contents

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Introduction

moms & dads

No Presents for Dad

Call Your Mother Before She’s Dead

Tiger Mom vs. Ice-Cream Mom

Things You Find on Mom

Don’t Ask Your Father

Your Children Should at Least Think You Might Spank Them

Things You Find on Dad

Stop Trying to Be Cool

children

Welcome to Plain Pasta, Can I Take Your Order?

The Kid with the Googly Eye

Your Baby Doesn’t Want to Go Anywhere with You

Boys Stink

How to Yell at Your Children

Morning People

In Defense of Family Vacations

The Happiest Place on Earth?

No Fighting Before Coffee

Least Popular Baby Names

School Sucks!

family life

Someone Threw Up There

Worst Family Vacation Spots

Nuttier Than a Fruitcake

No Phones at the Tablay

Stay Out of the Emergency Room

Tell Me that Story Again

Bad Family Games

Birthday Parties Belong at Home

Fun Family Traditions

husbands

There Are No Great Guys

Don’t Drag Him to an Art Gallery While on Vacation

Things Husbands Lie About

You Aren’t Marrying Who You Think You Are

John Is Dead

wives

The Wife Lie Detector

The Importance of the Forced Romantic Getaway

We’ll Sleep When We’re Dead

That Cute Thing She Does

What Men Think Their Wives Do in the Bathroom

Leave the Past Alone

There’s No Such Thing as a Soul Mate

pets

Your Cat Thinks You’re Too Needy

Your Dog Doesn’t Want to Go to a Restaurant with You

Get a Fish

Good Family Pets

Requiem for Smokey

Bad Family Pets

grandparents

Fishing for Sky

Old People Shouldn’t Twerk

Perfect Gift Ideas for Grandma

Who’s Watching Who?

Bad Gift Ideas for Grandma

the outlaws

Your Father-in-Law Doesn’t Like You Either

Best Places to Bring Your Daughter’s Boyfriend

Your Mom’s Not the Boss of Me

brothers & sisters

Mistake in the Woods

The Brother I Never Had

aunts, uncles & cousins too

Cool Aunt vs. Creepy Aunt

Uncle Al, All the Kids’ Pal

Cool Things to Do with Your Uncle When You’re Young

Your Cousins Will Ruin Your Life

strangers

Rocky Road

New Americans

Trolls

Techno-Idiots

The Super Sports Fan

The Angry, Middle-Aged White Guy

Hot Moms

Know-Nothing Life Masters

People to Avoid on a Plane

And, Finally … Just Eat the Bread

Acknowledgments

Coupons

About the Author

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