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Saving Your Second Marriage Before It Starts
By: Family First Staff
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To help your second marriage get off to a stronger start, take note of what the book, Saving Your Second Marriage Before it Starts, says happily married couples have:

• Healthy expectations of marriage

• A realistic concept of love

• A positive attitude and outlook toward life

• The ability to communicate their feelings

• An understanding and acceptance of gender differences

• The ability to make decisions and settle arguments

• A common spiritual foundation and goal

• Knowledge of what it takes to combine a family

• Stepparenting skills

 Also examine the beliefs the authors, Les and Leslie Parrot, say are dangerous to marriages:

• We expect exactly the same things from marriage

• Everything good in our relationship will get better

• Everything bad in my life will disappear

• Adjustment to married life occurs more quickly in remarriage

• My spouse will make me whole

 This article is based on the book, Saving Your Second Marriage Before It Starts, by Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott. To order this book from Amazon.com, click here.