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have children, whether it’s temporary or permanent, is extremely distressing. (There is something tragic and yet ridiculous about those abortive threshings night after night.) Outsiders should not contribute to this distress by asking stupid questions.
I couldn’t have children and, after seven traumatic years of trailing from doctor to doctor, we finally in extreme trepidation adopted one. It has been an un-qualified success. Within twenty-four hours of the child’s arrival we were infatuated with him, and couldn’t imagine life without him.
Everyone told us we were too set in our ways. You lead such a full life, they said. Too full? Too empty? Too full perhaps of empty things. Children are not nearly so much work as alarmist mothers crack them up to be, and they are more fun than one could believe possible.
One of the great revelations of my life was how immeasurably much better life was when one was married than unmarried. Another was how much better marriage is when one has children.
Conclusion
I AM FULLY aware of the inadequacies of this book. Some aspects of marriage are covered very scantily and some not at all, and because I was writing about staying married, I have dwelt more on the pitfalls than on the very considerable joys of marriage.
‘For everyone, and particularly for women and children,’ Cecil King wrote recently, ‘the essential basis for security and happiness is a loving home.’ Marriage is not a battlefield, it is a partnership, and married people should be partners not rivals. And although it is important to be a reliable wage earner, a splendid cook, a good manager, and magnificent in bed, the most priceless gift one married person can give to another is a merry and a loving heart.
About the Author
Jilly Cooper , OBE, is a journalist, writer and superstar. She lives in Gloucestershire with her husband Leo, her rescue greyhounds Feather and Bluebell, and her black cat Feral.
She is the author of many number-one bestselling novels including the recently published Jump! . How to Stay Married , originally published in 1969, was her very first book.
Also by Jilly Cooper
FICTION
Riders
Rivals
Polo
The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous
Appassionata
Score!
Pandora
Wicked!
Jump!
NON-FICTION
Animals in War
Class
How to Survive Christmas
Hotfoot to Zabriskie Point (with Patrick Lichfleld)
Intelligent and Loyal
Jolly Marsupial
Jolly Super
Jolly Supelative
Jolly Super Too
Super Cooper
Super Jilly
Men and Supermen
Women and Supermen
The Common Years
Turn Right at the Spotted Dog
How to Stay Married
How to Survive from Nine to Five
Angels Rush In
Araminta's Wedding
CHlLDREN'S BOOKS
Little Mabel
Little Mabel's Great Escape
Little Mabel Saves the Day
Little Mabel Wins
ROMANCE
Bella
Emily
Harriet
Imogen
Lisa & Co
Octavia
Prudence
ANTHOLOGIES
The British In Love
Violets and Vinegar
TRANSWORLD PUBLISHERS
61–63 Uxbridge Road, London W5 5SA
A Random House Group Company
www.transworldbooks.co.uk
First published in Great Britain
in 1969 by Methuen & Co Ltd
Mandarin Paperbacks edition published 1988
This updated edition published in 2011 by Bantam Press
an imprint of Transworld Publishers
Copyright © Jilly Cooper 1969, 2011
Drawings copyright © Methuen & Co Ltd 1969
Jilly Cooper has asserted her right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the author of this work.
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
Version 1.0 Epub ISBN 9781446497982
ISBN 9780593069363 (cased)
This ebook is copyright material and must not be copied, reproduced, transferred, distributed, leased, licensed or publicly performed or used in any way except as specifically permitted in writing by the publishers, as allowed under the terms and conditions under which it was purchased or as strictly permitted by applicable copyright law. Any
I couldn’t have children and, after seven traumatic years of trailing from doctor to doctor, we finally in extreme trepidation adopted one. It has been an un-qualified success. Within twenty-four hours of the child’s arrival we were infatuated with him, and couldn’t imagine life without him.
Everyone told us we were too set in our ways. You lead such a full life, they said. Too full? Too empty? Too full perhaps of empty things. Children are not nearly so much work as alarmist mothers crack them up to be, and they are more fun than one could believe possible.
One of the great revelations of my life was how immeasurably much better life was when one was married than unmarried. Another was how much better marriage is when one has children.
Conclusion
I AM FULLY aware of the inadequacies of this book. Some aspects of marriage are covered very scantily and some not at all, and because I was writing about staying married, I have dwelt more on the pitfalls than on the very considerable joys of marriage.
‘For everyone, and particularly for women and children,’ Cecil King wrote recently, ‘the essential basis for security and happiness is a loving home.’ Marriage is not a battlefield, it is a partnership, and married people should be partners not rivals. And although it is important to be a reliable wage earner, a splendid cook, a good manager, and magnificent in bed, the most priceless gift one married person can give to another is a merry and a loving heart.
About the Author
Jilly Cooper , OBE, is a journalist, writer and superstar. She lives in Gloucestershire with her husband Leo, her rescue greyhounds Feather and Bluebell, and her black cat Feral.
She is the author of many number-one bestselling novels including the recently published Jump! . How to Stay Married , originally published in 1969, was her very first book.
Also by Jilly Cooper
FICTION
Riders
Rivals
Polo
The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous
Appassionata
Score!
Pandora
Wicked!
Jump!
NON-FICTION
Animals in War
Class
How to Survive Christmas
Hotfoot to Zabriskie Point (with Patrick Lichfleld)
Intelligent and Loyal
Jolly Marsupial
Jolly Super
Jolly Supelative
Jolly Super Too
Super Cooper
Super Jilly
Men and Supermen
Women and Supermen
The Common Years
Turn Right at the Spotted Dog
How to Stay Married
How to Survive from Nine to Five
Angels Rush In
Araminta's Wedding
CHlLDREN'S BOOKS
Little Mabel
Little Mabel's Great Escape
Little Mabel Saves the Day
Little Mabel Wins
ROMANCE
Bella
Emily
Harriet
Imogen
Lisa & Co
Octavia
Prudence
ANTHOLOGIES
The British In Love
Violets and Vinegar
TRANSWORLD PUBLISHERS
61–63 Uxbridge Road, London W5 5SA
A Random House Group Company
www.transworldbooks.co.uk
First published in Great Britain
in 1969 by Methuen & Co Ltd
Mandarin Paperbacks edition published 1988
This updated edition published in 2011 by Bantam Press
an imprint of Transworld Publishers
Copyright © Jilly Cooper 1969, 2011
Drawings copyright © Methuen & Co Ltd 1969
Jilly Cooper has asserted her right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the author of this work.
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
Version 1.0 Epub ISBN 9781446497982
ISBN 9780593069363 (cased)
This ebook is copyright material and must not be copied, reproduced, transferred, distributed, leased, licensed or publicly performed or used in any way except as specifically permitted in writing by the publishers, as allowed under the terms and conditions under which it was purchased or as strictly permitted by applicable copyright law. Any
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