Middle Class Problems Book

Some people have problems. Some people have a nice car, dinner reservations, and a complaint that apparently needs its own press conference. Middle Class Problems is a humour book about that second category: the everyday inconveniences that get promoted to personal catastrophes when life is otherwise pretty comfortable.

The comedy takes aim at complaints made against a backdrop of fancy restaurants, good cars and roomy homes. That contrast is the point, and it gives the book a sharper edge than a simple collection of everyday grumbles. Laughing at themselves is required, but it’s a fine gift for the friend who tells a very dramatic story about a very small setback.

There’s a little self-recognition in the joke, too. Handing it over works better as “this is us” than “this is you.” Think shared eye-roll, not a lecture wrapped in gift paper.