Your First Year of Marriage [Paperback]

Newly engaged or just married? If you are wondering what surprises await you over the coming months,Your First Year of Marriagewill prepare you for all of your discoveries.
Based on interviews with dozens of recently married couples and numerous experts,Your First Year of Marriagewill soothe your jitters with the inside scoop on issues ranging from the most life-shattering to the most mundane, including:

• How much sex you should expect on the honeymoon
  
• Learning your spouse's cleverly hidden secrets
  
• Negotiating the bumpy terrain of family planning
  
• Keeping and losing old friends
  
• Dealing with newlywed finances

With useful sidebars, charts, and anecdotes,Your First Year of Marriagewill enlighten even the most savvy bride or groom about the lessons and joys of marriage.Curtis Pesmenis Health and Features Editor atSelfmagazine and the author ofWhat She Wants.He lives with his wife in New York City.Jennifer M. Knope, Ph.d.Former Director, Northwestern Sex and Martial Therapy Program Curt Pesmen has definitely found the antidote to the toxic myths surrounding the first year of marriage.