With This Ring: A Practical Guide for Newlyweds

This popular book helps newly married couples build a solid foundation for their life together and avoid "traps" that can undermine their marriage. With candor and creativity, the book pinpoints over twenty crucial areas of necessary adjustment for each spouse. It offers guidance for communicating effectively, accepting each other's faults, enjoying sexuality, getting along with in-laws, building a spiritual relationship, and much more.

Since no single approach will be right for all couples, newlyweds are actively involved in finding a solution that works best for them. Valuable exercises help them respond constructively to the complex issues of the early years of marriage.

The first five years of a couple's married life are perhaps the most challenging. It is during this time each spouse comes face to face with both the mundane and intimate details of sharing day-to-day life. This revised edition of With This Ring helps newly married couples build a solid foundation for their life together while avoiding the "traps" that can undermine their marriage. The text has been updated to address issues specific to our early twenty-first-century culture, especially in the areas of family values, family resposiblities, and family planning. Along with the toaster, the linen, and the china, With This Ring should be among the wedding gifts of every newlywed couple.