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Hitched : The Go-Girl Guide to the First Year of Marriage ReviewAs both a newlywed and an avid reader, I've been searching for books to provide some witty and amusing insights into marriage. However, given that I'm in my mid-30s and that I lived with my husband for almost 9 years prior to our recent marriage, I recognized that most of the books out there won't really apply to me. I was hoping that HITCHED would be different: the author, Julia Bourland, is in her 30s, and she also lived with her husband for several years prior to marraige. Sadly, while I did find her book to be humorous and engaging, it wasn't what I was hoping for.
My first disappointment about this book was that Bourland spent the first fourth discussing the pre-engagement, engagement, wedding, and honeymoon periods. This seemed somewhat unneccessary and even dishonest to me: after all, the subtitle of the book refers to the "First Year of Marriage," so that's what I had expected to read about. This section really offerred nothing that I hadn't already via various other books on marriage. Eventually, Bourland turns to the marriage itself, but even here, she spends too much time focusing on issues which usually come up immediately after the wedding (eg, the paperwork involved in the name-change process). She goes on to review some of the factors involved in setting up a household; given that my husband and I already owned a house, I found this section to be completely inapplicable to my situation. She also talks about topics such as time management, division of labor, and negotiation. Although there was some useful information here, again, couples who lived together before marriage are likely to have worked through most of these issues already.
More successful was the next chapter, as Bourland goes on to discuss changes that you can expect in yourself. Given that I recently went out and got my own post-wedding chop (haircut), I found I could relate to the more universal types of issues described here. Similarly, the chapters which follow address marital problems related to sex, money, and in-laws, three areas of difficulties with wide-spread application to young newlyweds and veteran couples alike. Although the suggestions provided were often fairly common-sense, Bourland's down-to-earth style keeps the writing interesting. Chapter 8, titled "On becoming a 'smug married'," was exactly what I had wanted from this book--a discussion of the factors which change due to the marriage itself rather than to the fact of living with someone in an intimate relationship, such as a change in status, separation from single girlfriends, etc. Bourland ends the book with a review of her six gospels of marriage (flexibility, friendship, faith, fantasy, fecundity, and farsightness) as well as some tips for anniversary celebrations.
Although this book was not exactly what I had hoped for, it was still an enjoyable read. As mentioned previously, Bourland has a likeable writing style, and the book has many funny moments. In addition, to prepare for writing the book, she interviewed 60 married women about their experiences during the first year; the various quotes and insights from these women truly enhance the final result. This is definitely a good book, but one that is not necessarily applicable to all newlyweds.
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