I absolutely adore Laurie Notaro. This is the third book I have read from her and she has not disappointed me yet. Spanning from her early days of dating to her life of marriage, this book left me smiling and laughing. Not because her stories are over-the-top antics but because I can relate to them so much. This may be my favorite memoir from her so far. Her constant moments of “wait, was I supposed to become an adult at some point?”, her sarcasm, and her wit left me unable to put down this book.

I have wondered how incredibly awesome it would be to hang out with this essayist and the other humorist essayist, Jen Lancaster. My amusement would never end I have a feeling. A fun, quick read and very enjoyable.

I really enjoyed the author's humor. I have yet to read any of her books but after this one I plan to read it. I could relate to a lot of the stories considering I am in a fake adulthood as well. I would often laugh at out loud and would have to explain what was so funny to those around me.

Pretty funny. I liked this one more than her first book which just felt like a collection of random articles she had previously published (which I think it was). This book had more of the continuity of a novel while still maintaining the funny, vignette-like glimpses of Notaro's life.

I have a feeling that Laurie Notaro would get along with David Sedaris just fine! Her honest life stories are both heartwarming & hilarious. I enjoy reading books about real people by real people. The author certainly tells it like it is. This one will take you through all of her adult relationship challenges. And oh yes, let's not forget the "weight" struggles that we all have in our lives. In the end, her wit prevails in this gem of a book.

Not my style at all. I got really tired of it very fast and it is one of the few books in my life I decided not to finish. Cannot believe I read 3/4 of it before letting myself let it go. I did not like anything about it - the vocabulary, the style, the content. This book was given to me when I was flying and desperate, having finished all my New Yorkers and books.

My DMIL gave me this book while my DH and I were engaged. It doesn't sound like a nice thing to give your daughter in law but it turns out it really, really was. My mother in law has great taste in humor. This book made me snort 19 times on the first few pages. It was a joke to be in the same room with me while I read it because I would literally laugh every few seconds. Not Guffaw or ha ha.. no laugh.. put the damn book DOWN and LAUGH! Side splitting stuff here.

I want to give it 8 stars.

hilarious!!! laughed out loud a lot...even read parts out loud to my boyfriend as it was seriously sooooo what anyone who has ever lived with the opposite sex has gone through. Laurie Notaro definitely has a gift for writing comedically which can be very tough.

another great point to mention on this book is that each chapter is like it's own short story. You can read one, put it down for months & when you pick it back up it's no problem to jump back in. Super hilarious & lighthearted. I loved reading this while reading other books as it was my go-to book for a total laugh & sometimes that's just what your looking for

Riotously funny! Laurie Notaro strings together the mundane, frustrating, and embarrassing moments, and turns it into pure hilarity.

Even toddlers, pets and siblings do not escape scrutiny and provide many of the messy yet charming vignettes of life.

Also gotta give props to her husband, mom, Nana and Pop Pop who add immensely to her tale of adulthood.

Some stories are random and a little confusing, but the author doesn't back down. Perhaps that's the point... Growing up is all of that and more.

This book made me laugh out loud, snort and tear up as Laurie Notaro proved that age is just a number.

This is my favorite Laurie Notaro book (so far). Notaro is simply hilarious, writing personal essays about her life that will make many women (including me) laugh in embarrassed recognition. There are so many, "YES, I've been there!" moments. Comparisons with David Sedaris are inevitable, although really, the main similarity is simply that both are funny enough that they cause rib pain.

I think this might be my favorite simply for the author's photo, which shows Ms. Notaro in her wedding dress, but no longer holding in her stomach, with her mouth full of cake.

I've tried to read two of Laurie Notaro's books because I love funny/wry/awesome memoirs, but I just can't deal with her over-exaggeration and her endless ways to call herself fat and gross. Body snarking gets old fast with me.

"Each one of my hips has more shelf space than my refrigerator and freezer combined."

"I'm in the body of a white, hairless gorilla."

"I hadn't tinkled since the night before, and my bladder felt as heavy and big as a watermelon."

"I felt my fat, and particularly my two most prominent abdominal tubes, bounce up and down."

"I caught a really strong whiff of a Jewish deli and realized it was coming from my right armpit."

Charmed, I'm sure.

If you haven't read anything by Laurie Notaro then you're living a life devoid of humor. She has written a half dozen books, almost all of which I own and just get funnier as she goes! This particular book, her second, Laurie goes from being a single woman living the high life of a bar stool to a married old lady paying bills on time. Her little vignettes are laugh-out-loud hilarious, especially when talking about her husband who accepts her for the idiotic and mean person she is -- and still loves her.

This is the first of her books I've read cover-to-cover, most of the others I would skip around, re-reading favorite stories. Laurie had me wishing I had a husband to torture and mock. And she proved that even though a woman gives up her freedom and irresponsibility when she gets married, she doesn't have to give up her idiosyncrasies or cigarettes.

I laughed so much reading this that just about everybody at work came to check on me, to see if I was okay, and what I was reading. Hopefully they will pick her up next time they're at the book store. Maybe you will, too.

This was the first Laurie Notaro book I read, and it had me hooked. It's the first book I can remember reading that literally had me laughing out loud. Her humor is fabulous...if you enjoy quick, hilarious reads, she's the author for you!