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Summary: A must have for every serious couple.
Review: This book is outstanding! My girlfriend was given a copy by a co-worker. We both started scanning the book and were soon impressed by the seriousness and depth of the questions. A number of very important questions would never have been asked if we hadn't had the book as a guide. I'd encourage any serious couple to get a copy. BTW, my girlfriend is now my wife.
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Summary: Intense... but so is marriage!!
Review: This is an excellent tool for taking a potential bride and groom through the myriad of issues that come up before, during and after the "Big Day". This book is not a quick study and requires a committment to homework and serious Pre-Marital sessions. A pre-nuptual workout!!
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Summary: Great Help in Communication Lots of Fun
Review: We purchased two copies of this book. We live 100 miles apart right now and are working on one chapter at a time together. We meet on weekends and discuss the chapter and questions. (We actually finished just before New Year's Eve.) Many of the items had already come up in our discussion, but this has opened up other areas such as goal setting. If your spouse to be doesn't have the energy to plan and prepare now, what does that say about how she or he will treat the rest of life. We have the benefit of both being over 40. If you you are a young person, please take seriously the need to plan. The passion doesn't have to leave, I agree, but you have to plan and do the work to support the long term growth of that passion. A book like this will help. If you are not a person of faith this book will be of little value to you. If your fiance is not a person of faith this book could be pretty difficult. If you think YOU can SAVE your finance, then you both need to read something other than this. That is a whole different issue. After getting through the entire book - I can say that some of the questions are a bit repetitive - but all and all it is something I strongly reccomend for Christians considering marriage.
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Summary: Great resource for engaged couples
Review: When I was engaged, this book was given to me by a friend who was also currently engaged. She had really enjoyed working through the exercises with her fiance (now husband) and so she passed it on to me. Me and my fiance (now husband, also) really enjoyed this book as well. The questions it asks are thought and conversation provoking, which is exactly what engaged couples need! Be forewarned though, that this book is REALLY religiously minded (references many Bible passages) but don't let that turn you off if you're not a religious person. My husband & I are not AT ALL religious, but we got JUST as much out of the book (we simply skipped the pieces that didn't apply to us). I recommend this book to anyone planning on getting married -- in fact, I just sent a copy to a friend of mine who just got engaged.
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