To the question, "How do I get along with thee? (Let me count the ways...)," authors Debra and Joe Gould offer a multitude of effective answers in their book, Together: Making Your Marriage Work from the Start.
It is a rich and warm source of shared marital experiences and hard lessons learned. It brings to the reader the wisdom of a twenty-three year marriage.
The Goulds offer common-sense solutions to the myriad of difficulties over which they have triumphed in their long union.
They share stories of their disagreement and quarrels, giving them meaning by relating how they were resolved with respect for the other's viewpoint.
Sample techniques to make your marriage work:
Respect each other's viewpoints
Listen to each other
Never go to bed angry
Don't use the silent treatment
Lose an argument, win harmony
Make peace, not war
