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The Mr. & Mrs. Happy Handbook: Everything I Know About Love and Marriage (with corrections by Mrs. Doocy) | 
 enlarge | Author: Steve Doocy
Publisher: William Morrow
Category: Book
New (6) Used (9) from $3.13
Rating:  88 reviews
Sales Rank: 512171
Format: Bargain Price
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.2 x 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.81
ASIN: B000PGTEUG
Publication Date: October 1, 2006
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Product Description
Funny, provocative, and sometimes counter-intuitive advice on the best ways for both men and women to make a relationship work. In "The Mr. and Mrs. Happy Handbook", Steve Doocy will attempt to give all men and women answers to the questions that arise in their relationships. Riffing on everything from the first date, first kiss, to last rites, Doocy talks about the crazy arcs that each relationship takes, from dating, proposing, wedding, honeymooning, being married, having kids, to making it work. Doocy has been married for twenty years, but he's not declaring this a self-help book. It's more of a don't try this at home book. Doocy's an expert on what not to do, because he's already done all the dumb stuff, and he's learned from his mistakes. Plus, for anything he has not learned, and for additional WMD (women, men, dating) brilliance, Doocy has included bits and pieces from his celebrity interviews, which will make the reader feel simpatico with the rich and famous.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 83 more reviews...
 Hilarious: You're About To Laugh So Hard - So Make Sure You're Close To A Bathroom! October 19, 2006
Peter Senese (Los Angeles, California)
62 out of 75 found this review helpful
Hilarious!
This happens to be one of the funniest, and perhaps most useful books I have read in a long time! Yes, the world knows that boys and girls are different: our perspectives, our needs, and the way we communicate; however, in `The Mr. & Mrs. Happy Handbook: Everything I Know About Love and Marriage (with corrections by Mrs. Doocy)' by Steve Doocy I can't recall when a book celebrating the differences allowed the reader to remember one simple rule of life for which I think most individuals get married for: be happy!
Starting out with girl meets boy, or boy meets girl, or boy meets boy, or girl meets girl - whatever: marriage is the beginning of INTENDED long term happiness through partnership. Yet, there's this thing we all face: LIFE! Crap happens! How we deal with it . . . before the kids sets the pace. Doocy is trying and succeeding to share with us all not to take things too seriously, have a little compassion, and laugh as much as you can regardless of what happens. Be flexible. Then more stuff happens: CHILDREN! More flexibility is required! Doocy delivers such interesting stories relating to the life of marriage and children, that there's many things here for many different readers.
Cleverly dissecting most events married (or formerly married) individuals and parents alike can relate to, `The Mr. & Mrs. Happy Handbook: Everything I Know About Love and Marriage (with corrections by Mrs. Doocy)', is filled with such funny one-line zingers and hilariously awkward situations that readers who are married or intending to get married should truly consider running out and reading this most enjoyable book! I would like to provide one helpful hint to all readers before you begin reading: make sure you don't drink much liquid and make sure there's a bathroom close by! Who knew Doocy was so funny?! I may have to reconsider this whole thing of marriage myself one day soon.
Hilarious and helpful October 30, 2006
Frank J. Konopka (Shamokin, PA)
41 out of 50 found this review helpful
Even though my wife and I have been married almost twice as long as Steve Doocy (37 years, and countiing), it never hurts to get someone else's take on how to have a happy marriage. Steve is a very funny fellow, and I enjoy watching him every weekday morning on "Fox and Friends". He adds some brightness into any morning that appears gloomy to me, and his book does the same. His take on marriage, with all its fun and follies rings quite true, and the humor with which he presents it softens any heavy lesson being put across. All I can say is that his wife must be one outstanding lady to have lived with him all of these years, but I feel the same way about my own wife: why do such tremendous women select guys like Steve and me? Just one of life's little mysteries!
FUNNY FUNNY BOOK October 18, 2006
Bill Wilson (Los Angeles)
39 out of 43 found this review helpful
The book is a combination Dave Barry and Irma Bombeck, looking at married life, that is loud laugh funny.
I particularly enjoyed the vignettes about the authors honeymoon at a leper colony with his wife 'Meg Ryan', the time the "naked gardener" wound up in the emergency room, and what happened when he bought his wife a coat 12 sizes too big. Also I can identify with him volunteering to coach his son's team, because nobody else would put his kid in the game.
I've seen this guy on the news, but I had no idea he was this FUNNY!
And there's actually a heart and soul to this book that leaves a positively great feeling about marriage.
This is now my official wedding gift (with a fifty taped inside). I've ordered copies for my my wife's sister, my parents, hers, and friends who are getting married in November.
I might start watching this guy more on tv, to see if he's this funny in real life!
 It Was Okay, But... November 14, 2006
D. Fordham (Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, USA)
32 out of 48 found this review helpful
After reading the reviews, I bought the book and was prepared to be entertained, but the reviews were much more entertaining than the book! My husband tried to read it, but couldn't get through the first few chapters. I read the whole thing, but by the second half it was more to justify the cost than the fact that I was really enjoying it.
I never watch FoxNews and have no clue who Mr. Doocy is, but I feel like a lot of the humor was "you gotta be there" or "you gotta know the people involved." I was hoping for pearls of wisdom about marriage, but didn't really find any. Or how men think, but still nothing. I was hoping to give this to my newlywed children, but I don't see that they will get anything out of it. Had he spent more time developing the characters of his wife and children, I think it would have been easier for me to relate to.
This is really not all about marriage. Many of the sections don't talk about his marriage at all, and few really relate to their interreactions. It is mostly about his life as a father and married man. A lot of name-dropping is in the book, and it doesn't work well. The stories themselves are fine, but they are not told with enthusiasm and excitement.
This is not a book you will want to read more than once, refer back to, or give to a friend. So if you are interested, better to check it out of the library.
Steve....the ultimate humorist! October 20, 2006
Starr Fagerstrom (Jamestown, NY)
20 out of 25 found this review helpful
Being an avid fan of Fox & Friends already, having watched it for years & years, when I knew Steve was writing a book - first thing I thought, this will be a smash hit! He's hilarious on the show and I knew that it would leak over to his book. I had to get a copy & was the first one in my town that bought one! Unfortunately, not with an autograph :(((
Steve's done a great job combining love, marriage & humor - and splicing them together for a happy & successful marriage. Way to go Steve!
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