Most Important Year in a Woman's Life, The/The Most Important Year in a Man's Life
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Good conversation starter.
I only read the Groom's side (and a few sections on the Bride's side, as prompted), so this is mainly a review for that half of the book. My now-wife and I went through this book during premarital counseling. I liked the premise, and the book lead to a lot of great conversation on things we may not have thought to discuss on our own. On its own, though, the book fails to drive home many points that it brings up. That made the book feel sort of incomplete. Still, the results of our conversation and counseling sessions were successful, and we are now happily married! Format note: the book is not optimized for e-readers. For the Groom's side, you need to dig for and manually bookmark the table of contents.
Every Couple Needs to read this!
Highly recommend this to EVERY newly married couple or engaged couple. It takes the best of "Love & Respect", "What Every Women/Guy Should Know", and "His Needs/Her Needs" and brings it into one book with great stories and examples. Practical for couples. Has a side for men and a sid for women. There is a meet in the middle section with discussion questions.
One of the Better 'Fundamental' Marriage Books
This book was given to us as a wedding present, and it has since become a gift I also give as a wedding present. It looks at the first year of marriage as the setting the tone year for the rest of the relationship. Expectations, habits, attitudes, communication, etc - they are all things that are established early on and like a habit (good or bad) can be hard to break. For my own marriage, I feel that this book gave us a good start, even through little things about whether is house is not a home without a dog (me) or cat (him). We skirted a potential scuffle about when Christmas presents are opened up, and really talked about the fact that I make more money than he does- something we hadn't discussed before. I appreciated the perspectives of the different authors, and also the gender-specific approach that is often forgotten about in marriage books. Overall, a fabulous book that was very much appreciated as a newlywed. Combined with
We were fortunate to have Mark and Susan conduct much of our ...
We were fortunate to have Mark and Susan conduct much of our marriage counseling, and many of the steps they took us through are outlined in this book. They are phenomenal people with a healthy marriage that has produced a beautiful family, and certainly have much wisdom to share. As the title suggests, this book is focused on setting good habits in the first year of marriage that will ultimately serve as a strategy for maintaining a successful marriage. We especially appreciate the practicality of this book. My wife and I are now >5 years into marriage, and we still use many tactics from this book to help protect our marriage and allow it to thrive. We cannot say enough about this book, and have gifted it to many of our friends that have gotten engaged. Would highly recommend!
The only wedding gift they really need.
This is the only wedding gift you need to give anyone for the rest of your life. It helps couples understand the different normals that they grew up with and really helps curb arguments. Reading this before we got married was A HUGE help to my wife and I. We have probably gifted 10 copies of this already.
LOVED THIS BOOK!
I read this before getting married and have given it as wedding presents as well. I read several books before getting married and found this one to be the best by far. It is not trying to be cute and is written for real people. It is thoughtful and not a waste of time to read. I also loved that it was written from a man's perspective for men and woman's perspective for women. I felt like I was talking to some of my parents friends trying to help me get started on the right foot and learn from their mistakes. If you have time to only read one book before marriage choose this one. If you don't have time because of wedding planning, by pass the extra time looking at flower arrangements and make an investment in your future.
Best marriage book I have ever read
This book is seriously awesome. Not only does it give great examples of troubles/successes in real marriages because of how that person acted/reacted, but it also has a great biblical foundation. Heck, even if you aren't a Christian, this book will transform your marriage just by putting the principles into effect. Half of the book is for the husband to read, the other half for the wife. I recommend reading both sides of the book so you know what your spouse has to deal with to get a better understanding on how to change for the better! I was married for 3 years before I read this book and everything still applies. It's NOT just for newly weds! Do your marriage a favor and get this book or the new versions that are out. This book is no longer in print, instead they have 2 separate books. What Every Bride Needs To Know and What Every Groom Needs To Know.
The Most Important Year in a Woman's Life/The Most Important Year in a Man's Life
This is an excellent resource book not only for newly married couples but for those of us who have been married for a long while. Some of the topics covered are: roles, friendship, money, sex, talking, dreams, inlaws and outlaws, etc. It shows you how to have healthy discussions about such differing points of view as: men have a tendency to want to "fix" whatever is bothering you and you have a need for your husband just to listen most of the time and validate your feelings. Women need to be heard from the heart not just the ears and women need to give their man the respect that they crave. I highly recommend this book to all newly engaged or newly wedded couples.
... in pre-marriage counseling and found it to be a useful tool and guide to many areas of investment in ...
I used this book in pre-marriage counseling and found it to be a useful tool and guide to many areas of investment in the upcoming marriage relationship for any couple who is serious about investing time before marriage to gain knowledge and tools to successfully anticipate and resolve potential areas of conflict, and to best provide for, affirm and protect their future spouse, and to get their marriage started with the right resources for success. This is a valuable resource for serious couples... I found it to be well worth the investment for my counselees.
Good information
I purchased this book for a friend's wedding gift. Of course, I had to read it before I gave it to her to make sure it wasn't nonsense. It is a book filled with things that a newly married couple with face and gives suggestions on how to cope with all the changes that come with marriage. It also tells us that the first year of marriage sets the bar for the rest of your marriage so it is very important to communicate about all the little things so they do not morph into huge problems. I would recommend this book to anyone who is thinking about getting married and even those who already are married if they are open to discussion.
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