Friends, Family, and Other F*ck Ups: A Survival Guide, Because Therapy Is Expensive and Wine Only Goes So Far
Some people inherit money. Others inherit heirlooms.
The rest of us? We inherit dysfunction.
From the Drama Queen who can turn dry chicken into a tragedy, to the Moocher who treats your fridge like an all-you-can-eat buffet, to the Drunk Uncle who thinks karaoke is a spiritual calling—this book is your essential manual for surviving the people you can’t escape.
Packed with laugh-out-loud survival strategies, brutally honest coping hacks, and Bingo games you’ll actually want to play at family gatherings, Friends, Family, and Other Fck Ups* is part parody self-help, part therapy session, and part wine-soaked pep talk.
Inside, you’ll discover:
✅ How to outwit the One-Upper (spoiler: it involves a goat).
✅ The secret art of weaponizing snacks against a Drama Queen.
✅ In-Law Olympics survival training.
✅ Why every family reunion is basically The Hunger Games in bad sweaters.
✅ A glossary of dysfunctional behaviors (finally, the words you need).
This isn’t about fixing your relatives. It’s about laughing at them—loudly, unapologetically, and with a full glass in hand.
Whether you’re looking for the perfect gag gift, a little holiday survival therapy, or just proof that your family isn’t the only circus in town, this book is for you.
Because if you can’t escape them, you might as well roast them.
Reviews
As a humor writer myself, I rarely laugh out loud when reading�but Friends, Family and Other Fck Ups* had me wheezing. The raw honesty combined with laugh-til-you-cry scenarios feels both cathartic and wildly entertaining. The added survival guides and bingo cards elevate it from 'funny book' to 'essential party trick.
Bitingly funny, brilliantly sharp, and sometimes uncomfortably relatable. Friends, Family and Other Fck Ups* takes the things we all think but rarely say out loud and turns them into comedy gold. The extra layer of bingo cards and tongue-in-cheek guides makes this the kind of book you'll want to gift again and again.
This book is the perfect cocktail of biting truth and wicked wit. Every observation about family dynamics, nosy relatives, and awkward gatherings rings hilariously true. The fact that you can literally play along with the bingo cards while reading makes it a uniquely interactive comedy experience.
Rarely does a humor book land with such precision. It skewers the everyday absurdities of family life with the kind of frankness that makes you both nod in agreement and snort with laughter. The survival guides are genius�equal parts useful and ridiculous.