Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE Now Why the Heck Would I Want to Do That?

Tackling the But
Put Your Breasts to the Test
Is Five Years Too Much?
The Daycare Dilemma
The Two-Income Society Sham
Guilt to the Hilt
Out With the Leftovers
Quality Time, Schmality Time
Leaving a Legacy

CHAPTER TWO It's All About the Ching-Ching

A Material... a Material...a Material World
Here's the Plan, Stan...
An Industry Made of Cottage Cheese
The Joneses Filed For Bankruptcy
Credit Card Trap
Expect the Unexpected

CHAPTER THREE Secrets From a Scrimping Scrooge

Appetites of the Tight and Parsimonious
Quibble While You Work
"Oh Martha...your house is so purty!"
Taming the Mane
Shopping for the Fig Leaf
Stirring the Nerd in You
Let's Go Surfin' Now...
Gathering the 'ol Cart and Bull
A Place to Park Your Testosterone

CHAPTER FOUR Now That You're Home

Clock Watchers
HI-HO HI-HO...It's Overscheduling You Know!
Satan...On Line Two
Raising Your Little Adults
CONCLUSION

To Conclude, Dude