Contents

PART ONE: SELF

CHAPTER 1

PILOT

The Common Things

The Unfairness of Life

Black, White, and Grey

Money and Happiness

The Little Things

Meaning and Purpose

Living Life to the Fullest

Saving the World

PART TWO: DATING

CHAPTER 2

JOHN DOE & JANE DOE

Of Types, Criteria and Standards

Self-Improvements

The Crossroads

When Worlds Collide

Friendship and Romance

Execution

Rejection

CHAPTER 3

RESERVATION FOR TWO

Introduction

Extending Courtesy

Altering Personality

Having Conversation

Save the Date

Conclusion

The Talk

Moving On

CHAPTER 4

FIGHT OR FLIGHT

Sources of Fear

Risks and Reward

Challenges and Temptations

Settling Down

The Candidates

PART THREE: RELATIONSHIP

CHAPTER 5

PARTNERS

The Beginning & The End

Evolution

Change

The Others

CHAPTER 6

SILENCE IS GOLDEN

Doing It

Words Substitute

Causes & Effects

CHAPTER 7

MURPHY’S LAW

Know Your Enemy

The Core of It

Available Help

A System for All

Breaking up is Hard to Do

CHAPTER 8

L

Love and Hate

Desperate for Love

First Love

Afraid of Love

What You Want Is Not What You Get

Showtime

Loving Someone

CHAPTER 9

THE NEXT LEVEL

Questions

The Future

The Big Day

PART FOUR: MARRIAGE

CHAPTER 10

WELCOME

Marriage

Duties

Family

Home

In-Laws

Relations

Living Together

Goals

Divorce

CHAPTER 11

AGAIN

Life Happened

Making Memories

Memory Lane

Your Precious

CHAPTER 12

LIFE AS WE KNOW IT

Managing Lives

Staying Connected

Me Time

CHAPTER 13

SICKNESS, POORER, WORSE

In Sickness and In Health

For Richer or For Poorer

For Better or For Worse

PART FIVE: PARENTHOOD

CHAPTER 14

FOR THE LOVE OF YOUR CHILD

Father Mother

A Reason

Holding the Horses

Common Mistakes

Discussion

Preparation

Adjustments

Conceiving

Pregnancy

CHAPTER 15

NEW BEGINNING

Child Care

Point of No Return

Partners and Parents

CHAPTER 16

TOMORROW

Great Parents

Setting Priority

Teamwork

Protection

Befriend

Teacher

CHAPTER 17

THERE’S MORE THAN ONE OF EVERYTHING

Single Parent

Divorced Parents

Substitute Parent

Adoptive Parents

Special Parents

PART SIX: FAREWELL

CHAPTER 18

A PAIN IN THE HEART

Flashback

The Lasts

Life Goes On

CHAPTER 19

THE HARD WAY

Hard Feelings

Missing Item

Irrational Thinking

Misery Loves Company

Getting Over Breakup

Lesson Learned

Reuniting

Single Life

Starting Anew

CHAPTER 20

STATE OF THE UNION

Taking On the World

Rebuilding Life

CHAPTER 21

AND THEN THERE WERE NONE

Grieving

Guilt & Regret

Letting Go

Redecorating

The Memories

CHAPTER 22

EVERYBODY DIES

Getting Old

Dying

Unfinished Business

Sudden Death

Suicide

Death