Dear Dr. Laura, 

After purchasing and reading both of your books, "The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands" and "The Proper Care and Feeding of Marriage", I gave them to my wife to read. They were put aside for several months, so I asked her about them, but my wife refused to read either one. 

When my oldest step-son became engaged, I wrapped "The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands" and gave it to his fiancé for her wedding shower. Several weeks after the wedding, I asked her if she had read the book. She admitted she hadn't, and then told me her mother borrowed it. Although things didn't work out as I had hoped, I take comfort in the fact that maybe someday when my daughter-in-law is not loving or patient with my step-son, she will get the proper advice from her mother. I plan to give the new couple the other book for their first anniversary. 

Gregory