How to Live With a Lady

by Frank A. Ives — fictional author, real advice

About 1 hour70 pages15 chaptersPDF + EPUB$4.99

“She is not complicated. Your understanding is incomplete. There is a significant difference, and only one of them is within your control.”

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FRANKLYcontents · 15 chapters

What’s inside

Fifteen chapters. One subject.
No wasted pages.

01She Is Not Complicated. You Haven't Been Paying Attention.p. 3
02The Flat Is Now a Home. Act Like You Understand the Difference.p. 8
03Listening Is Not Waiting for Your Turn.p. 13
04Her Mood Is Information. Not a Problem You Were Assigned to Solve.p. 18
05The Thermostat. You Will Not Win This. I Am Saving You the Time.p. 23
06p. 28
07p. 33
08p. 38
09p. 43
10p. 47
11p. 51
12p. 55
13p. 59
14p. 63
15p. 67

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FRANKLYread before you buy

A taste of Frank

This is how he writes.

The hard truth · chapter 1

When a man says the woman he loves is complicated, what he means, almost without exception, is that she has needs and expectations he hasn't taken the time to understand. The woman is not complicated. The understanding is incomplete. There is a significant difference between those two things, and only one of them is within your control.

“She is not complicated. Your understanding is incomplete. There is a significant difference, and only one of them is within your control.”

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FRANKLYwhat changes · one hour later

The outcome

One hour. Here’s what’s
different after.

You'll stop calling her complicated and start recognising that the understanding has been incomplete. One of those is fixable. You've been working on the wrong one.
You'll learn what she actually needs when she says she needs to vent — and it is not what you've been offering. The solution is never the solution.
You'll stop entering arguments you cannot win and start identifying the ones worth having. The thermostat is not one of them. Neither is the dishwasher loading method.
You'll understand why the small things matter more than the grand gesture ever will. She doesn't forget the small ones. Use this.
You'll know how to apologise in a way that acknowledges what happened rather than what ends the argument. She always knows which one you're doing. So do you.

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FRANKLYready when you are

She's not complicated.you just haven't been paying attention. frank helps you start.

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How to Live With a Lady

Fifteen chapters. One subject.No wasted pages.

This is how he writes.

One hour. Here’s what’sdifferent after.

She's not complicated.you just haven't been paying attention. frank helps you start.

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Fifteen chapters. One subject.
No wasted pages.

One hour. Here’s what’s
different after.