Husbands : An Owner's Manual

Don't put on the bangle without reading the manual Marriage is for life, not just for Christmas (or Spring or Summer).

It's an all-too-familiar scene: the big day went well (apart from that incident between the two mothers-in-law and the cake knife), you've got your partner home, taken them out of the box, unwrapped them, only to find that you've been sent the wrong model This one nags, snores, never puts the seat down, always leaves the seat down, and never fails to act surprised when it's time to cough up at the supermarket checkout, prompting a frantic search for payment (like, did they think that this time it was going to be free?). And yet all of this stress can be avoided simply by careful planning and, no pun intended, good husbandry. "Husbands: An Owner's Manual and "Wives: An Owner's Manual will help snap you out of that misty eyed trance you'll have lapsed into before the big day and hit you with some real-life, hard-to-stomach, home truths about your spouse.

Read up on essential information such as training, daily routines, foot care, mating and of course, the unmissable glossary of classic breeds. Being married is nothing like owning a dog. But like owning a dog, you have to be able to read the signs.

You have to know the difference between a request for food and a request for a vigorous workout. And never mix them up.