From sleeping through the night to discarding diapers, new parents focus on getting their kids to the next stage. Michael Crider was especially anxious for his son to grow up: He looked forward to fishing trips, to playing ball, and to training Ryan to be dad's designated driver! And then, something horrible happened: Crider got his wish, and the tot who could be silenced with a stuffed animal or a good burp had turned into a person who needed his parents less and less. From Ryan's first steps to his first ride on the school bus, Michael Crider's new Guy's Guide chronicles his feeble fatherly attempts to hang on to his little boy. Honest, heartwarming and hilarious, it gives new meaning to "be careful what you wish for!"

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The Slow and Inevitable Crawl Toward Happily Ever After: The Guy's Guide to Getting Hitched
by Michael Crider

From the moment he sees his future wife across a smoke-filled college keg party, Michael Crider has a strong hunch that his single days are numbered. In between that moment of early undertanding and his sweaty presence years later at the altar, however, Crider missteps, stalls and resists like a true man's man.

Remembering his slow and inevitable crawl toward happily ever after, Crider's new Guy's Guide chronicles the highs and lows of relationship progress: from the nauseating dating days of "No, I love you more!" to his own embarrassing version of "Meet the Parents"; from plotting his proposal to the wedding and reception itself (a.k.a. "booze, the bride and blue balls"). For men under pressure to propose or newly affianced, newlywed or veteran to the husband hustle, Michael Crider's flawed attempts at both grand romantic gestures and small attempts to control his fate will be all-too-familiar. The Guy's Guide to Getting Hitched is refreshingly honest and laugh-out-loud funny.

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The Guy's Guide to Surviving Pregnancy, Childbirth and the First Year of Fatherhood
by Michael Crider

A man's man trades beer bottles for baby bottles and lives to tell the tale.

Michael Crider was always the jokester, the drummer in a band, the Howie Mandel impersonator. Fast-forward 10 years and the funny man has married and become the family man. The Guy's Guide to Surviving Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the First Year of Fatherhood proves that even without much sleep, he has kept his sense of humor completely intact.

From the moment he hears the unexpected news of the pregnancy to his son’s first birthday, Crider is awed, anxious, and all-too-human. He endures the aches and pains of his wife's pregnancy (which had a clear impact on his own bodily comfort), swallows his pride when bunny wallpaper replaces his beloved Budweiser mirror, has a short and only partially-appreciated stint as her labor coach, and experiences every one of his son's "firsts" as though they were his own. Honest, informative, hilarious, and heartwarming, The Guy's Guide to Surviving Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the First Year of Fatherhood is a must-read for all new parents.