Saturday, May 19, 2012

Happy Together: 500 Things to do for and with your sweetheart by Ken Shafer

If you are romantic and like lists, this is the book for you. This is a very easy to go through book and, given my experience with the former one, I had quite enjoyed myself. Out of the 500 pieces of advice 25% will not apply to you, maybe even more, but it's Saturday morning and I am feeling generous. "Why not?" you might ask. Maybe you don't have kids, or maybe you don't own a car, or maybe you have no musical talent whatsoever, or maybe you don't own a pet.

Besides the 500 suggestions the book has some cute and funny graphics, relating to some of the recommendations. To give you some idea of what this book is about, here are some quotes:
No.20 Openly recognize the fact that your sweetheart is intelligent.
No.30 Play a board game together.
No.158 Let your sweetheart spend time with his friends.
No.159 Make a list of plans for the future.
No.408 Take part in a festival together. 

If you are in a relationship and never thought of doing some of these things with your significant other,  you really have a problem as an individual and as a couple. The suggestions in this book are common sense and you should take this book more as a "to-do list" than as a study book. You don't have anything to learn from this book, but it might remind you of certain things you wanted to do and forgot because of your busy life (e.g. work and other problems that might make your relationship monotonous). 

My suggestion is: read it together and mark the things you want to do with and for your sweetheart. It will remind you that being a couple is not just about house chores and watching TV together. This was a pleasant read for me, so give it a go.

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