Money: A Top Marriage Stressor ($25)
This award winning games does not require a financial planner background. This simple to use game will get you and your partner (or parents!) on a new level of understanding 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
Wedding Discounts for Marriage Preparation
You take driving lessons, cooking classes, get coaching on sports, but somehow the most complex, life long relationships are assumed to magically work.
We are teaming up with wedding vendors to offer you wedding discounts for qualifying marriage prep purchases (books and classes.) Get Details
We're Going to Be One Happy Family...or else!
A very unique book written by a nationally respected marriage and family therapist, along side his GenX daughter.
A mother loved our book so much, she bought over a dozen copies to give to everyone in the family! They used the guidance from beginning to end to reduce conflict and avoid the "emotional landmines" that are sure to arise in wedding planning. read more
Wedding Budget Help
Wedding Budget Dilemmas
- Who Pays for the Wedding?
- Should You Elope?
- Saavy Questions to ask Wedding Vendors
- The Power Around Who Pays
- Creating a Wedding Budget
- Wedding Photography and Videography | What Do You Want to Record and at What Cost?
- Should you Splurge? A Decision Guide
- Dilemas: Chosing A Wedding Party
- Wedding Budget
- Create the Guest List or Budget First?
Marriage Prep
4 part weekly class. Interactive, anonomous, online and by phone.
Discounts on Wedding Products and Services
We are proud to be building connections with vendors who are interested in helping your marriage and giving you a discount on your wedding!
Qualifying purchases include:
- $12.99 Take Back Your Wedding (book through our website or e-book)
- $25 Money Habitudes
- $12 Greatest is Love
- $20 Therapy in a Box: Premarital Workbook
- $250 8 Hour, online Power of Two Marriage Prep (must let them know we sent you)
We will email you the discount codes. For the online communication class, let them know you are signing up through The First Dance and we will get you the coupon code after you register with them.
*** Save %10 on Florida Ballroom Dance Lessons***
The Dance Doctor! Check out this website to learn more
For purchases made through The First Dance, receive a %10 discount on ballroom dance lessons. Present purchase receipt from order through The First Dance. Not available with other offers. No cash value.
Private lesson rates as of 2009 and are subject to change:
1 hour enrollment: $75
5 hour enrollment: $325
10 hour enrollment $600
Elizabeth Doherty Thomas, is a co-founder of The First Dance, along with Marriage and Family therapist father Bill Doherty. The First Dance is a 2007 Modern Bride Trendsetter award winner for taking on the complex family dynamics of wedding planning. See what engaged couples and wedding professionals are saying about our book Take Back Your wedding. Our entire website is dedicated to offering advice on working through the people stresses of wedding planning as a couple, with your families, and how to strengthen your upcoming marriage through this enormous first task of married life.