From the man who closed the lid forever on the "toilet seat
debate" in the New York Times bestseller Essential
Manners for Men comes the follow-up book that paves the way
for couples everywhere to fix relationship problems before they
start.
Peter Post offers the secrets to a long and happy marriage or
partnership-without psychoanalysis or prescription medication. The
good news: often just a few simple words or actions can mend a
rift. Essential Manners for Couples reveals how easy it
can be to keep the spark in your relationship.
With self-deprecating humor, clarity, and wit, Peter recounts
couples' most mischievous manners foibles (his own included).
Essential Manners for Couples is based on Emily Post
Institute surveys, Peter's years of fielding thousands of etiquette
questions, popular demand from couples attending his national
lectures and workshops, and his experience as a husband and
father.
Peter looks at couples' private lives and public lives,
revealing the common "flashpoints"-the places, situations, and
times when inconsiderate behavior is most likely to invade your
blissful coupledom. He offers "etiquette imperatives"-simple truths
and concise nuggets of advice not to be ignored, including:
- Permissive flirting: How to define parameters and enjoy verbal
combat with the opposite sex.
- The "Chore I.Q." test-are you really divvying up the workload
fairly?
- When you hate her friends: socializing with the enemy.
- Enter children: Good parents still spend time together as a
couple.
- Bedroom etiquette-getting beyond the headache excuse.
- Interactions with in-laws-smooth merge or crash and burn?
- Where to go for the holidays: surviving family visits and how
to say "no."
- Balancing life with your other significant other-your work ...
and much more.
Essential Manners for Couples is a must-have resource
for the couple who wants to celebrate their union and strengthen
it. As Peter Post says, "By using the principles of etiquette,
couples can avoid many of the potholes on the road of their shared
life, and the ones they do hit are smaller and more manageable."
With this book in hand, you'll enhance your relationship, head off
hostilities, and have fun doing it.