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300 Questions LDS Couples Should Ask Before Marriage

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The author does a good job of selecting the best quotes by the general authorities on finding a suitable marriage companion. The questions are equal to other marriage books on the market, however, the author goes a step further by supplying spiritual questions that should be asked. Questions that dig deep into a person's believes, values and spirit are lacking in other books on the subject. Therefore, I would recommend this book for couples that want questions that have depth into the soul. As a Bishop I have counseled many single adults considering marriage. Now I have a great book to recommend to them. I look forward to her other books.

I got this as a bridal shower gift from a ward member. I am glad I did. It made me really think twice about my compatability with my now --exfiance. I highly recommend this book to any member considering getting married. I almost made a big mistake.

OK, I'm not a first-timer at marriage - in fact, after two LDS marriages and divorces, I wasn't real sure I was interested in trying again. Then I heard about this book from a friend. She had loved this book as a guideline for conversations with a potential partner following many years as a divorced parent. Before I even saw it, I was telling others who were nervous about choosing a partner about it. I found it on line, read the reviews, and purchased it to review it for myself. (One review was pretty uncomplimentary.) I like the 'workbook' format - short concept statements with a number of related questions and spaces to start with your answers. While some of the questions are worded in such a way as to suggest the 'right' answer or a simple yes/no response, a thoughtful reader (or companionship) can use even these for a take off place for self-exploration and discovery discussion. It found it to very oriented around some concepts that are not familiar to those who don't know LDS Church doctrine, so I have felt it necessary to warn my 'gentile' friends about that - and invite them to learn more about them, of course! But I still tell them to use the book to guide their own searches into compatability and potential companionship.
And no - I'm not going to tell you that this book was the beginning of a wonderful new relationship for me. I will say that, with this book in my library, I feel that I have a tool that will support me well when and if I am in the position of considering another try at building an eternal companionship.

This book outlines tons of things my husband and I never thought to ask. We were best friends for a year dated for another year and then were engaged for another year and in that time we learned so little from each other. about 6 months before we got married a friend gave this to us. We read through it. We fought debated, compromised and learned that we could work through big issues. This book help give us a non emergency situation to talk about things. Brought up topics like adoption, birth control, fertility treatments, who controls the money, How important is being debt free to you, and many other topics. Not things you think about before getting married but they can be heated topics they were for us. I love this book I recommend to anyone I think will be getting engaged or is thinking about marriage. It is never to soon to know WHAT YOU want. Then you can be sure you can live with the person you want to marry.

This book is worth a check out at the library. They were obviously going for quantity though. What cracked me up is the authors have their own views on what is right and what is wrong (non doctrinal views), and their questions reflect this. It's just funny, they are leading questions, (some of them.) It's like "Even though you're bad and wrong if you feel this way, what are your views on ________?" Tisk tisk. Oh well, don't BUY this book, but do check it out at the library and have a fun evening asking questions or getting good questions for filtering dates out.

This book has a lot of good questions, although I feel my fiancee and I had already discussed a lot of them together. Some of the questions won't apply to you, but that's to be expected. Overall, it's pretty fun to go over things from this book with your fiancee.

One of the most important parts of having a successful marriage is being able to communicate your expectations about your future with each other. This book does a good job of setting up questions that all couples should talk about before getting married. They deal with how you will function as a couple and what types of roles you expect to take in your new family. It also has questions about how you will handle situations that might happen and how you might navigate unexpected life events. Great questions that allow you to get to know someone before you "have" to deal with the problems and can also alert you to "deal breaker" issues. It can greatly enhance your relationship.

There a very few questions in this book they are just repeated over and over again. I went through the entire book in a very short time with my partner and did not find it very helpful. I am sure there are other books out there that have more relevant questions and information. Check out other options before you waste your money on this one. Good luck to you :}!

This book brought up some great discussions with my fiance while we were engaged and helped us to know what could be possible problems in our second marriage. I strongly recommend this book to anyone after divorce and even before dating again just to get an idea of what you need to look at in yourself before you get involved with another person. If you don't want to end up with the same kind of marriage the second time around then look at the questions in this book, find out what you really HONESTLY want in a marriage and then look for that type of person. Only after you know what you want can you find what will make you happy.

This has every question you can think of and more. Oh, it had things that we never thought of and it brought up some things that my companion wanted to tell me but didn't know how. Now we know more about each other before we will get married. It asks the questions that every couple should ask before marriage. It is discouraging that couple don't talk about money or budgeting before marriage and that is one of the main reasons for divorce.