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What’s the score?
The author/s say this chapter is about ‘the collision of expectation and reality’. Simply put, it’s about the constant scorekeeping and bickering that creeps into a marriage post-partum.
Later on, the chapter turns it’s attention to fixing the problem ‘ripping up the scorcard’. Part of the solution being the ‘divide and conquer’ method. Split all tasks fairly and give full commitment to doing your fair share. Practise a little more give and take over chores and in disagreements (aka a little less nagging for the …

Chapter two covers the ‘shock and awe’ factor that I mentioned in my last post, how men and women feel, and, how to survive the first few months (survive being the operative word!). The byline of the title is ‘Welcome to the Trenches’ – sound familiar?
“It’s been said that having a baby is like throwing a hand grenade into a marriage”
Yup, you can exhale deeply, here’s the lowdown. It is all an act, behind closed doors we are all struggling a little with the whole parenting thingy …

How did we get here?
The first chapter covers (briefly) the various changes (and problems!) new parents face, usually unexpectedly!
It promises to take a balanced viewpoint, which it does throughout

we love our husbands and they love us
This is not a girls’ bitching session
Chapter Quote
An iron curtain of secrecy hides the reality…This Global Conspiracy of Silence means that most of us are ill-equipped to deal with the sea of change that a baby brings.

This is sooo true, I was nodding as I read it! My advice to …