Rock-Solid Marriage: Building a Permanent Relationship in a Throw-Away World [Paperback]

With straightforward answers, practical suggestions, rich insights, and encouragement this book can help you build a solid marriage relationship.From almost-marrieds to newlyweds to long-time couples, here's how to build a great marriage. . .and how to mend the cracks. Rock-Solid Marriage helps you build strong foundations for a marriage that lasts. Whether you're considering marriage, are facing marital difficulties, or simply wish to improve your marriage, Dr. Robert and Rosemary Barnes show how you can forge a rich relationship that will stand up to life's tests. Drawing on years of counseling experience and on their own marriage, the Barneses uncover principles essential for a healthy relationship. With a wealth of real-life illustrations, they help you cross marriage's toughest hurdles to achieve the kind of closeness you've dreamed of. -Understand each other's expectations for married life -Gain his and hers perspectives about sexuality and intimacy -Learn the secrets of bilingual, man-woman communication -Discover five steps to affair-proofing your marriage -Turn conflict into an opportunity for deeper understanding. Warmly written, encouraging, and practical, Rock-Solid Marriage helps you and your partner maximize your strengths and iron out the problems to make your marriage as strong and productive as it can be.ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionPart I: Entering Marriage with Great Expectations1 A Strong Foundation2 Entering Marriage with the Wrong Expectations3 Bilingual MarriagePart 2: Choose to Be Married4 Opposites Attract5 Choosing to Be Friends6 Attributes of a Friend7 What About Fun? Remember Fun?8 Thats How Mom and Dad Did It9 The New In-law FactorPart 3: The Communication Process10 Now How Could That Hurt Her Feelings?11 Procedure Setting12 The Listening Ear13 But He Refuses to Talk to MePart 4: The Exercise of Conflicts14 Conflict Aversion15 The Conflict of finances16 Lovemaking from a Womans Perspective17 Sex from a Mans Perspectivelc5