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Saving Your Marriage Before it Starts
Every couple marrying today is at risk...
More than 2 million couples will marry this year and nearly
half will eventually divorce. The Parrotts say that husbands
and wives need to identify their marital stumbling blocks before
they trip over them. This encouraging guide asks engaged and
newlywed couples seven important questions that will help uncover
and deal with potential problems-and give their marriage the
best possible beginning.
Two married mental health pros —Les and Leslie Parrott
—offer a compact guide to tuning up your marriage. It's
billed as a pre-marriage diagnostic tool, but it's mainly a
primer on the common problems men and women have in long-term
relationships.
Women are process-oriented and think out loud. Men are more
egotistical and goal-oriented, and prefer fighting battles to
understanding them. It's Mars and Venus revisited, along with
some interesting insights on why marriages go wrong. The writing
is authoritative, but the gentle narration speaks to the heart.
A final section on including God in your marriage is tastefully
presented and contributes to making the program a nice guide
for anyone whose marriage is threatening to go off course. |
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