Introduction A Bit Quite a Lot about the Author    1  (5)
  PART ONE HIM
    150 Years With One Person
      My Husband Is a Caramel                      6  (5)
      Can't Live with Him but Fell in Love         11 (3)
      Can't Sleep with Him but It's His Bed Too    14 (4)
      No, You're Not Losing Your Hair              18 (3)
      When My Husband Does the Dishes He Wants     21 (4)
      Sex
    Sexy Time
      Sleep Is Better Than Sex                     25 (3)
      How to Kill a Mood                           28 (4)
      We're Doing It Tomorrow                      32 (3)
      Dating the Spouse                            35 (3)
      Bring the Ice-Cream into Bed                 38 (4)
      No Sex, Please - I'm Flirting                42 (5)
      In My Head                                   47 (4)
    Love Is A Battlefield
      Woman Are from Here, Men Are from Way        51 (5)
      over There
      Ludicrous Debates about Preposterous         56 (3)
      Issues
      Not in Front of the Kids                     59 (6)
  PART TWO THEM
    Becoming Mum
      I Caught Vomit in My Hands                   65 (4)
      One Day You Will Cut Your Child's Hair       69 (4)
      Make Him Drink the Bathwater                 73 (3)
      When One Is Not Enough                       76 (3)
      Don't Believe What You See                   79 (3)
    People I Grew In My Womb
      Save for Therapy                             82 (4)
      Endless Chatter                              86 (3)
      In One Ear, Out the Other                    89 (3)
      Maternal Creative Truths                     92 (3)
      Not My Children                              95 (3)
      Crime and Punishment                         98 (5)
      Time for Bed                                 103(3)
      Not Down Yet                                 106(2)
      Mother's Day... Or Not                       108(3)
    Twelve Years Of Lunch Boxes
      A Curriculum of TV                           111(3)
      Parents Go to School Too                     114(3)
      Assemble Here                                117(3)
      Homework Hell                                120(3)
      The Children Have Lapsed into Comas          123(4)
      Summoned                                     127(2)
    Fun And Games
      Open House                                   129(3)
      Are We Having Fun Yet?                       132(3)
      It's My (Child's) Party and I'll Cry If I    135(3)
      Want To
      Extreme Quality Time                         138(5)
      Better Be Worth It                           143(4)
      Doing the Group Thing                        147(2)
      A Day(trip) in the Life                      149(3)
    Keeping House
      God Grant Me a Housekeeper                   152(5)
      Domestic Goddess... Not                      157(3)
      I'll Die with a Sponge in My Hand            160(4)
      Darwinian Household Management               164(3)
      Shop at Your Own Risk                        167(5)
      Supermarket Etiquette                        172(3)
    Sick And Tired
      Inpatient Insights                           175(3)
      A Giant Pain                                 178(3)
      Anyone Else Would Be in Hospital             181(3)
      Men Collapse, Women Soldier On               184(2)
    Feeding Time
      Food Foibles                                 186(2)
      Fruit Does Not Count as Dessert              188(3)
      Forget MasterChef                            191(3)
      Creative Cooking                             194(2)
      Motherhood Mindless Eating                   196(5)
  PART THREE ME
    Besties And Best-Nots
      My Glue                                      201(2)
      Toxic Friends                                203(4)
      Really Must Get Together Soon                207(4)
      Leave a Message                              211(4)
      You Have Mail                                215(2)
    Looking Good Pretty Ordinary, Really
      Au Naturel? Au No!                           217(3)
      When Good Faces Go Bad                       220(3)
      It Really Catches the Light                  223(3)
      Effort, Not Quality                          226(2)
      Caught with Your Standards Down              228(2)
      That Thing I (Don't) Do                      230(3)
      Bag of Shame                                 233(3)
    Survival
      Buy Me                                       236(4)
      Help Wanted                                  240(5)
      Adults' Night Out                            245(6)
      Mums Go Off                                  251(3)
      Up, Up and Away!                             254(3)
      Guilt Trip                                   257(3)
      Lost in Fantasy                              260(6)
Epilogue So Is It All Worth It?                    264(4)
      Bibliography Books We Wish Were on the       266(2)
      Shelf
Even More About Me Life and Other Crises           268(2)
Thank You                                          270