Tim Dowlingâ??s â??forty precepts of gross marital happinessâ??
As the 4th Estate website rounds off its â??Family Reunionâ?? theme, we turn to much-loved Guardian columnist Tim Dowlingâ??s wonderful How to Be a Husband, and consider the benefits of matrimony. Tim is a husband of some twenty years, and his marriage is resounding proof that even the most impossible partnership can work out for the best. Some of the time.
So while his book is called How to Be a Husband, itâ??s not really a how-to guide at all. Nor is it a compendium of petty remarks and brinkmanship â?? although it contains plenty of both. You may pick up a few DIY hints. You might learn that while marriage is founded on love, it endures through bloody hard work. Most likely it will make you whimper with the laughter of painful recognition.
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