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Don't You Dare Get Married Until You Read This! The Book of Questions for Couples

Don't You Dare Get Married Until You Read This! The Book of Questions for Couples

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Don't you dare get married until you read this
Review: After reading countless books on relationships, & more importantly preparation for marriage, I was put onto Corey Donaldsons book. Reading it personally & as a couple has ignited new understanding & substance to our relationship whilst proposing questions never asked or thought of before. We enjoyed what we called the "personal approach", as questions were posed to us rather than a dictate on marriage. We experienced a gamut of emotions whilst reading & more importantly studying the book, & can now safely say we are prepared for marriage.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: 173 pages of kindling
Review: chatchi has been engaged for a little over a month now, and I'm already starting to have second-thoughts. It started off small, like the fact that my girlfriend -- sorry, fiancé! -- isn't the prettiest girl in my mobile home complex. That never bothered me before, because I could just kick her to the curb and scam on some other chick. Now I have to worry about whether I'm going to get the engagement ring back. Not to mention that I'd lose my $75 deposit to reserve the local bowling alley for our wedding ceremony and reception.

All of these doubts have created a lot of tension in our relationship. My girl and I have broken up three times since I proposed to her, but she always came running back. The ladies always run back to chatchi. Now I'm not sure if I want her to come back. I mean, I read that almost half of all marriages end in divorce. That's, like, over a hundred people!

As the weeks passed, chatchi's doubts began to grow. What if she wants to move out of my trailer, and into one of those fancy apartments? What if I want to play cards with my step-dad every Friday, and she wants to watch "America's Funniest Home Videos"?

During one of our heated arguments last week, my girl recommended that we seek professional help to save our relationship. I wasn't about to go talk to some head-shrinker about my problems with intimacy, I was perfectly happy settling our disputes the old fashioned way -- with a good old fashioned shoutin' match. But my girl thought differently, so we ended up comprising, and bought "Don't You Dare Get Married Until You Read This! The Book of Questions for Couples".

Even though chatchi isn't what you'd call a "reader", I knew I was in trouble when I saw the front of the book. Don't be fooled by happy couple on the cover -- these are the last two people I want representing chatchi's relationship.

"Don't You Dare Get Married Until You Read This!" didn't help me one bit. First of all, it started putting a lot of crazy thoughts in my girl's head. She started talking to me about how women are process-oriented and think out loud, and men are more egotistical and goal-oriented, and prefer fighting battles to understanding them. What? chatchi just wants an awesome sex life, and a woman that knows when to keep her mouth shut. Suddenly my girl started to have opinions about things, and wanted to work things out like "responsible adults". Whatever! Then there was section on including God in your marriage. Whoa! I don't know about you, but chatchi doesn't believe in that mumbo-jumbo. Besides, when I suggested bringing a third person into our relationship, that's NOT what I had in mind.

My girl kept telling me that the book was a simple, yet profound tool that will challenge and inspire us to gain a deeper understanding of each other, and build a lasting, intimate relationship. Blah-blah-blah! "Don't You Dare Get Married Until You Read This!" might be good for some couples, but all this did for chatchi, was create more problems.

Well, chatchi has had enough. I'm tired of hearing about conflict resolution, family planning, and financial portfolios. There are some things in life that even a self-help book can't fix, and chatchi's relationship is one of them. So, despite hours of begging by my girl, chatchi has decided to call the wedding off.

Ladies, you got your wish -- chatchi is back on the market.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: 173 pages of kindling
Review: chatchi has been engaged for a little over a month now, and I'm already starting to have second-thoughts. It started off small, like the fact that my girlfriend -- sorry, fiancé! -- isn't the prettiest girl in my mobile home complex. That never bothered me before, because I could just kick her to the curb and scam on some other chick. Now I have to worry about whether I'm going to get the engagement ring back. Not to mention that I'd lose my $75 deposit to reserve the local bowling alley for our wedding ceremony and reception.

All of these doubts have created a lot of tension in our relationship. My girl and I have broken up three times since I proposed to her, but she always came running back. The ladies always run back to chatchi. Now I'm not sure if I want her to come back. I mean, I read that almost half of all marriages end in divorce. That's, like, over a hundred people!

As the weeks passed, chatchi's doubts began to grow. What if she wants to move out of my trailer, and into one of those fancy apartments? What if I want to play cards with my step-dad every Friday, and she wants to watch "America's Funniest Home Videos"?

During one of our heated arguments last week, my girl recommended that we seek professional help to save our relationship. I wasn't about to go talk to some head-shrinker about my problems with intimacy, I was perfectly happy settling our disputes the old fashioned way -- with a good old fashioned shoutin' match. But my girl thought differently, so we ended up comprising, and bought "Don't You Dare Get Married Until You Read This! The Book of Questions for Couples".

Even though chatchi isn't what you'd call a "reader", I knew I was in trouble when I saw the front of the book. Don't be fooled by happy couple on the cover -- these are the last two people I want representing chatchi's relationship.

"Don't You Dare Get Married Until You Read This!" didn't help me one bit. First of all, it started putting a lot of crazy thoughts in my girl's head. She started talking to me about how women are process-oriented and think out loud, and men are more egotistical and goal-oriented, and prefer fighting battles to understanding them. What? chatchi just wants an awesome sex life, and a woman that knows when to keep her mouth shut. Suddenly my girl started to have opinions about things, and wanted to work things out like "responsible adults". Whatever! Then there was section on including God in your marriage. Whoa! I don't know about you, but chatchi doesn't believe in that mumbo-jumbo. Besides, when I suggested bringing a third person into our relationship, that's NOT what I had in mind.

My girl kept telling me that the book was a simple, yet profound tool that will challenge and inspire us to gain a deeper understanding of each other, and build a lasting, intimate relationship. Blah-blah-blah! "Don't You Dare Get Married Until You Read This!" might be good for some couples, but all this did for chatchi, was create more problems.

Well, chatchi has had enough. I'm tired of hearing about conflict resolution, family planning, and financial portfolios. There are some things in life that even a self-help book can't fix, and chatchi's relationship is one of them. So, despite hours of begging by my girl, chatchi has decided to call the wedding off.

Ladies, you got your wish -- chatchi is back on the market.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Practical and Humorous Considerations
Review: Don't You Dare Have Kids Until You Read This! By Corey Donaldson seems at first to be outrageous because it is written by someone who is not a parent. However, when you read this insightful book of questions and wisdom quotations, you realize Corey is forcing you to explore the hundreds of pertinent questions which will enable you to embark on or refrain from becoming a parent, as an honest career choice. As both a parent and grandparent, I am amazed at Donaldson's wisdom and insight. I am gratified that he asks not only the obvious questions, like "How often does an infant need to be bathed?", but the more deeply penetrating questions like "What makes you think you are worthy (or unworthy) to have a child?" "If your child turned out to be exactly like you would that make you happy or unhappy?" and "Think of your most valuable possession. How would you react if that were damaged or destroyed by your child?" Granted, you cannot possibly know before having children how incredibly much you will love them, and you cannot possibly answer all the questions in this book without experience of parenting, but these are very pertinent questions to ASK yourself and your spouse. An excellent book to make you think deeply and not take for granted the world's most important career in which most people find themselves with no preparation.Donaldson is also author of the very successful book Don't You Dare Get Married Until You Read This!

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Naive
Review: Get this book for assistance creating a regimented, boring marriage. Completely obvious and not a worthwhile exercise.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Outside of the box thinking!
Review: I thought I had read all the books that pose the questions to ask before marriage. What I know now is that I had read only the books of a low standard.

After reading about Donaldson's book in The Wall Street Journal yesterday I had to have it. This is the No#1 best book that couples need before they get married.

Donaldson's interviews with 1500 people to get the 500+ questions provides such a high variety of issues to be covered. This is a must for any couple who really wants thier marriage to start right and last!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Terrific Questions
Review: Like another reviewer, I've been married twice already. Both times I, too, thought I'd given it my all. I had just about given up on the idea of "happily ever after".

As Mr. Donaldson was, I am involved in an across the planet romance.

When Rod came from Adelaide to Detroit to visit and propose to me last August, I was both thrilled and terrified. Yes, he seemed very different from the others, but I'd thought they were, too, at first.

Mr. Donaldson's book came to our attention because he and his wife had tackled this six years before we did. The first really good sign was that Rod was as enthusiastic as I was to try this...the second is that we're about halfway through the book now and are finding very few areas for concern. Nor, for that matter, many topics to which we can't say "As we'd discussed before". (You talk a lot when 10,000 milkes makes that the only avenue of contact.)

The book is not filled with advice, nor is it a "how to". It will take real work, painful honesty, and complete openness to make any meaningfiul use of this book, but if you're willing to do that, it is a wonderful resource! It's like a "do-it-yourself" preCana conference. The questions to share range from the mundane (who should do the dishes and change the diapers) to the profound (what is the meaning of your life) to the scary (what would you do if I had an affair).

If you're smart enough to really use this book, I highly recommend it. I also recommend that you both answer the questions before you read one anothers answers ... and Rod and I find it impossible to resist commentary on the questions. We also add comments to eacxh others responses. We're doing the exercises by e-mail, but it spawns many hours long phone conversations.

Want to really know who you're marrying? Buy this book, use it, and take it seriously.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: I have learned so much, and now I am so happy!
Review: This book of "Don't you dare get married until you read this" has really been a lifesaver for me. I have been married 2 times and I could never understand why I was not making a success of my marriages. I thought I was putting 100% effort to making the marriage work, but something always seemed to go wrong. After my 2nd breakup, I came across this book through a friend and after reading it, I realised that I did not really know my previous partners. I now have met 'my soul mate' and together we have been going through the book and it is amazing how much closer we are and how well we know each other. We understanding where we are both coming from, and that I have never had before, even though I Thought I did. This book has given me the confidence to know that I am making the right decision in getting married for the third time. I am going into the marriage with my eyes wide open. Thank you Corey for having the insight to write such an informative book.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: If you haven't already asked yourself most of these...
Review: While it's important to discuss some of the issues in this book with your potential spouse, I really feel that a lot of these questions are the type that get answered pretty early on in a relationship. Perhaps this is a book for those who plan to get married after only a very short relationship. If you've been together for any real length of time, you'll already know the answers to nearly all of these questions. These are questions to ask someone you've just started dating, not someone you're already engaged to. My fiance laughed and laughed at most of these, because they seem silly once you know a person well.


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