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Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts Workbook for Women: Seven Questions to Ask Before---and After---You Marry

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This book allowed my husband and I to really talk about thing before they became issues. We chose not to live together before marriage so it helped us make a positive transition to living with one another. My sister and he husband used the books and they lived together for 5 yrs before marriage...she really liked being able to face problems and confront them in a positive way.

My husband and I did the Saving Your Marriage Before it Starts course with our pastor for pre-marital counciling, and I would recommend it to any couple preparing for marriage. It was easy and fun, and it taught us SO much. It was a real bonding experience, and it truly helped us be a much better husband and wife.

I just began using the Parrott's materials, Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts, for engaged couples in our premarital education program and, so far, the response has been positive. Couples affirm that it is helpful. One young man said he has begun to think more about what marriage means and what it will entail. He also has been more attentive to other couples and how they relate to each other. I am pleased with the response.

My fiance and I dated for 8 1/2 years before getting engaged. This book and workbook set were still very helpful to us. The exercises are easy to follow and helped us open up and discuss certain topics before the wedding. We have not lived together before the wedding, and it's been helpful to discuss some of the issues brought up in the book, if for no other reason than to affirm that we are making the right decision in getting married. I was also able to find the book (not the workbook) on audio, which was a HUGE help in motivating my fiance to do this series with me.

My wife and I read through the books and the study guide while we were engaged. SOOOOOO good!! Even if you aren't a Christian, the principles in communication are amazingly helpful. For us, as believers, perhaps even more so.

I highly recommend it with the study guide. The exercises are really good to help you understand how the other person thinks, what's important to them, and to get a head start - from a married perspective anyway - on who the other person is.

I haven't been married that long, but ask your other married friends - you may think you know all about the other person before you get married, but you learn a ton more once you're married. You also learn a lot about yourself.

The reason this book and study guide are so good is they help you think through things & issues that are common in marriage, common differences between men and women, etc.

And there are some great tools, like "Temperature Check". The book/guide go into more detail, but it provides a really beneficial communication tool to share things you like, don't like, don't understand, or would like to see changed.

I'm making all of my future kids go through when they get engaged.

I can't recommend it highly enough! If you're getting married, get it. If you are married and know you could use some communication help, get it.

Cheers! :)

IF your a new to marriage couple, or getting married, this book will go through things most people miss.

Thing that rang out for me was this : "You spend months/years planning for one day, why not spend some time about how to handle the rest of your lives together."

Kinda a no brainer...

I love this book, and it was great for our long distance relationship. It addresses not only the big issues, but the little ones that could be doomed to pick anyone apart. It gets everything out on the table in a way that makes it easy for both people to share. It was easy to each do an activity and then discuss over the phone, and it covered things I never would have thought to cover. It arrived on time, so props to the seller.

This book is a wonderful starting point for marriage, or even just relationships. It brings to light a lot of issues/viewpoints that one would not normally consider. I have enjoyed reading this book and doing the workbook that goes along with it. My fiance' and I have really gotten to know one another in a deeper, more intimate, more real way through reading this. Knowing that God has us in His hands, that there are people out there who have been through the things we will undoubtedly face, and seeing the success that each has had in their dependency on Christ gives me huge hope for the future. Thanks for helping us have a wonderful beginning!

Definitely a worthwhile read! We paired it with the workbooks, which I recommend. Arrived in a timely manner.

My fiance (husband now) loved this book. It had great questions and disscussions for before and after you get married. We still go through the book (we didn't get a chance to finish it before we got married) and it still so helpful. I recommend it to engaged couples for sure!