You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up: A Love Story

You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up: A Love Story

In this hilarious and ultimately moving memoir, comedians and real-life married couple Annabelle Gurwitch and Jeff Kahn prove that in marriage, all you need is loveâ€”and a healthy dose of complaining, codependence, and pinot noir.
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After thirteen years of being married, Annabelle and Jeff have found â€œWeâ€™re just not that into us.â€ Instead of giving up, theyâ€™ve held their relationship together by ignoring conventional wisdom and fostering a lack of intimacy, by using parenting as a competitive sport, and by dropping out of couples therapy. The he-said/she-said chronicle of their intense but loving marriage includes an unsentimental account of the medical odyssey that their family embarked upon after their infant son was diagnosed with VACTERL, a very rare series of birth defects. Annabelle and Jeffâ€™s unforgivingly raw, uproariously funny story is sure to strike both laughter and terror in the hearts of all couples (not to mention every single man or woman who is contemplating the connubial state).
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Serving up equal parts sincerity and cynicism, You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up is a laugh-out-loud must-read for everyone who has come to realize that being â€œin loveâ€ can only get you so far.
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On Cohabitation
He says: â€œWithin days of Annabelleâ€™s arrival, I became very aware that she demanded solitude and had the housekeeping habits of a feral animal.â€

She says: â€œThe guy had some sort of nudity radar. When I would take my clothes off for even a second, Jeff would be in front of me cheering as if heâ€™d scored box seats at Fenway Park.â€
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On Sex
He says: â€œI want to have sex every day, but Annabelle only wants to do it once a week. So we compromise: we have sex once a week.â€

She says: â€œJeff says talking about money before you have sex is a turnoff, but itâ€™s only a turnoff if youâ€™re talking about not having money. Talking about money before you have sex when you have money is actually a turn-on.â€
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On Pregnancy
He says: â€œFor Godâ€™s sake, all I wanted to do was have sex without a condom for a little while; now we were moments from bringing a new life into the world!â€

She says: â€œMy ass was expanding so fast it was like a Starbucks franchise. On every corner of my ass there was a new branch of ass opening up.â€

From the Hardcover edition.
Country USA
Brand CROWN
Manufacturer Crown
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Refer to Sapnet.
Color White
ReleaseDate 2011-02-08
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780307463784

Country	USA
Brand	CROWN
Manufacturer	Crown
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Refer to Sapnet.
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2011-02-08
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780307463784

You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up: A Love Story

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