Ebook: Making a success of marriage: planning for happily ever after

More than 2 million Americans marry every year, each couple determined to live together happily ever after. Tragically, half of all first marriages fail, and subsequent attempts are even more likely to end in divorce. David Yount knows that lasting wedlock requires more than romantic love. Success depends on a couple's commitment and compatibility of heart and mind to survive the inevitable trials of facing life together. Drawing on decades as a counselor and his own experience as a husband and parent, Yount puts readers on the path to build joyful, loving, and committed relationships. Yount.;A fine romance: putting it together for a lifetime -- Deciding to marry: finding the love of your life -- Fidelity: being true to each other -- Forbearance: dealing with differences -- Finance: budgeting for bliss -- Comfort and care: providing for your mutual health and well-being -- Loving and cherishing: there are many parties to a good marriage -- Children: surviving the blessings of offspring -- Intimacy: being one flesh and one spirit -- Divorce: surviving separation, finding love again -- Permanence: maintaining marriage in changing times -- Compatibility: will our marriage last? A self-test for couples.