Book excerpt: What if husbands had a guidebook relatively simple to understand and apply? A husband of over 28 years offers humorous observations and sound tactics, essentially a field guide, on how to survive a marriage and most importantly to avoid being "dumped on" by your wife for your many real and perceived shortcomings as a husband. Tens of millions of unsuspecting husbands walk around without a clue as to what to do, what just happened, and why am I in the doghouse again with my wife? This book will teach husbands the hidden pathway to a happy, successful marriage. This book offers practical strategies and solutions to a variety of sources of marital friction: relatives, children, pets, budgets, household chores, sex drive, etc. At the most fundamental level, a husband want a wife who is a life-time companion, soul mate, and best friend who will more than occasionally have sex with him. This book will help a husband achieve this success. If the husband won't read the book, then his wife can read it to him while he's watching the MLB Network.