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! If you are a VENDOR wanting to join this program, check out the details here.
Simply print out a receipt from a qualifying purchase when booking with them!
Qualifying purchases (see our Wedding Store page) include:
- Take Back Your Wedding (book through our website or e-book)
- Money Habitudes
- Greatest is Love
- Therapy in a Box: Premarital Workbook
- Online Marriage Prep (must let them know we sent you)
We will email you the discount codes ( for in-person servces, proof of receipt is all you need to bring.) 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.
Location Based Discounts:

*** Save $100 on Ohio DJ services***

*** Save 10% on Florida Ballroom Dance Lessons ***

*** Save $100 on California DJ Services ***
*** Save $100 on Wedding Event Planning Services ****
MD/DC/Northern VA community
National / Anywhere Discounts:
Get 15% off a customized version of you as a couple! Go for a more realistic version or for an extra cartoon-like version and have a fun memento of your wedding. Forward your proof of purchase invoice email to Tippy Top Creations to get the 15% discount.
*** Save 10% on a Dance DVD from www.BunzByChaCha.com
The discount may be applied only to "The Club Social" dvd and can only be used one time by each customer; however, if during that one order they decide to purchase multiple copies of the dvd the 10% discount will be applied to each of the dvd's that they purchase. (ie, if they purchase 3 dvd's at $35 each ($105) the discount will be $10.50 off of the order.)
*** Save 20% on a wide variety of wedding items from favors, invites, wedding party gifts from Sweet Memory Creations

*** Free Consultation and $100 Discount on Wedding Planning Services Nationwide
www.HappilyEverAfter.com
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.

