In Mom Vs Dad, Lucy and Tom Riles have written a brand-new book about family, marriage, and parenting. It encouraged readers to choose whose sides they are on at the end of each chapter. A little background on Lucy and Tom they married in 2008 and they met in a coed softball league in LA. At the time, Lucy loved to wear a cowboy hat and jean shorts. He described his first thoughts on falling in love with her. They revealed the timeline on how they got engaged and married and how the kids came. In the book, Tom briefly discussed how he has worked as a warm-up act for Ellen for over 15 years. They shared in the book how they disagreed on a lot of the small challenges. But they had a strong relationship when it come to the bigger important issues. Lucy opened up about losing her mother to stage 4 melanoma in the first year of their marriage. They also discussed the challenges they faced with their first child and how she had a serious heart defect and was given very low odds-on living. When she was born, they did open heart surgery and this improved her life and is now a thriving child. They opened up about having 5 pregnancies and how they experienced a miscarriage and a stillborn. Lucy shared how she stated how she has four children even though one died stillborn. They shared that they wrote this book to make couples laugh and to have fun with their spouse and to realize the power they can have in their marriage together.
The book discussed multiple topics such as: your wife wearing heels on vacation, sharing food with your partner, complicating a spray tan, phone charging etiquette, hoarder, dad wearing cargo shorts, santa, controlling the thermostat, vacation without the kids, co-sleeping with kids, taking kids to restaurants, right time to have the sex talk, fake symptoms to get out of sex, toothpaste tubes, and much more. Each chapter switches from both authors and shared their views and what they believe. It ends with asking readers who side are they on.
I would recommend this awesome book to anyone who is ready to dive into the topics we face in our marriage and parenting. This book had a unique style in encouraging couples to choose are they on the mom’s side or the dad’s side. Even though, I’m not married or have kids yet I was able to find the humor and see the types of things married couples go through. I loved how they included all sorts of topics couples more than likely fight about on a daily base. Some of my favorite was sharing food, expiration dates, co-sleeping, stressing about messes, cutting your kids hair or taking them somewhere, what age to buy cell phones for your kids, and much more. I immensely enjoyed how open they were in sharing their views on the topics and how they both disagreed on many of the topics but they are able to still stay married to each other. I liked how they were able to share with readers their own personal stories to help readers to relate to. I also connected with Tom’s side of the story when he shared his painful experiences and he compared them to childbirth because like him I broke my toe right before covid-19 hit and I had just recovered before the shut down and all of the new challenges. I also have had kidney stones and I personally think they can compare to childbirth. If you’re looking for a new parenting and marriage book, and you’re seeking a good heartfelt laugh, then read this book!
"I received this book free from the publisher, Hachette Book Group/Faithwords/Worthy for my honest review.”
If you would like to purchase a copy of Mom Vs Dad, check it out on Amazon.com:
https://www.amazon.com/Mom-vs-Dad-Not-So-Serious-Fighting/dp/154603689X
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