Warm and funny, this humorous quotation collection heeds advice from famous men and women who have taken the plunge into matrimony. Quotes are divided by relationship issue?choosing a perfect mate, popping the question, the big day, the honeymoon, bedroom techniques, money issues, housekeeping, parenting, and fidelity?and offer useful and entertaining guidance for anyone contemplating or experiencing the varying states of marital bliss. This collection also draws from antique marriage manuals, ranging from Saint Augustine’s fifth-century Excellence of Marriage to Anthony Cotterell’s The Expert Way of Getting Married (1939), adding historical wit and wisdom to this clever compendium.

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Michelle Lovric writes, researches, translates, and designs unique illustrated anthologies and gift books, including the New York Times bestseller Love Letters: An Anthology of Passion, Cats and Their Slaves, Skewered!: The Rudest Food Reviews, Women’s Wicked Wit, and The World’s Greatest Letters.

“There is something for everyone in these pithy, funny, outrageous, enigmatic, feminist, antifeminist, arrogant, self-mocking quotations.”  —Publishers Weekly on Women’s Wicked Wit

“Michelle Lovric tells how to make your next note a veritable Valentine.”  —InStyle on How to Write Love Letters