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Pre-Marriage Questions: Getting to "Really Know" Your Life-Mate-To-Be (Heart to Heart Series)

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This book contains lists of excellent, detailed questions and topics for the engaged/seriously dating couple. The book provides a safe forum forcouples to discuss and resolve potential problems *before* the wedding instead of after. (Do you know how much debt your beloved has? What would you do if your child was born with a birth defect? How much would you want to spend for a house?) I plan to buy this book for my single friends when they enter into any serious relationship.

My husband and I went through this book prior to marriage. When an unexpected pregnancy came we had already discussed how we would deal with an unexpected pregnancy emotionally, financially, and the changes to our plans. Our child was born 11 months after our marriage with a birth defect. Both of us were better able to discuss and handle this difficult situation because we "role-played" the situation before we were married. This book is a relationship saver and I highly recommend it.

This is an excellent book to get to know the one you are in love with. Makes you ask all those questions that you are afraid to ask or perhaps haven't thought of. Makes you reveal all the things that two people should know about one another before they get hitched.

A great book that is really just a list of questions - all of which you need to know about a future spouse and many that probably never occured to you. The anti-Christian review below is ridiculous - what is "Christian" about asking your thoughts about your child's education or how much money you make? NONE of the questions are specific to Christians. Only a few questions deal with religion at all and they are just as important to athiests (such as, do you want to go to church when we get married).

So, some of the book is cheesy, some of the questions are definitely things that you should have discussed already, and some of the questions are presumptious. But there are a lot of good questions that we hadn't thought of. From what I've seen, most other marriage prep book reviews make them sound like there is a lot of fluff. I think this book gets to the point and generates some good discussion. The only complaint is that some of the sections make assumptions which render some of the questions irrelevant. I think this can be expected in most books intended for a large audience. We found most of the 'career' section irrelevant, but I think it would fit most people's situation. We made the most of it by trying to interpret the gist of the questions. All in all it was a very useful book for us

This has been the most informative tool in my relationship to get to know the other person on the next level. The Questions and chapters are very detailed and enjoyable to answer, questions that are not normally thought of when you still have that newness still on your mind. The questions are geared in a Christian manner and not an exotic manner, a must for anyone who is serious about where their relationship is going and puts God in the forefront of their lives!!

We have not yet finished the book because there are many questions in it but we have enjoyed sharing our answers to the questions as we think about our possible life together. The questions are well chosen and are helping us think through what we expect from ourselves and from our prospective partner in the years ahead. We have found it to be very useful and can recommend it to any couple contemplating marriage.

You need to know that this book is written for Christians. I never would have bought this book if any part of the description mentioned this fact. The description of this book should be more explicit so Christians can buy it and the rest of us can avoid wasting our money.