Quick Tip: A Vampire Book Could Save Your Life
Before I dive into our post, I want to let you know that we have a guest post out today on another marriage site entitled A Good Husband. A Good Husband writes articles about marriage advice for men. Check out his site.
Books Can Be Useful
During our recent trip my wife and I drove all over the place. We went from Virginia to New Jersey, back to Virginia, back up to New Jersey, up to Niagara Falls, down to Pittsburgh, and then back to Virginia. Thanks to construction and mis-hearing the GPS instructions a few times, we spent 25 hours driving. Luckily we had our friends with us for one of the legs, but my wife and I were alone for the other 21 hours of the trip. The trip to Niagara and Pittsburgh was somewhat last minute, so I wasn’t prepared for a long trip in the car. By prepared I don’t mean having snacks, music, books, and other things to do - I mean mentally prepared. I don’t have exact calculations, but I spent at least 4 hours answering questions like, ‘Why did you marry me?” “What do you like about me?” I spent another 2-4 hours listening to my wife cry because I somehow couldn’t figure out the correct answers to her questions. If I only had that paper with my preset answers.
It was this experience that inspired this month’s quick tip series: How to survive a car trip when you are trapped alone with your wife.
The best idea is to get your wife a book so she can occupy herself in the car. My wife has been reading some weirdo book series about vampire teenagers. She brought one of the books in the series with us and read it when she got bored with the baseball games or when there was some down time during the day. Unfortunately she didn’t have it in the car for most of the trip, so I had to be the entertainment. Be sure to get a book that she will enjoy, that is easy to read, and that will last the duration of the trip. NOTE: If your wife gets motion sickness in the car, be sure to get some medicine, otherwise reading will not be an option. ANOTHER NOTE: Try to avoid a sappy love story about high school vampires. There’s only so much you will be able to take as your wife recounts each chapter.
10 Responses to “Quick Tip: A Vampire Book Could Save Your Life”
Okay, can someone give me some background information on the age of the guy writing this? I looked on the About page and saw they’ve been married for 8 years, but not the age? I’m guessing late 20’s?
I want to say in reading this I am thankful for my husband lol. We actually have a blast when “trapped” in the car together. We play goofy games and sing road trip songs. Most of our best memories involve road trips.
We do book swaps, where I’ll read a book and then he will and we talk about it.
My husband isn’t a saint by far, but compared to this guy you wouldn’t know it lol.
Sorry Donkey, I’m new to the site so maybe just these latest ones give the wrong impression of you and I’m off on my thinking and you really aren’t such a putz.
By Shannon on May 2, 2008
Books are useful. I agree. My wife is a bit of a bibliophile herself - but we usually spend a lot of time talking on road trips.
BTW - your guest post got Stumbled, so traffic is starting to go crazy. Just thought you might want to know.
By cory at AGoodHusband on May 2, 2008
The real travesty here is that someone is reading a book during a baseball game. The Constitution explicitly states that the only reading that is allowed during a baseball game either involves the scoreboard or the program. Any other reading results in immediate revocation of your U.S. citizenship and being shipped off to Cuba with the rest of the Communists. What’s next? Renouncing apple pie?
By Mr. Mustachio on May 2, 2008
Woops, looks like you’re getting famous here.
I can’t believe after 8 years of marriage you don’t know about this! You should read the cliff notes for those books and have a real discussion on them. They’re very good. I’ll tutor you on them, if you like.
By Cass on May 2, 2008
you should make an audio recording of yourself reading your list and other such responses that way when the interrogation starts just pop in the recording
By phillyz on May 2, 2008
let’s hear the wife’s side of the story, i recall that she was going crazy having to play fifty million games of 20 questions where the subjects are famous people she’s never heard of. i want the wife’s post about how to survive a car trip with the donkey….
By chelsea on May 2, 2008
I am reading the same weirdo vampire teenage romance series (I am assuming, twilight?), driving my husband crazy with it. Small world.
By Penny on May 2, 2008
I agree: let’s hear what your wife has to say about the trip!
By Jane on May 3, 2008
LMAO! Yay! Another Twilighter! I totally drove my husband crazy! You know there is a website for us “older” Twilight ladies called twilightmoms. (http://twilightmomsforums.freeforums.org) You should come join us! LOL! What book are you on OR how many times have you read the series? I am reading her new book The Host. Very awesome!
By Ashley Seales on May 10, 2008
Get a good book on tape or cd at your library for the long road trips. Make sure it is at least something you both would like. When the chit chat becomes uncomfortable, switch on the player with the book in it and say, “I am dying to find out what happens next!” A good unabridged novel will run you 8-10 hours of listening joy.
By karlmalone on May 11, 2008