在每段婚姻裡都會走到這個時刻──開始叨念抱怨：「我丈夫的腦袋是哪有問題？」當本書作者大衛•芬區的治療師太太開始懷疑他的行為時，她的猜疑最終撥雲見日得到一個真正診斷：大衛患得亞斯伯格症！他開始出現一些超乎異常的怪癖。

他的病症多少威脅到他原本幸福快樂的婚姻。他努力想修補逐漸產生裂痕的婚姻，卻手足無措不知道如何處理。這些煩惱引導他開始寫日記，抒發自己想如何做個完美丈夫、慈愛父親和最棒的人。在《最好的練習》（The Journal of Best Practices）一書裡，我們看到身為亞斯伯格症患者大衛辛苦地在工作、愛、家庭之間努力奮鬥取得平衡，讓我們真正瞭解亞斯伯格症患者的行為和思考。

David Finch is the author of Somewhere Inside, A Path to Empathy, the New York Times Modern Love column on which this story is based. David’s essay received an overwhelming response from husbands and wives, parents and children, Aspies and neurotypicals, all of whom found his honesty touching, hilarious, and inspiring. David studied sketch comedy and writing at The Second City in Chicago, and holds a degree in Music Engineering from the University of Miami.