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