After reading this book, I was slightly disappointed and felt as if the book was missing a part that made me end up asking questions in the end. I enjoy the overall theme of attempting to be a nicer person and not complain, but this book confuses the message in the plot often. ( )

An old man who is the nicest husband, but isn't the worst sets out for a trip to the market with his wife who he's been married to for a very long time. Everyone he crosses, including his wife, gets a rude and nasty attitude in turn from the man. After he lashes out as his wife she decides that she was done with him and his sourpuss attitude and gives him the silent treatment for the rest of the day, try as he might to cheer her up and get him to talk to her. By the next market day he was singing a much different tune. ( )

This book is about a couple that has been together for a very long time. The husband is very grumpy, and is mean to everyone he comes across. One Saturday, they left out to run some errands, and the man was mean to everyone they saw on their way to the market. His wife gets so fed up at him that she doesn't talk to him their whole ride back home. He did everything in his power to make her happy, but nothing phased her. The next Saturday they went to the market, the man was the nicest person ever. The woman smiled and realized her husband wasn't that bad after all. ( )