The first part about getting married was fun. She leads you on the big adventure from picking out the big juju dress to what to serve at the reception. The later part for divorce wasn't really any fun at all. I can see where they'd bookend each other, but really didn't like the 2nd part at all. ( )

Although this is a butt-shakin' hilarious book...the advice is dead right on serious. Many of us would think the advice is a "no-brainer", but in truth it isn't....

One thing that really grabbed my attention was her take on love & olfactory sense. I've thought long & hard about how our sense of smell & pheromones effect our hearts.... and I came to the conclusion that love, smell & pheromones are all tied up together and mostly we fall in love due to the pheromones of that main squeeze. I was surprised to find out that she concurred with my assessment, which in turn made me sigh with relief that I'm not so crazy-thinking after all!

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"Because lemme tell you something else I learned the very hard way: Every potential husband is a potential ex-husband or even a potential dead husband, and you need a plan just in case either scenario develops down the road."

"What if a whole bunch of guys got together and just started hollering at the top of their lungs that there was a really great sexual opportunity right here for any interested females? Sounds like any bar I've been in actually."
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I got some really interesting looks when I was reading this book. I liked it. I had a friend going through a divorce and we had a small party like the ones described in the book. I think it helped. ( )

No matter where you are in your marriage-anything from planning to meet the future groom to trying to decide how big to make the bonfire of the ex husband's crap-this is the book that tells a woman most of the things her friends are trying to tell her nicely. But they love her so they can't be nice about it-so get a big, funny Southern woman to tell you what you need to know. In classic Southern way, Browne regails you with stories of her friends, leaves you in stitches, offers a few yummy recipes (who wants to diet when something so important is happening?), and helps you plan any number of parties you need to feel. Her conversational tone gives the image that, were you to visit to Mississippi for the SPW march, you could walk up to her and give her a bear hug.

Just a note-I get quickly annoyed by the tone many authors take-the whole "New York is the best place in the world and anyone else is a poor backwards rube." It can take away from any other hillarity that follows. Browne, being a proud Southerner, does the opposite: "You're a Yankee! Why bless your heart. Don't y'all want to move to where it isn't snowing all the time? Oh, and get over yourself." I find that hillarious, but if it grates on your nerves, skip this helpful, funny, and friendly book. It's your loss. ( )