the book moved into more personal experiences that were nice to share but harder to relate to and therefore less funny. I still had a smile on my face the whole time I read it though. ...more
Erma Bombeck was a true gem. Her wit and keen observations about marriage are right on, even if this book was published almost twenty years ago. It is timeless.
As I was reading this book, I often wondered if she was peeking in my kitchen window, because the things she said about husbands and wives were so true about my own marriage.
Like I said, this book is timeless and I would recommend it to any one who is married or conte
I loved this book! I think that I laughed out loud every other chapter.Erma Bombeck was a true gem. Her wit and keen observations about marriage are right on, even if this book was published almost twenty years ago. It is timeless.
As I was reading this book, I often wondered if she was peeking in my kitchen window, because the things she said about husbands and wives were so true about my own marriage.
Like I said, this book is timeless and I would recommend it to any one who is married or contemplating marriage. It cracked me up.
Too bad my husband hates to read. He might enjoy this one. Then again, he might be insulted by it. I don't think he "gets it" (the humor in any marriage). Maybe that's why I enjoyed this book so much, because Erma and me have like minds.
...more
I was a bit annoyed at the beginning when she was complaining so much about her husband's TV-watching habits. I'm thinking, really? You couldn't figure out this conflict so you just made it into a joke? This seems like one of the easiest issues in a marriage to resolve, but whatever. She's writing just to make us laugh, so that's probably not the way she handled it in real life.
I first thought her humor was kind of over-the-top
I wasn't rolling on the floor laughing, but it was fun nonetheless.I was a bit annoyed at the beginning when she was complaining so much about her husband's TV-watching habits. I'm thinking, really? You couldn't figure out this conflict so you just made it into a joke? This seems like one of the easiest issues in a marriage to resolve, but whatever. She's writing just to make us laugh, so that's probably not the way she handled it in real life.
I first thought her humor was kind of over-the-top, but I enjoyed it more as the book went on. I guess these days I'm more used to sarcastic humor; hers is more hyperbolic humor, if I can make up a term right there :).
...more
I would recomme
Erma Bombeck has a unique way of looking at life and of writing about it. She shines through the pages as being a person who can take the sickness with the health and tries her damndest to see the funny in something that could fill you with despair. While many of the stories are laugh-out-loud funny they also induced a wry smile occasionally and when she spoke about her miscarriages I nearly cried. What she doesn't mention sometimes is almost as important as what she does mention.I would recommend it.
...more 
For 31 years since 1965, Erma Bombeck published 4,000 newspaper articles. Already in the 1970s, her witty columns were read, twice weekly, by thirty million readers of 900 newspapers of USA and Canada
Erma Louise Bombeck, born Erma Fiste, was an American humorist who achieved great popularity for a newspaper column that depicted suburban home life humorously, in the second half of the 20th century.For 31 years since 1965, Erma Bombeck published 4,000 newspaper articles. Already in the 1970s, her witty columns were read, twice weekly, by thirty million readers of 900 newspapers of USA and Canada. Besides, the majority of her 15 books became instant best sellers.
...moreRelated Articles
Welcome back. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account.
Source: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/432285.A_Marriage_Made_in_Heaven
0 Response to "Funny Book on Having an Affair"
Post a Comment