Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts: Seven Questions to Ask Before -- and After -- You Marry Hardcover – Illustrated, October 27, 2015

While I still learned valuable lessons and take-aways from this book, it was very dated (even though I bought the updated version) in it's claims and cited research. It assumes you are not living together before marriage and comes at most problems and example situations this way. Many of the examples seem straight up silly and ridiculous if you're already living together.It also assumes you are both Christians and following more traditional Christian relationship precepts.I would have liked the book's description to have called out these assumptions so I could have made a better informed decision if this would fit out pre-marital counseling needs. Had I known these things, I wouldn't have purchased this book. (Though if you are both Christian, following the traditional precepts and not living together before your wedding day, this book will meet your needs)

I am a relationship coach. I read hundreds of tips and books on relationship. When it comes to relationships, most of us have illusion to avoid conflicts. But the real key is to skillfully communicate.Two of my favorable tips from this book are: 1- The most important characteristic of a marriageable person is the habit of happiness. 2- Four styles of miscommunication from family therapist Virginia SatirThere are some other tips that most of us are familiar with such as the differences of men and women and so on.

Me and my man have been reading this over the phone and it's promoted so many great discussions...and not just from the discussion questions.For those that are curious, the workbooks aren't necessary. We got them and haven't used them. Partly because my SO feels like they're an assignment and he's stubborn haha.It's been a great way to connect and talk deeper about things that we may not have without this book.

Lots of helpful hints for this newlywed. We got into our first disagreement and I was able to open to the chapter about conflict for some advise before we talked. What I learned in that chapter saved us from an ugly disagreement. Which to me is priceless.

This book is a complete waste of time. I'm trying to keep my personal life out of it but this book didn't do anything for my marriage. Plain and simple be honest, don't cheat, be there for one another. He or She comes first over family not the other way around. GOOD LUCK!!!

The best pre-marriage resource available today. Filled with and based on clear and simply-stated principles. It's obvious the Parrotts have decades of experience helping couples before and during their marriages; and the advice they give is given in love. I like how the book is arranged around the 7 myths about marriage (what we think) as opposed to external factors like many other pre-marital resources (ie, family history).I highly recommend this resource to engaged couples and can see its usefulness for already-married couples as well. It gains even more traction when paired with the SYMBIS online assessment.

was a good book. Does not come with discount code for the Symbis assessment. And it took us a while to realize that you cant take the test without a link (this is given by a certified person) Good read and def worth every bit of money and time. I am so glad we bought the book.

in order to completely get the value of this book you need to purchase the accompaniment books, workbooks included, etc. I was never able to see the value of everything it offered because I did not have additional material.

Bought this for a friend. They said that it is good.

good

Helpful little book.

My wife and I were tasked at reading through this as part of our pre-marriage counselling, and we are so incredibly happy that we did! It covers so many different topics that most couples assume they already know everything about, and it does it in such a way that points out the flaws in most new couples' thinking. Both authors clearly have tons of experience in the topics, and they don't shy away from discussing their own mistakes and short-comings. The one star subtraction comes from the amount of content in the book missing unless you buy the SYMBIS package with the book. It can be incredibly distraction, and is a little bit frustrating for those who assumed buying this book was enough.

This book is an amazing resource, on its own, for building a successful marriage. But when used in conjunction with the workbooks, the small group DVD and of course the SYMBIS assessment its an amazing tool in the marriage toolbox. It’s indispensable for the marriage mentor. We highly recommend it and have purchased several copies for our mentee couples.