1001 Things Happy Couples Know About Marriage: Like Love, Romance and Morning Breath

304 Pages·2009·0.81 MB·English

by  Jr, Harry H Harrison

1001ThingsHappyCouplesKnowAbout
1001 Things
Marriage
(Likelove,romance,andmorningbreath)
Happy Couples
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Marriage
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1001 Things
Happy Couples
Know About
Marriage
(Like Love, Romance, &Morning Breath)
HARRY H. HARRISON JR.

Table of Contents
Preface .................................7
MarriagePlans ..........................9
MarriageandLove......................37
MarriageandFaith .....................46
MarriageMyths .......................57
MarriageandHappiness ................62
MarriageandSex .......................71
MarriageProblems .....................82
MarriageFights .......................101
MarriageandForgiveness ...............116
MarriageisWork ......................123
MarriageandCareer ...................140
MarriageandIntimacy .................149
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MarriageandChildren .................156
MarriageandMoney...................178
MarriageCounseling ...................196
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MarriageandFidelity ..................202
MarriageandChores...................209
MarriageandIn-Laws ..................214
SecondMarriage ......................221
DealingwithaWoman .................235
MarriageandMenopause ..............266
DealingwithaMan ....................271
MarriageandtheBestYears ............297
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Preface
Aweddingisajoyfulcelebrationof twopeople
beingsoinlovetheymakeaspiritualandpublicvow
of theirdecisiontocometogether.Amarriageis
whathappensaftertheceremony.
Weddingshavebecomeahugemoney-making
industry.Butstayingmarriediswhatcouplesreally
needtospendtheirtimeandenergyon.Itdoesn’t
matterif you’regettingmarriednextweekorif
you’vebeenmarriedtwenty-fiveyears,youwillface
challengesandissuesthatcouldbreakyouapart.
Thisiswhycouplesneedtounderstandthat
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1001 THINGS HAPPY COUPLES KNOW ABOUT MARRIAGE
marriagehaslesstodowithmaintainingthat“new
love”feelingthanithastodowithcommitment,
kindness,forgiveness,and,quitepossibly,amother-
in-law.
Thefactis,beingmarriedistheonlythingyou
candoforfiftyyearsandstillnotbegoodat.Indeed
manypeoplearebetteratmarriageinthebeginning
thantheyareattheend.Sowhat’sthesecret?Well,
thesecretis,thereisno“the”secret.Butthereare
some1001thingsyouneedtoknowaboutmarriage
thatcanhelpdetermineyourlevelof happinessand
success.
That’swhatmakesthisbooksonecessary.It’s
notjustaboutstayinginlove.It’saboutsomething
muchmoreimportant....It’saboutstayingmarried.
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Marriage Plans