Rock-Solid Marriage Building a Permanent Relationship in a Throw-Away World
Author(s):
Robert Barnes; Rosemary Barnes
Publishing / Edition:
Word Publishing, 1993
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Acknowledgments 7
Introduction 9
Part 1: Entering Marriage with Great Expectations
Chapter 1. A Strong Foundation 13
Chapter 2. Entering Marriage with the Wrong Expectations 22
Chapter 3. Bilingual Mariage 32
Part 2: Choose to Be Married
Chapter 4. Opposites Attract 43
Chapter 5. Choosing to Be Friends 51
Chapter 6. Attributes of a Friend 58
Chapter 7. What About Fun? Remember Fun? 68
Chapter 8. That's How Mom and Dad Did It 75
Chapter 9. The New In-law Factor 85
Part 3: The Communication Process
Chapter 10. Now How Could That Hurt Her Feelings? 95
Chapter 11. Procedure Setting 107
Chapter 12. The Listening Ear 115
Chapter 13. But He Refuses to Talk to Me 123
Part 4: The Exercise of Conflicts
Chapter 14. Conflict Aversion 131
Chapter 15. The Conflict of Finances 143
Chapter 16. Lovemaking from a Woman's Perspective 153
Chapter 17. Sex from Man's Perspective 161
Chapter 18. Sexual Issues Spouses Sometimes Argue About 171
Part 5: Get Aggressive
Chapter 19. Goal Setting 183
Chapter 20. Your Spouse's Self-Esteem 192
Chapter 21. Practice Safe Marriage: Use Protection 201
Chapter 22. Third-Party Intervention 209
Part 6: It's a Matter of Doing Love
Chapter 23. Love vs. Feelings 219
Chapter 24. Deciding to Forgive 226
Chapter 25. What Is Love? 236