Does my parents marriage have any impact on my divorce risk?

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Wedding Discounts for Marriage Preparation

You take driving lessons, cooking classes, get coaching on sports, but somehow the most complex, life long relationships are assumed to magically work.

We are teaming up with wedding vendors to offer you wedding discounts for qualifying marriage prep purchases (books and classes.) SEE THE WEDDING VENDORS AND DISCOUNTS HERE

We're Going to Be One Happy Family...or else!

A very unique book written by a nationally respected marriage and family therapist, along side his GenX daughter.

A mother loved our book so much, she bought over a dozen copies to give to everyone in the family! They used the guidance from beginning to end to reduce conflict and avoid the "emotional landmines" that are sure to arise in wedding planning. read more

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Common premarriage questions

My parents are divorced but his are married. Does that have any impact on our chances of divorcing?

Research shows that couples where one of the parties has divorced parents are at greater risk of marital conflict and have about a 50% greater chance of divorce. Double that if both spouses are from divorced parents. (Source: Wolfinger, N. H. (2004). Understanding the divorce cycle: The children of divorce in their own marriages. New York: Cambridge University Press.

The upside is you can do a lot of preventative work through marriage preparation so you don't land on the same issues your parents faced and experience the same outcome.

When Money or Time is a Factor, Get Marriage Preparation Easily Online or at Home!
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Take Back Your Wedding**

Take Back Your Wedding combines wisdom from the world of family therapy with a realistic picture of how couples and families behave under the stress of planning a wedding. Weddings bring out the best and worst in all of us because they combine romance, money, loyalties, jealousies, new in-law relations, and endless practical decisions, all played out in front of your whole community of family and friends! No one get through this without times of frustration, confusion, and sometimes anger. This book is an essential guide to handing the stress, avoiding the common pitfalls, having a great wedding, and launching a successful marriage. Chapter 1: Take Back Your Wedding (read now!)

Paperback Version $12.99

E-Book download version $12.99

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The Ultimate Premarital Test $29.95

By measuring 20 different aspects of your relationship, the Couple Checkup is designed to get you thinking and talking together about your relationship, and taking steps to grow as individuals and a couple.

What's great about the Premarital Test: Research-based, this inventory has been used for over 25 years by over 2.5 MILLION coupl. Personalized results are given in a report within MINUTES of taking the test. Take it when you're ready, whether that's 6am or midnite! No coordinating schedules. You can say you've put energy into your relationship, not just the wedding. Surprised by some of the results? Take the report to a premarital counselor to talk further!

This is research based and used by millions of couples. Review areas of strength in your relationship and areas that you may wish to work on to make your marriage stronger.

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Greatest Is Love - $10 **

A pastor, counseling couples over a long career has found a unique way to create an experience, rather than "just talking." Designed with everyone in mind - those who are highly talkative, to those who require more time to think things through. The Greatest Is Love guides couples of all ages on a conversation journey that includes ten of the topics, including:
Before We Say I Do
Our Parents
Our Love Life
Leisure and Work
Faith
Children
Money
Doing My Part
Issues
Our Wedding Day.
The process offers couples a non-threatening, relaxing way to talk.

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Money Attitudes Card Game - $25 **

This award-winning card game is used by the Army among many other groups! Without needing a financial planner or knowing math, this simple to use game will get you and your partner (or parents!) on a new level of understanding.

No matter what your money views, there is no "right or wrong." A few big "a-ha" moments may greatly help your wedding and married life.

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Therapy In A Box - $20 **

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Can't afford a therapist, feel like you have a pretty good relationship, but want to go through what many therapists offer in private sessions?

This e-book for couples is interactive with exercises, worksheets and the space for couples journaling makes it a great keepsake for you and your fiance � to remind you of what you worked on in preparation for your marriage.

Online Group Therapy - $250 **

Perhaps your life is crazy, or you can't convince your fiance to see an individual therapist. Whether you are religious, secular, as long as you have a computer and telephone, this class can improve your relationship, EVEN IF YOUR FIANCE DOESN'T PARTICIPATE!

In a four part series with a 1.5 hour class, you can join others in a high energy, interactive web-based, phone-based group class.

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The First Dance offers Marriage Preparation Online or at Home. Get wedding discounts for qualifying purchases! Enter our marriage preparation store