What to Do After You Say "I Do" : From the Proposal Through the First Year of Marriage: A Couple's Guide to Building a Healthy Foundation

The first year of your marriage can be the most magical, exciting, and romantic time of your life. It can also be the most difficult. Suddenly you're faced with new, sometimes unexpected challenges, such as adjusting to your spouse's likes and dislikes, dealing with in-laws, deciding whether to have children, overcoming money concerns, and keeping your love life warm and captivating.

This revealing and indispensable guide explores all the emotional highs and lows of your first year as husband and wife, and gives you proven techniques for building your life together on a solid foundation. Happily married husband-and-wife team Marcus and Lori Goldman answer all of your concerns and questions while providing you with easy, step-by-step methods for creating a built-to-last relationship.

Filled with warmth, insight, and humor, What to Do After You Say "I Do" will prove invaluable as you and your loved one embark on your lifelong adventure as husband and wife. Let it be your guide for a rewarding, delightful, and memorable journey.

Surviving your first lovers' quarrel
Keeping the flame alive after the honeymoon
Deciding if and when to have a baby
Understanding, accepting, and adjusting to the in-laws
Dealing with money
And much more!

About the Authors

Marcus Jacob Goldman, M.D., is an associate in psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts and the author of The Joy of Fatherhood (Prima).

Lori J. Goldman is a communications specialist. They have been married for ten years and live with their three children in Sudbury, Massachusetts.

ar of your marriage can be the most magical, exciting, and romantic time of your life. It can also be the most difficult. Suddenly you're faced with new, sometimes unexpected challenges, such as adjusting to your spouse's likes and dislikes, dealing with in-laws, deciding whether to have children, overcoming money concerns, and keeping your love life warm and captivating.

This revealing and indispensable guide explores all the emotional highs and lows of your first year as husband and wife, and gives you proven techniques for building your life together on a solid foundation. Happily married husband-and-wife team Marcus and Lori Goldman answer all of your concerns and questions while providing you with easy, step-by-step methods for creating a built-to-last relationship.

Filled with warmth, insight, and humor, What to Do After You Say "I Do" will prove invaluable as you and your loved one embark on your lifelong adventure as