The First Five Years of Marriage: Launching a Lifelong, Successful Relationship

by Phillip J. Swihart, Wilford Wooten

Marriage isn't easy. That's why thousands of couples have asked the counselors at Focus on the Family for insight into money, communication, and a host of other issues. Their collective wisdom is now available in one handy reference guide. The Complete Guide to the First Five Years of Marriage was designed to help spouses build a strong foundation for a lifetime partnership filled with genuine love and joy.

Genres: Marriage, Family

464 pages, Hardcover

First published September 14, 2006

Reviews

[Zacaro Caro · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have been mares for five years, I took a semester full of gender communication, interpersonal communication, relationship development, and family communication, I love books like this. But I feel that I didn't get to benefit from some of the advice given as I had already learned it "the hard way"

But this might just be a great wedding present. I'd have to read it closer and with a different mindset before I said it was the perfect wedding gift...

[Jamey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of sound truths grounded on good doctrine in this book. It pretty much covers the basics on nurturing and growing your marriage. Any age couple can read it and glean something from it. Keep an open mind and don't come at it with an "I already know all this" attitude. You can still learn something.

[Gemma · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nothing hugely groundbreaking for me...but that's because I've been married for nearly 10 years, so we'd figured out most of this on our own. However, if we'd read this book in the first few years, it would have saved us a lot of "learning it the hard way". Recommended to all Christian couples.