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Money: A Top Marriage Stressor ($25)
This award winning game will get you and your partner talking about your ATTITUDES on money...spending, saving, security.
No matter what your money views, there is no "right or wrong." A few big "a-ha" moments may greatly help your wedding and married life. read more
Take Back Your Wedding
A unique book covering all the interpersonal drama of wedding planning. No matter where you are in your planning, reduce conflict and avoid the "emotional landmines" that arise in wedding planning. read more
Paperback Version $12.99
E-Book download version $12.99
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Wedding Help
- The Hour of Engagement Bliss
- Wedding Vendor Complaints They'll Never Share!
- Saavy Questions to Ask All Wedding Vendors
- Eloping: Avoiding Family Drama or Stirring it Up?
- Can You Afford a Small Wedding?
- What Wedding Planning Taught Me About Marriage
- What Are You Bringing To Your Marriage: Wedding Registry Guide
- Stress and Teamwork
- Wedding Priority Worksheet (PDF download)
- What Do You Want Out Of Your Honeymoon? (Interactive couple guide)
- After the Honeymoon
Common premarriage questions
- How much does premarriage counseling cost?
- We're quite happy, what would we gain from premarital counseling?
- What's the difference between premarital counseling and "regular" couples counseling?
- My fiance doesn't want to go - what can I do?
- We aren't in the same state! What can do?
- My parents are divorced. Does that have any impact on our chances of divorcing?
- What are the differences between counselors, clergy, educators?
My fiance Won't do Marriage Prep - what can I do?
If you want premarital counseling and your fiance doesn't, there may be many reasons. Let's address the most common. And by the way - we have a LOT of options that don't involve sharing your relationship with others. Check out our marriage preparation store. We even have vendors who gives discounts for you to work on your marriage.
My fiance is so busy and is rarely around. How would we even do marriage prep?
There are options, even for busy people who may even be traveling all the time! One great option is the Power of Two classes, offered by computer and telephone from anywhere! It's just four sessions, once a week. You don't even NEED your fiance in the class if schedules don't allow, to greatly benefit. It's completely confidential, interactive, and engaging. We also have quite few different marriage prep books you can both read. There is also a personalized marriage preparation test, or inventory, you can both take on your own time, called The Couple Checkup.
My fiance says we're just fine and doesn't want to talk to a stranger about our relationship.
This is a completely understandable emotion. You can let your fiance know that group classes and even the online Power of Two class are confidential. You are never sharing information in the group. You can also take The Couple Checkup - the most powerful marriage inventory, backed bydecades of research and over 2 million couples participating. You'll get a 17+ page personalized report that you don't have to share with anyone.
My fiance is being very unreasonable, has no reason why we can't go, and I'm feeling very hurt.
As with many issues in married life, what matters more than what you are, or aren't doing, is how each of you feel about it. If there is a huge impasse and you're wanting marriage prep because it's important to you, you have to decide whether there is some underlying concern that your fiance isn't bringing up. If it's serious enough, you may want to carefully switch from "will you?" conversations to, "I really need this from you." Changing your tone, explaining more clearly the reasons why, and expressing your sadness and fears may help your fiance realize this is not just another nag but something worth pursing if for no other reason than for YOU.
