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Questions to Ask Before You Get Married [Monica Mendez Leahy] on bahana-line.com The relationship expert from the Ladies' Home Journal, the Wall Street It takes some of the usual topics -- like finances, children, religion, family . Editorial Reviews. From the Back Cover. "An important and essential book for all couples Relationship Questions: The Couple's Guide to Building Trust and . It takes some of the usual topics -- like finances, children, religion, family.
Posed in a variety of fun formats, including multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, and hypotheticals, these questions include topics such as: Part 2 Parents and InLaws. Part 3 Significant Others. Part 5 Dreams Drive and Dogma. Part 6 Daily Dos and Donts.
Part 7 Leisure Time. Part 10 Emotional Intimacy. Part 11 Special Situations. Both are frowned upon in the book and in life.
One of the greatest things this book has done for B. We are straight-forward people to begin with, but when confronted with reality and possibility, that honesty was given purpose. A lot of the questions are supposed to be answered out loud talking back-and-forth with your significant other, but B. I think both ways work well, but the latter would have decreased some of the stress of answering on the spot. I cannot recommend this book enough to couples discerning marriage as a vocation. It is not enough to share a passion for the faith, the same interests or the same sense of humor.
Too often, couples become very attached emotionally, which makes it hard to break it off when serious proclamations have been made. This book brings up all topics to make sure there are no assumptions being made in the relationship. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read.
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Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. The relationship expert from the Ladies' Home Journal , the Wall Street Journal , and Lifetime Television shows how to prevent marriage problems before they start There's nothing wrong with starter jobs and starter homes, but starter marriages?
Relationship expert Monica Mendez Leahy is on a mission to help readers make their marriage last. Her 1, Questions to Ask Before Y The relationship expert from the Ladies' Home Journal , the Wall Street Journal , and Lifetime Television shows how to prevent marriage problems before they start There's nothing wrong with starter jobs and starter homes, but starter marriages?
Her 1, Questions to Ask Before You Get Married offers a reality check for couples on the marriage path, helping them realize how much they have yet to discover about their partner's nature, thought processes, lifestyle, and marital expectations. Engaged couples learn to discuss issues deeper than "chicken or fish" and to broach subjects that are often ignored before the nuptials yet essential for the foundation of an intimate, long-lasting relationship.
Posed in a variety of fun formats, including multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, and hypotheticals, these questions include topics such as: Paperback , pages. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Nov 07, Jen rated it liked it. Some of the questions in this book are sexist, but overall, it was a helpful book. May 29, J. My wife and I started going over this book within the first year we were together. Fast forward, now married, we found the book and decided to finish it.
So, parts of it we skipped.
However a lot of these questions we thought were good for those starting out. Some of them are written with a sense of humor, which always took us by surprise. Others are very loaded questions that almost seem to try and test the new relationship. Mar 04, Victoria rated it liked it Recommends it for: We did the book over a serious of several months, beginning I believe in December and working our way through it.
Ultimately, it certainly fulfilled its job in coming up with many questions we didn't think of or thought were too obvious to ask. I'm not sure we gained a great insight into each other in that we already knew most of the other person's answers a good thing! I certainly think working through the book together was helpful for us. If anything, it was simply a big project we undertook and completed together.
That said, some parts of the book I thought were absurd. Some of the questions I felt were truly over the top, so much so that I can't imagine anyone who might answer them in the affirmative was thinking seriously of getting married, much less had convinced someone else to agree and is then working through a premarital questions book. Nonetheless, I'm willing to give the book a benefit of the doubt. I was also a little annoyed sometimes with the wording of the questions.
While for many question, Leahy tries to remain politically correct and make them work both ways, some questions have slips where it is assumed that only a man might have an issue with the problem in question. For instance, one question focused on a "bachelor" party and how "he" should behave, versus including women. It was easy to reverse and re-ask in the opposite way, but was annoying to read. Ultimately, I think the book was certainly helpful and not bad at all for its purpose and I would recommend that any couple looking at getting married complete this or a similar book if they cannot obtain premarital counseling.
Jul 24, Jules rated it liked it. A thorough and practical resource for couples considering tying the knot and who want to cover all of life's bases that they'll likely encounter during their lives together. I could see how for a couple that wanted a taste of pre-marital counseling, but didn't have a trusted adviser religious or otherwise or want to foot a therapist's bill, and who were willing to be honest and open with each other, this book could be a good alternative. This book did spark some interesting conversations based A thorough and practical resource for couples considering tying the knot and who want to cover all of life's bases that they'll likely encounter during their lives together.