Status Updates From The Bad Husband's Handbook ...

Ok things are finally getting better but man in the beginning, Dante was punchable af. Reuben has way more patience than me.

life is rarely so straightforward, so devoid of nuance. [...] there are shades of grey and a drifting, liminal space where good can coexist with wicked and people are flawed but, ultimately, wonderful and caring and so much bigger than the confines of happily ever after.

love is not a leonard cohen song, it doesn't have to be intense and dark and everneeding. sometimes love is loading the dishwasher without being asked. it's putting the baby to bed and reading the toddler a second bedtime story and feeling the solid warmth of your husband against you on the couch for a minute or two. sometimes it's just like that.

this is so damn good so far. if it continues to be this good, then i finally have another winner i can put in my special shelf.

a highly recommended book from a few people, but not a lot of people have rated this here?! oh this book is gonna put me through the wringer ...multiple times. i can feel it.