A hilarious and hopeful primer to prevent, combat, and eliminate the suckage in modern marriage by doing it right in the early years, from one of the minds behind the series Sex and the City and the New York Times bestselling authors of He’s Just Not That Into You, It’s Called a Breakup Because It’s Broken, and It’s Just a F***ing Date Some marriages start out storybook. Perfect proposal, perfect engagement, perfect wedding, perfect honeymoon, and perfect newlywed years. Greg Behrendt and Amiira Ruotola stumbled right out of the wedding gate. Their choices in the early years, they’ll tell you, nearly bought their marriage a one-way ticket to Suckville. The New York Times bestselling authors explore all the adventures of early wedlock, from the moment one of you gets on one knee to the day when sex starts to feel like work instead of play. In this guidebook, Behrendt and Ruotola explore their own marriage and, with gleeful candor, tremendous warmth, sharp humor, and piercing insight, look at what we who have decided to “settle down” hope to get out of our most lasting relationship. We venture through volumes on the engagement, wedding planning, the Big Day, the wedding hangover, the (blissful?) first year, the hard work of marrying two lives, fights, and sex-pectations versus sex-pectreality. The perfect book for those who have just put a ring on it or are thinking of putting a ring on it, Behrendt and Ruotola’s work is a brilliant guide for the first stretch of that wild ride we call marriage.

From the New York Times bestselling authors of He's Just Not That Into You, It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken, and It's Just a F***ing Date comes a hilarious and hopeful primer to eliminate the suckage in modern marriage by doing it right in the early years. If you're in a committed relationship or thinking about putting a ring on it, then this is the book for you! Greg Behrendt and Amiira Ruotola explore all the adventures of early wedlock, from the moment one of you gets on one knee to the day when sex starts to feel like work instead of play. In this guidebook, Behrendt and Ruotola explore their own marriage and, with gleeful candor, tremendous warmth, sharp humor, and piercing insight, look at what we who have decided to "settle down" hope to get out of our most lasting relationship. We venture through volumes on the engagement, wedding planning, the Big Day, the wedding hangover, the (blissful?) first year, the hard work of marrying two lives, fights, and sex-pectations versus sex-pectreality. The perfect book for those who have just put a ring on it or are thinking of putting a ring on it, Behrendt and Ruotola's work is a brilliant guide for the first stretch of that wild ride we call marriage.

Coming together is a beginning, staying together is a process, and living together is a victory. In Wedlock or Deadlock? the author very clearly describes Gods will and view of marriage, divorce, and remarriage. Relying judiciously on biblical texts he also vividly deals with various concepts pertaining to: Choosing a life partner Intimacy and communication in marriage Relationships between a husband, wife, and children Family finances A marital commitment is the deepest spiritual bond between two people. A happy marriage doesn't just happen; it is the result of daily choices!

The book Holy Wedlock or Unholy Deadlock encompasses varied phases and facets of a couple?s marital relationship. It invites you to identify, understand and handle realities of marriage that invariably shock almost every couple at one point or the other. Creating a happy marriage is a mysterious process. There is no denying the fact that bonding together a man and a woman, who until now were mostly strangers to each other, is complex and, therefore, cumbersome. It is, indeed, intriguing as to how two distinct individuals merge into a life-partnership. The adjustment required post marriage has more to do with individual compatibility than a messing together of two ways of life. It is important to give each other room to grow and to accept one another for ?who? he or she is. Many couples seeking to heal their acrimonious tiffs and rifts could well find this book talking to them about their own selves and their journey through conjugal life. There is much to take home!