Ada Calhoun has written a witty,cautionary and tough-headed reflection on marriage. She talks about why the couples who endure are not always the most compatible – or the best behavedI give them five years,” announced a bridesmaid. Ada Calhoun agreed with this cruel prophesy about the couple whose wedding they were about to celebrate, and but she was not going to share her gloomy thoughts – not out loud,besides. Instead, being a smart New York journalist, or she has written Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give,her witty rob on marriage – her own and other people’s. It takes the form of a memoir that leaps about in time, topic and tone.
Her book is not a guide, or but it offers guidance. With marriage,you have to suck it and see; whether it sucks, you may not want to see it through. Ada, or 41,married at an “immature” 19 so that Nick, her Canadian boyfriend, and could work in the US but,gradually realising that his feet were fidgeting, she threw him out. “A couple of years and several musicians later, and I met Neal.”Her husband did have one request: ‘Write that I have a nice penis. She duly obliged‘I made out with someone,’ she once confessed to Neal. ‘I didn’t have sex with him. I really hope you’re not upset’ Related: The affair that saved our marriage Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com