Uncomfortable: A Love Story

by Jason Ripper, Diane Ripper, Rik Keller (Photographer)

After twelve years of marriage, ironically we decided to make life more uncomfortable. Once a month for a year, we took on fairly minor challenges -- like stand-up comedy, panhandling, and being handcuffed to each other for a day -- to have something new in common, but we didn't have much of an idea what we'd discover about ourselves or our marriage.

This book tells the stories of the challenges (Jason having to hang out with hippies, Diane having to shoot guns), explores a weird way of getting into middle age, and hopefully has something to say about how all of us, single or joined-at-the-hip, end up dealing with who we've become, for better and worse...or half-naked shopping for tequila and toilet paper at Trader Joe's.

209 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 16, 2016

Reviews

[Grace · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, it was readable-- an easy read. The premise is that a married couple chooses to do uncomfortable things together and then they each write about the experience. OK, some of these things do seem generally uncomfortable. But, 1) so what? I don't think their lives were changed all that much. They did weather the year without divorce, so there's that. 2) I really felt uncomfortable (see?) with the alcohol aspect of the book. There was a lot of getting drunk. More than anyone I personally know, for sure. In fact, one of their months of discomfort was giving up alcohol, and neither of them could do it. Hmmm. Maybe in their next book they will do the twelve steps together.

[Mary Jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

Awesome concept, really enjoyed reading about it.